Here is Palladium’s revised release schedule. We will be doing our best to hit these dates or come within a week or so of them.
Please note that a number of out of print books may be slotted into the release schedule. We may also add 3-4 Rifts® Adventure Sourcebooks to the mix as well as a couple of Palladium Fantasy RPG® and Heroes Unlimited™ titles throughout the Fall. All dates listed are “ship dates” from Palladium to distributors.
Recent Releases
Rifts® WB 2: Rifts® Atlantis – back in print – 160 pages – $17.95 retail.
The Rifter® #33 – new – 96 pages, $9.95 retail.
Rifts® WB 27: Adventures in Dinosaur Swamp™ – new – 160 pages – $17.95 retail.
The Best of The Rifter® – new – 128 pages – $12.95 retail.
Rifts® WB 28: Arzno™ – Vampire Incursion™ – new by Jason Richards – 160 pages – $18.95 retail.
The John Zeleznik Collector’s Rifts® Coloring Book™ – new – 48 pages – $5.95 retail.
The Rifter® #34 – Sold Out –
June 2006
Nightbane® RPG – back in print – 240 pages – by C.J. Carella – $22.95 retail (new price) – Cat. No. 730. This is the core book to this popular horror line. Ships June 9, 2006.
Rifts® WB 29: Madhaven™ – new – 128 pages – by Brandon Aten, Taylor White & Kevin Siembieda – $14.95 retail – Cat. No. 869. Ships June 28, 2006.
July 2006
The Rifter #35 “Swimsuit Special” – new – 128 pages – $9.95 retail – Cat. No. 135 – includes tasteful pinup art by Larry Elmore, John Zeleznik, Jeff Easley, Ramon Perez, David Martin, Apollo Okamura, Mike Wilson, Freddie E. Williams, Wayne Breaux Jr, Mike Dubisch, Kevin Siembieda and many, many other Palladium artists. Sure to be a collector’s item! Ships July 14, 2006.
Powers Unlimited™ 2 – back in print – 96 pages – by Carmen Bellaire – $13.95 retail – Cat. No. 522. Ships July 18, 2006.
Powers Unlimited™ 3 – new – 96 pages – by Carmen Bellaire – $13.95 retail – Cat. No. 523. Sure to be hot. Ships July 18, 2006.
August 2006
Western Empire™ for The Palladium Fantasy RPG® – back in print – by Bill Coffin – 224 pages – $22.95 retail (new price) – Cat. No. 462.
Has been out of print for 4+ years and is in hot demand! Ships August 1, 2006.
Rifts® Spirit West, Rifts® World Book 15 – back in print – by Wayne Breaux Jr. – 224 pages – $22.95 retail (new price) – Cat. No. 827.
Has been out of print for 3+ years and is in hot demand. A great companion for the two Rifts® Dinosaur Swamp titles, Rifts® New West, Rifts® Lone Star and Rifts® Arzno. Ships August 1, 2006.
Rifts® Sourcebook One “Revised & Expanded” – new – 160 pages – by Kevin Siembieda – $18.95 retail – new price, more pages – Cat. No. 801. Ships August 7, 2006.
September 2006
Tome Grotesque™ for Beyond the Supernatural™ – new – by Kevin Siembieda – 160 pages – $18.95 retail – Cat. No. 702. Ships September 14 (tentative).
Rifts® Dimension Book 10: Hades – Pits of Hell™ – new – by Carl Gleba – a stand-alone Dimension Book/sourcebook and Part One in the Minion War Crossover series! 160 pages – $18.95 retail – Cat. No. 872. Ships September 27, 2006.
October 2006
The Rifter® #36 – new – our annual “horror” issue! – 128 pages – $9.95 retail – Cat. No. 136. Ships October 9.
Warpath: Urban Jungle™ RPG – new – Cat. No. 950 – final page count, format (hardcover or softbound), and price are yet to be determined. (Probably 192-256 pages – $22.95 to $24.95 if soft cover, $28.95 if we go hardcover with it.) Tentative late October releases. We think this RPG has the potential to be huge!
A Palladium Fantasy title may be added to the releases.
November 2006
Zeleznik Art Book: Rifts® and Other Worlds – new – a full color book of John Zeleznik’s artwork for Rifts® and other Palladium titles. Hardcover – 128 color pages – $28.95 retail – Cat. No. 2510. Ships November 6, 2006.
Rifts® Dimension Book 11: Dyval – Hell Unleashed™ – new – The Minion War series Part Two, but also works as a stand-alone Dimension Book. 160 pages – by Carl Gleba – $18.95 retail – Cat. No. 873. Ships Nov. 17, 2006.
Beyond Arcanum™ for Beyond the Supernatural™ – new – by Kevin Siembieda – 192 pages – $22.95 retail – Cat. No. 703. Ships Nov. 28, 2006 (tentative).
A Palladium Fantasy title may be added to the releases.
