Palladium Books® – Press Release – October 12, 2007
Coming Soon
- The Rifter® #40 – Ships today!
- $50 Zeleznik HC Art Book, signed by Zeleznik & Siembieda – available now.
- Dimension Book 11: Dyval™, Hell Unleashed – Early November.
- Robotech®: The Shadow Chronicles® RPG – November or December.
- Heroes of the Megaverse® – November or December.
- Dimension Book 12: Dimensional Outbreak™ – December (or January).
- And we will still try to squeeze in one or two other titles, but no promises.
- Plus downloadable material, therifter.com, and a few surprises up our sleeves in the way of special items available only online.
- New Palladium Art and Collectibles Auction goes up on Saturday.
Back in Print in October and November
- Wolfen Empire™
- Cyber-Knights™ (Coalition Wars® Book 4)
- Rifts® World Book 10: Juicer Uprising™
- Rifts® World Book 24: China One
- Dimension Book 8: Naruni™ Wave 2
All will be available online and via mail order as special, limited run printings just in time for Christmas.
$50 Hardcover
Rifts® & the Megaverse®, the Art of John Zeleznik
Want a hardcover, coffee table quality collectible, but the amazing Masterwork edition is a bit too steep for your tastes?
Now you can get the same, high quality, hardcover book WITHOUT the original art for only $50. The reproduction quality is impeccable, the color beautiful, the layout breathtaking. Perfect for Christmas and collectors.
Only 300 copies printed. Available while supplies last.
Each comes with a “printed” signature card “signed” by John Zeleznik and Kevin Siembieda.
Paintings, artwork, design and layout, all by John Zeleznik.
Foreword by Kevin Siembieda. Introduction by Zeleznik.
Hardcover, 8 ½ x 11 inches. Color cover, glossy paper stock.
128 pages of full color – Cat. No. 2510-HC – $50.00 only from Palladium Books.
Available now, for the first time.
Rifts® and the Megaverse®: The Art of John Zeleznik
– Collector’s “Masterwork” Edition
A great Christmas gift! Rare and beautiful. Don’t forget about the John Zeleznik Masterwork Edition that comes with an original piece of artwork – one of the very concept sketches Zeleznik used to make the illustrations depicted in the art book. No publisher has ever done anything like this. Makes a wonderful gift for that hard to buy for gamer.
A must for collectors.
Only about 90 copies left (limited to 199 total).
Numbered and signed by John Zeleznik and Kevin Siembieda.
128 pages – quality color – Cat. No. 2510-CML – available only from Palladium Books and only while supplies last.
$125.00 each, plus $15 for shipping in the USA, $20 to Canada, and $35 to all other countries for shipping. MUST be sent UPS, Priority Mail/Certified or some other way it can be tracked and is insured to arrive. Available now.
Do not miss this extraordinary opportunity. Available now.
The Rifter® #40
– Ships Today – October 12
The Rifter® #40 is back from the printer and shipping out today.
This is an extra-large, extra-good, extra-scary issue of The Rifter®. Palladium’s traditional horror issue filled with barbarians, zombies, monsters and adventures that go bump in the night. And because it is The Rifter’s 10 Year Anniversary, there will be 32 more pages at the same great price. Those of you thinking about subscribing might want to start with issue #40 with the expanded number of pages.
The Zombie Apocalypse! Your first look at Palladium’s upcoming Zombie RPG for 2008.
The Devil Muse for Beyond the Supernatural™. A nightmare beastie that will make your skin crawl.
Barbarians, Part Two, for the Palladium Fantasy RPG®.
Face the horrors of a Xiticix hive in Spoils of War, a giant adventure for Rifts®.
Spell books and magic for all settings.
Circus! Circus! – fiction set on Rifts Earth.
The latest chapter of Hammer of the Forge™.
News, coming attractions, lots of art and lots of fun.
128 pages of imagination unleashed.
Cat. No. 140 - $10.95.
Rifts® Dimension Book™ 11:
Dyval™, Hell Unleashed – In final production.
Work continues to go smoothly with Dyval and it should be ready to go to the printer by the end of next week. Unfortunately, that probably means an early November release. Sorry.
The art is completely done and Kevin and the editors are working through the weekend and into next week to get it finished and to the printer!
Dyval is the next book in the Minion War™ series and presents the Hell known as Dyval, its many evil monsters and minions, Deevil society, beasts of war, magic and more. Much, much more.
The hellish dimension of Dyval mapped and described.
Deevils and monsters galore.
Magic weapons and horrific war beasts.
World information and adventure ideas.
A stand-alone Dimension Book that is also the second step in an
epic, five book adventure that spills across the Palladium Megaverse®.
Companion to Hades and the next chapter in the Minion War™.
Artwork by Nick Bradshaw, Mike Wilson, Mike Mumah, and others.
Cover painting by John Zeleznik.
Written by Carl Gleba.
