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For those of you who haven’t heard, Palladium Books has signed an option with Walt Disney Pictures to have Jerry Bruckheimer develop a major motion picture based on our Rifts® role-playing game. Palladium is not at the liberty of saying anything about the movie at this time, but Jerry Bruckheimer, himself, told a Rifts fan in an open forum on the jbfilms.com website that writer, David Franzoni, the man who wrote the screenplay for Gladiator (and I believe won an academy award for it) has been hired to work on the Rifts® Movie script. This came straight from Jerry and is good news indeed.
A big, mass market license for Rifts® will be announced at the Electronics Entertainment Expo (also known as E3) this May. Until then, Palladium Books has to keep quiet. Just whetting your appetites until hard information is available.
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Palladium Books is glad to support gaming conventions, large and small, by providing select product (usually signed by the staff) as special prizes and for charity auctions, but most notably, we are glad to send hundreds (sometimes thousands) of copies of The Rifter® as FREE give-a-ways to the gamers who attend the convention.
We print extra copies of every few issues of The Rifter® for this very purpose. Gamers love it and it’ Palladium’s way to help support the gaming community and encourage role-playing. We’ve been doing this for years, but have recently realized that a lot of convention organizers aren’t aware of this policy, so we’re making this announcement at the onset of convention season.
Palladium Books has given away more than 6000 copies of The Rifter® this year. Make us a part of your convention fun too.
All we need from you is . . .
The name and date of the convention.
Estimated attendance.
Name of the convention organizer and contact person.
A “street” mailing address to ship give-a-ways.
Proof of the convention (program books and website are sufficient).
Contact: Steve Sheiring by telephone (734-946-1156; this is an order and convention line only) or e-mail ssheiring@palladiumbooks.com to take advantage of our offer for your convention.
Last November, Santa Kev and the Palladium staff boxed up 10 cases of books, worth more than $5000 retail (roughly 2-5 copies of everything in the warehouse) and shipped them off to the Baghdad Hobby Club in Iraq. This is a gaming club created by a group of 40 or so soldiers in the US Army stationed in the city of Baghdad, to help relieve the boredom and stress of serving in Iraq. This club was brought to Palladium Books’ attention by GAMA and we were one of several gaming companies to participate in this effort. We hope it helped.
As most of you should know already, Palladium Books is making Origins 2004 the place to be for Palladium fans.
Kevin Siembieda, Erick Wujcik, Carmen Bellaire, Carl Gleba, Todd Yoho, and other writers/creators will be running numerous gaming events. They are joined by more than a dozen “fans” who are also running events at the Origins Convention.
Likewise, Ramon Perez, Scott Johnson, Apollo Okamura, Drunken Style Studio and other Palladium artists will be selling artwork and signing autographs.
This is the largest gathering of Palladium writers, artists and staffers (Wayne Smith, Editor of The Rifter®, among them) to EVER be assembled at one convention. All will be available to sign autographs and chat with fans.
For those of you who don’t know, Origins is one of the largest game conventions in the world. It’s located in downtown Columbus, Ohio where there are ample hotels, good restaurants and fun to be had.
Palladium fans are coming from around the country. We’ve already had scores of people from coast to coast contact us, or mentioning on the Palladium website, that they plan on coming to Origins 2004 as part of the Palladium Invasion! We hope you will too.
Palladium’s new science fiction role-playing game, Splicers™ will debut at Origins, plus the creator and author, Carmen Bellaire, will be present to sign autographs, and he will be running three Splicers™ gaming events at the convention (Thursday, Friday and Saturday night).
Approximately 30 gaming events arranged by Palladium Books. All will be run by Palladium staff members, freelancers and friends, including Kevin Siembieda, Carl Gleba, Carmen Bellaire, Roger Cartier, Todd Yoho, Stan Bundy, Levi Johnstone, James Brown, Kerry Cook, Paul Williams, Brandon Aten and Daniel Ross.
DO YOU WANT TO RUN SOMETHING? There’s still time for YOU to contact the Origins people and arrange for even more events. Anybody who wants to run any 3-4 or 5-6 hour game sessions can contact Mark A. Santillo: Director of Events at – events@gama.org – to make arrangements. Though you’ve missed getting listed in the Pre-Registration booklet, you can still get events added for the main convention site program books.