December 2006
Rifts® Dimension Book 12: Dimensional Outbreak™ – new – The Minion War series Part Three; a Phase World® adventure sourcebook. 160 pages – by Carl Gleba – $18.95 retail – Cat. No. 877. Ships Dec. 8, 2006 (tentative; could slip into January).
A Palladium Fantasy title may be added to the release.
The following titles may be added to the schedule:
Rifts® Delta Blues
Rifts® Dark Woods
Rifts® Voodoo
Rifts® D-Bee book
Rifts® Triax 2
HU2™ Atorian Sourcebook
2-3 Palladium Fantasy books
For those of you who might not have heard yet, Palladium Books suffered grievous losses and damage in the hundreds of thousands of dollars as the result of theft and embezzlement by a trusted employee.
A soft market and other disappointments were unable to abate the loss and Palladium found itself facing the possibility of closing its doors.
On April 20, 2006, in the hopes of surviving this Crisis of Treachery, Publisher and Founder, Kevin Siembieda, made a public appeal for help via the Internet.
A limited edition print, signed, personalized and numbered by Kevin Siembieda was offered as a means to help keep the company going, as was the suggestion that now was the time to buy the RPGs, sourcebooks and other items you’ve been meaning to purchase.
The outpouring of support from Palladium fans, friends, distributors and select industry people has been nothing short of miraculous, immensely helpful, inspiring and overwhelming.
In addition to purchasing the A Megaverse® United print, fans demanded Palladium establish a PayPal account for donations, and sent us thousands of well wishes via email, message board postings, letters and phone calls. Palladium’s fans and fellow gamers were also instrumental in spreading the word of our precarious situation around the world in a matter of days!
The influx of cash has been huge in keeping us afloat, getting caught up on bills, paying freelancers, and printing key back stock titles, and new titles (in the works).
The emails, website postings, testimonials, letters, gifts, telephone calls and in person words of encouragement have been humbling, uplifting, and inspiring to us all.
GAMA gave Palladium an end cap booth at Origins.
Distributors have offered advice, put our products on sale, made certain to pay invoices due in a timely manner and other things, large and smalls to give Palladium a hand.
A handful of industry pals and associates called to offer their advice and help as well.
It is ALL greatly appreciated and wonderful to know how many friends and well wishers Palladium has on its side.
We are not out of the woods and have a ways to go before Palladium is back on its feet and on solid ground, but with your continuing help and support, kind words and bold spirits behind us, how can we not triumph?
- As of this date, 1535 A Megaverse® United prints have been sold. We’re hoping to sell another 1500 by year's end.
- RPG book sales are up across the board. New supplements and games coming in the latter half of the year as noted in our schedule.
- Palladium has high hopes that it can reacquire and relaunch its legendary Robotech RPG line with new and old product made available in various mediums.
- We may have a few other things percolating behind scenes that could be good for Palladium, but it’s too soon to mention them.
- Murmurs from the Megaverse is a big hit and a great way to get some of the thoughts, emotions, news and inside scoop of things going on at Palladium Books directly from Kevin Siembieda and other Palladium staffers.
- Palladium Inside Out is a new blog by Brandon Aten (aka The Galactus Kid) about his adventures, thoughts and impressions as an intern at Palladium Books.
- Dramatically expanded online presence and features for Palladium fans. Increased fan interaction, live audio chats, interviews, electronic products, special adventures and items, pdfs of select out of print products by mid-Summer (if not sooner), and more.
- Toys, Art & Stuff for sale. Kevin Siembieda is offering his toy collection, other collectibles and even select pieces of original artwork (animation, Japanimation, etc.) on ebay via auctions and on a soon to be announced “ebay store” Kevin’s Action Figures, Art & Collectibles. Yes, there will be a link on the Palladium website. PayPal and all forms of payment accepted.
- More 25 Year Anniversary items are in the making, exclusively from Palladium Books. You’ve seen the laser etched glasses (probably limited to under 500 sets and taken off the Palladium store at year’s end), but we also have a few more fun T-shirts in mind, bookmarks, pins and . . ., well you’ll see.
- X-Mas in July? Toying with doing a new special Collector’s Grab Bag in July featuring original artwork worth at least $50 (donated by the artists), plus a limited edition portfolio of prints, and 2-3 books of your choice (a la the usual X-Mas grab bags) or maybe a signed proofreader’s copy of a book, or the printer’s proof copy and other weird stuff. What do you think? Interested?
Publisher, Kevin Siembieda, and Editor, Wayne Smith will both be at Origins – Booth Number 1033 (an end cap provided courtesy of GAMA). Both will be available to chat and sign autographs.
Publisher, Kevin Siembieda, Editor, Wayne Smith, Kathy Simmons, and a few helpers will be running an island booth number 301. Kevin and crew will be available to chat and sign autographs. One or more freelancers may also be available at the booth.
Kevin Siembieda and Wayne Smith will be available to talk about new product, Palladium’s future and sign autographs.
Kevin Siembieda and Wayne Smith will be available to talk about new product, Palladium’s future and sign autographs.
That’s it for now. More updates and new RPG products coming.
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