Palladium Books® – Press Release – September 11, 2009

Product pipeline about to start flowing again

  • Mysteries of Magic™ Book One: The Heart of Magic™ is at the printer. Folks here loved it and we think you will too. September release

  • The Rifter® #48 – is in full production. Early October release.

  • Robotech® Expeditionary Force Marines™ – it is in the final editing stage, soon to be sent to Harmony Gold for approval.

  • Dead Reign™ Sourcebook Two – Dark Places – writing and art has begun (snuck in between other work), shooting for an October/Halloween release.

  • Rifts® Dimension Book™ 12: Dimensional Outbreak™ – epic science fiction adventure. Editing and rewrites have begun, artwork is coming in and looking great.

  • Heroes of the Megaverse® – the cover is done and Kevin is itching to write it. The 2000 greatest heroes the Megaverse has ever known – the people who bought the print to save Palladium during the Crisis of Treachery – memorialized in this fun sourcebook.

  • And possibly other titles.

  • Christmas Surprise Package – your opportunity to catch up on the books you missed, or acquire the games and specialty items you want, or get an RPG gift that looks like you spent a fortune. $75+ worth of product, autographed (if you like) for only $35 plus shipping & handling. The Christmas Surprise Packages means more than ever to us this year, because now we can give back to you, the fans who have given us so much over the years. In these tough economic times, we encourage EVERYONE to take advantage of this great offer. Let us make your Christmas a little brighter.

    Mysteries of Magic™
    Book One: The Heart of Magic™ – At the printer

    The book is done and at the printer.

    The Heart of Magic™ is packed with new information, details and new insight about magic, P.P.E., the Palladium World, Men of Magic, Wizards, Warlocks, Priests, Familiars, true names, apprenticeship, scroll conversion, learning magic, new and different magic O.C.C.s, new Wizard and Warlock spells, and data that expands, defines and clarifies a number of aspects about the practice of magic in the Palladium Fantasy setting. Easy to adapt to Rifts® (just change S.D.C. damage to M.D. and you are ready to go).

  • 50 new Wizard and Warlock spells.
  • The Forsaken Mage O.C.C., a Jack of all magicks and an outcast.
  • Half-Wizard O.C.C., a split-class spell caster.
  • Priest Variant O.C.C.s: Healer, Scholar and Warrior.
  • New details about the Goblin Cobbler and Psi-Mystic.
  • New details about Familiars, their secrets, and special abilities.
  • True names, the mystery behind them, the danger of revealing them, and how to change them.
  • Secrets of how magic is learned, how it works, and the apprenticeship process (what is learned).
  • New insights about magic, the Palladium World, and Men of Magic.
  • A closer look at the Wizard O.C.C., scroll conversion, spell books, auras, jobs, guilds, and the effects of metal and minerals on magic.
  • Unstable and weak spell magic, learning new spells, and more.
  • For the Palladium Fantasy® world, but suitable for any S.D.C. setting, and is easy to adapt to Rifts® and any Mega-Damage setting.
  • Cover and logo by David Martin.
  • Art by Ashbaugh, Mumah, Burles and others.
  • Written by Mark Hall and Kevin Siembieda.
  • 96 pages – $16.95 retail – Cat. No. 472. Ships September 28. At the printer.

    The Rifter® #48 – Ships October 6

    The Rifter® is your doorway to unlimited imagination and numerous Palladium role-playing worlds. It offers new heroes, powers, weapons, magic and adventure for your games. It presents new villains, monsters and dangers to battle, and new ideas to consider.

  • Rifts® N.O.R.A.D. – A massive, fully fleshed out adventure around the ruins of N.O.R.A.D. 300 years later in modern Rifts Earth. Dark secrets and new dangers await.
  • Expanded Horror Factor™ Rules for all Palladium settings.
  • Nightbane® Answers to Commonly Asked Questions – By Mark Oberle and Irvin Jackson.
  • The latest chapter of Hammer of the Forge™, fiction.
  • News, coming attractions and more.
  • Cover by Kent Burles.
  • $11.95 retail – 96 pages – Cat. No. 148. Ships October 6.

    Dead Reign™ Sourcebook Two: Dark Places
    – Ships October

    When there is no place to hide and the dead are everywhere, where do you go? Who can you turn to? What happens next?

  • Written by Kevin Siembieda.
  • Illustrated by various Palladium artists.
  • 64 pages – $12.95 retail – Cat. No. 232. October release.