NOT YET CONFIRMED but likely Artist Guests:
Wayne Breaux Jr.
Freddie Williams II and possibly others.
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Why Origins? Because it is big, but not so big that Palladium Books and its fans will get lost. It’s big, but not so big that the show is no longer fun or that gamers have to wait 3-5 hours in the registration line. It’s also close to Palladium’s Michigan home base, and the Origins folks appear to be very accommodating.
CONVENTION INFO – www.originsgames.com
Origins 2004 – June 24, 25, 26 & 27 – Columbus, Ohio. Contact: 303-635-2223 for more information about the convention and how to attend or, better yet, check out the Origins convention website at www.originsgames.com.
And tell them Palladium Books sent you. Seriously, they want to know if you’re coming to Origins specifically (or primarily) for Palladium Books and its gathering of Palladium gamers.
Contact Mark A. Santillo: Director of Events at – events@gama.org – to run events.
Palladium has hit a road bump with some of its first quarter releases, but we should be back on track by June, if not sooner.
March, 2004
Available now: Heroes Unlimited™ RPG, 2nd Edition – $26.95, “back in print.”
Available now: Powers Unlimited™ Two – $13.95 – 96 pages.
Available now: Rifts® Megaverse® Builder – $13.95 – 96 pages.
April, 2004
April 6 – The Rifter® #26 – $9.95 – 128 pages.
April 14 – Rifts®/Phase World® Adventure Sourcebook: Naruni™ Wave Two – $10.95 – 64 pages. (The Naruni are back with a vengeance.)
April 22 – Beyond the Supernatural™ RPG, 2nd Edition – $22.95 – 192 pages. (Sorry about the delay)
May, 2004
May 14 – Rifts® Dimension Book 7: United Worlds of Warlock™ (for Phase World®) – $17.95 – 160 pages.
May 24 – Beyond the Supernatural™: Tome Grotesque – 96 or 144 pages $13.95 or $15.95 depending on the final page count.
May 28 – Rifts® China Two: Heroes of the Celestial Court – $17.95 – 160 pages. (Delayed due to the author’s illness.)
June, 2004
June 4 – Rifts® World Book: Dinosaur Swamp™ – $17.95 – 160 pages.
June 18 – Splicers™ Role-Playing Game – final size and price not yet determined.
June 21 – Rifts® Chaos Earth™: NEMA™ Mission Book One (tentative) – $10.95 – 64 pages.
July, 2004
July 14 – Rifts® Mercenaries Two: Merctown™ – $17.95 – 160 pages.
July 23 – Beyond the Supernatural™: Arcanum Sourcebook – $17.95 – 160 pages.
August, 2004
Rifts® Mercenaries Three: Merc Weapons & Gear – $17.95 – 160 pages.
Note: A Palladium Fantasy sourcebook is likely to be added to this month.
Other titles slated for 2004
These books are planned for 2004 but not yet scheduled with a specific release date. Not listed in any particular order.
Rifts® Africa Two: The Legacy of the Four Horsemen™ (160 pages)
Rifts® Dragons & Gods™ (192 pages)
Rifts® Australia Two
Rifts® Adventure Sourcebook 6
Palladium Fantasy®: Book of Magic (items) and Monsters™
Palladium Fantasy®: Mysteries of Magic™
Palladium Fantasy®: Land of the Damned™ Three
Mechanoid® Space RPG (fall)
Plus more out of print books back in stock.
Rifts® China One is selling like crazy and has people begging for Rifts® China Two!
Companion titles to Rifts® China: The following books are ideal companion titles for any China campaign:
Rifts® World Book 7: Rifts® Underseas, $20.95 – Cat. No. 815.
Rifts® World Book 8: Rifts® Japan, $21.95 – Cat. No. 818.
Rifts® World Book 17: Warlords of Russia, $20.95 – Cat. No. 832.
Rifts® World Book 18: Mystic Russia, $16.95 – Cat. No. 833.
Rifts® Conversion Book One and Dark Conversions, $22.95 – Cat. No. 803 & 852.