192 pages – Cat. No. 873 – $22.95 retail.
Ships early November. In final production.
Robotech® The Shadow Chronicles® RPG
– Christmas 2007
The role-playing game will pick up where the DVD movie begins. The return the Robotech Expeditionary Force, the separation of the SDF-3 from the rest of the fleet, and everything else that is part of Robotech® The Shadow Chronicles®.
Mecha pilots and other fleet personnel O.C.C.s.
Characters and Mecha statted out and illustrated.
Spacecraft statted out and illustrated.
Other info and details (depending on space).
Fast playing RPG rules. Mega-Damage setting.
Cover by Apollo Okamura. Great art throughout.
Written by Kevin Siembieda.
Manga size; easy portability. (An 8½ x 11 deluxe edition may follow in the Spring or Summer of 2008.)
192 pages – $16.95 retail – Cat. No. 550.
End of November release, in time for Christmas (tentative).
Robotech® Advertising Hype
We managed to snag the cover to trade magazine, Comics and Games Retailer to promote the fact that Robotech® role-playing games are back and Palladium Books has them! That issue will also feature the first color print ad for the Robotech® The Shadow Chronicles® RPG and we’re just getting started.
Meanwhile, Apollo Okamura’s pencil rough for the RPG cover has been approved, and research and planning for the RPG series continues in top secret meetings at the Palladium offices.
Rifts® Dimension Book 12: Dimensional Outbreak™
The Minion War spills into Phase World®, the city of Center and the Three Galaxies™. The epic scale of the Minion War just got bigger and even the Worlds of Warlock, the Splugorth and Naruni are involved.
Phase World’s Center described and mapped. Four new levels, including the Gateland, Central Station, the Spaceport, Repo-Yards, Free Trade Zone, Warlock Market, notable merchants and places of business, and much more.
Demon Knights, Star Slayers, demonic legions and more.
Demonic spaceships, magic weapons and new horrors.
Deevil fortifications and defenses.
Space spell magic (new).
Spaceships, power armor and other gear.
The plot for conquering the Three Galaxies.
A stand-alone Dimension Book that is also the third step in an epic, five book crossover that spills across the Palladium Megaverse®.
Artwork by Apollo Okamura, Mike Mumah, and others.
John Zeleznik cover painting.
Written by Carl Gleba.
192 pages – Cat. No. 875 – $22.95 retail. December or January release.
Christmas Surprise Packages
start shipping Monday, October 15
The processing area is all set up, books arranged and Grab Bags are already being processed for shipping this Monday! Orders have been pouring in. Have you ordered yours?
New Palladium Collectibles Auction
– Starts – October 13, 2007
As promised, a new auction with all kinds of new and different items starts this Saturday. It includes some truly unique and rare items, collectibles, and “fan fun” items. They all make great Christmas, birthday and anniversary gifts for that special gamer in your life (even if that “someone” is YOU).
Palladium Collectibles Auction
Rifts® Licensing Bible (NEVER seen by the public!)
Robotech® Complete Set of Covers (19 different, including Lancer’s Rockers, Sentinels and Macross II – each one signed by Kevin Siembieda).
Robotech® Sentinels Animation Cels (2) (Inorganics, super-rare, big, beautiful images. With the live action movie, more animation, RPGs and other products in the works, the price of Robotech® collectibles can only be going up.)
Exo-Squad toy (Command E-Frame).
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles® Sourcebook Set (signed by Wujcik & Siembieda).
TMNT® and Heroes Unlimited™ uncut covers (each one signed; includes the original TMNT cover, TMNT Guide to the Universe, HU2 and more).
Rifts® uncut covers (25 of them, each one signed).
Rifts® Ultimate Gold #604 (with an extra 25 signatures, more than 35 in all).
Rifts® Silver and Softcover (first edition rules).
Rifts® Prints
RiftsworkZ Portfolio (Zeleznik).
Rifts® Zeleznik Hardcover Art Book (new) and Zeleznik Lightstrike Art Book (old).
Out of Print “Odd Ball Set” (fun stuff, all signed).
The Rifter® Set, issues #1-15 (minus #4 & 8).
The Rifter® Set, issues #16-present (minus many out of print issues).
Select “out of print” issues of The Rifter® (#22, 26, 32, 33).
Proofreader copies of various books.
A+Plus Comic Books – Complete Set (signed).
Genuine Leather Book Jacket for most large Palladium RPG books (handcrafted, real leather).
Nightbane® T-Shirt (XXL).
Other T-Shirts and more.
Fort Wayne, Indiana – Alliance/Diamond Retailer Summit
– Saturday – October 13, 2007
Kevin Siembieda and Wayne Smith will be at the Palladium booth to answer all your questions, talk about Robotech®, Rifts® and other projects, chat and sign books.
Stop on by to get a FREE copy of The Rifter® and our latest catalog.
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