Heroes Unlimited, 2nd Edition is the most recent incarnation of one of the most popular super-hero role-playing games ever made. Updated and comprehensive, this 352 page tome lets players create virtually every type of super being imaginable (and the Powers Unlimited™ Two sourcebook adds another ten to the list).
Carl Gleba, author of the popular Phase World®: The Three Galaxies™, has created a sourcebook and guide to help Game Masters create their own alien dimensions and worlds. A great tool for G.M.s and fun for players: The Rifts® Megaverse® Builder (previously titled the Rifts® Dimension Builder).
The Rifter® is a combination magazine, sourcebook, fan forum, Game Master and Players’ Guide, talent show, news source and fun for fans of all of Palladium's role-playing games.
Each issue includes questions & answers, news and coming attractions, source material for Rifts® and several of the following, Palladium Fantasy®, Heroes Unlimited™, Nightbane® or Beyond the Supernatural™, Phase World®, After the Bomb® and others. Contributing writers include Siembieda, Wujcik, Breaux, Nowak, and others.
The Naruni – trans-dimensional weapons dealers – are back with a new inventory of weapons, vehicles and equipment. They’re also looking to give the Coalition States some payback by selling their illegal goods to Tolkeen Freedom Fighters, Julian’s Juicers and others with a hatred for the CS.
Beyond the Supernatural™ Two is a stark, plausible reality where ghosts, demons, psychics, cultists and magic are real, yet remain unknown to the world at large.
Player characters are part of the secrets, part of the problems, and humanity’s only true hope of dealing with the unexplained. Truly unique characters that will challenge and excite those who play them.
A world where the player characters become immersed in a myriad of subcultures, ancient secrets, conspiracies and dark horror.
A time and place Beyond the Supernatural.
One more corner of the Three Galaxies is explored, presenting key worlds, people, places, hubs, gods and cults of the UWW, as well as a variety of new spacecraft, weapons, equipment and magic.
A legion of monsters, demons and things that go bump in the night.
Rifts® China, Book Two has been delayed again. Author, Erick Wujcik, has been knocked out of commission with a lingering case of the flu, forcing us to reschedule the book for a late May release. The cover and all interior artwork are done.
This is the book about the heroes and beings who oppose the Yama Kings, fight for humanity and hide among the sacred mountains and meadows of China. Oriental monks, Demon Quellers, Soothsayers, martial arts masters and more. This one has it all!
This book will surprise and delight readers, as a portion of the east coast of North America is outlined and described for the first time. The imagination of Todd Yoho will take players to places they never imagined even existed. And if you’re looking for dinosaurs and general weirdness . . . look no farther.
Splicers™ is a new science fiction role-playing game set on a devastated world where machines rule, and human beings are vermin who are hunted and exterminated. The human struggle is complicated by a nano-virus that instantly turns metal objects touched by human flesh into killing machines. Consequently, humans have been forced to turn to organic technology to battle the world-dominating machines if they hope to reclaim any portion of their planet for themselves.
The Chaos Earth™ series is a success, and Mission Book One is the latest sourcebook for this continuing series.
It takes a look at NEMA, their missions, survival, heroics and adventure, but the main story focuses on the appearance of a rogue cell of the military that has decided to claim the Chicago area for themselves. The heads of this rogue cell – Juicers – including a few unlike any seen before.
Copyright 2004 Palladium Books.
This Press Release may be used and portions reprinted with Palladium's permission for the purpose of news and promotion. Megaverse®, Palladium Books®, Rifts®, The Rifter®, Phase World®, Coalition Wars®, RECON®, The Mechanoids®, The Mechanoid Invasion®, Nightbane®, The Palladium Fantasy Role-Playing Game®, and After the Bomb® are registered trademarks owned and licensed by Kevin Siembieda. Chaos Earth, Merctown, Dinosaur Swamp, NEMA, Mechanoid Space, BTS-2, Beyond the Supernatural, United Worlds of Warlock, Land of the Damned, Heroes Unlimited, HU2, Aliens Unlimited, Powers Unlimited, and other titles and names are trademarks owned by Kevin Siembieda and Palladium Books Inc.