    Robotech® Expeditionary Force Marines™
    – Ships October

    Jason Marker is done writing this exciting new Robotech® sourcebook. Next step is a quick edit and sending it off to Harmony Gold for their approval. When approval for the text arrives, we get the artists busy, and come October, you should have Robotech® Expeditionary Force Marines™ in your hands. This is another sourcebook jam-packed with new O.C.C.s, mecha, weapons, gear, and ideas to send your characters on amazing new adventures.

  • UEEF Marine Corps O.C.C. and M.O.S. skills.
  • New weapons.
  • New Mecha.
  • New Marine ground vehicles.
  • New Marine aircraft.
  • New Marine specific spacecraft.
  • History, training, and organization of the UEEF Marines.
  • Cat. No. 553, manga size & format – final page count not yet determined, but we are thinking 128-192 pages, $14.95 retail and an October release.

    Rifts® Dimension Book™ 12:
    Dimensional Outbreak™

    At least half the artwork is in and looking great. Editing and rewrites have begun. Author Carl Gleba has created another masterpiece brimming with ideas, new demons, new Deevils, new whacked out spaceships, new magic spells, more about Phase World, Center, the escalating Minion War and much more. Dimensional Outbreak™ is another exciting and surprise filled book in the Minion War™ series as 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.
  • Demon Magic (new).
  • Spaceships, power armor and other gear.
  • The plot for conquering the Three Galaxies and more.
  • 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, Nick Bradshaw, Mark Dudley, Mike Mumah, and others.
  • John Zeleznik cover painting.
  • Written by Carl Gleba.
  • 192-224 pages – $24.95 retail – Cat. No. 875. Ships in October.

    Rifts®/Phase World® Sourcebook:
    Heroes of the Megaverse® – October

    Most agree the Book of Heroes is one of the greatest magic artifacts in the Megaverse. Only one copy is known to exist, and everyone wants to get their hands on it – Demons, Deevils, the Splugorth, the Dominators, the Kreeghor, the United Worlds of Warlock and everyone in between. For it is said that he who wields the “Power of the 2000" can rule the universe.

    Once protected by the Cosmo-Knights, the book has gone missing. No one knows its fate or the true power contained within its List of Heroes. No one except YOU – the new keepers of this legendary Rune book.

  • Minion War tie-in adventure sourcebook.
  • Contains the names of 2000 real life fans who purchased that special print during the Crisis of Treachery.
  • Written by Kevin Siembieda.
  • Illustrated by various Palladium heroes.
  • 96 pages – $16.95 retail – Cat. No. 877. October or November release.

    And a Whole Lot More

    The printer’s schedule, Publisher Kevin Siembieda’s situation with his father, the upcoming Christmas Surprise Packages, and other things are shaking up Palladium’s schedule a bit, but we still intend to release 7-9 books over the next four months. So keep your eyes peeled.

    Recent Releases and Reprints

    Fleets of the Three Galaxies™ – Spacecraft, history, background, equipment, magic (72 new Space Magic spells) and adventure ideas set around Phase World® and the Three Galaxies™. 128 pages – $16.95 retail – Cat. No. 880.

    Nightbane® Survival Guide™ – It’s all about the Nightbane, their Morphus, their powers and their lives. Plus a full adventure and 13 adventure ideas. 160 pages – $20.95 retail – Cat. No. 735.

    Rifts® Bionics Sourcebook – The ultimate Rifts® guide to bionics and cybernetics in North America, plus information on Cyborgs, City Rats, and the Chi-Town ‘Burbs. 112 pages – $16.95 retail – Cat. No. 850.

    Rifts® World Book 5: Triax™ and the NGR™ – One of the best selling and most beloved World Books ever. It is jam-packed with high-tech weapons, gear, armor, power armor, robots and vehicles. 224 pages – $24.95 retail – Cat. No. 810.

    Rifts® Adventure Sourcebook: The Black Vault™ – the Coalition States’ treasure trove of forbidden magic items. 48 pages – $9.95 retail – Cat. No. 855.

    Plus all kinds of non-book items – dice bags, calculator, refrigerator magnets, baseball cap, T-shirts and more.

    UPDATE: Queen of Ghouls

    With Halloween around the corner the Queen of Ghouls is selling 1-2 ghouls a day. For you locals, Kathy’s next showing and sale of ghouls will be at the Town Peddler Tent Sale, 35323 Plymouth Road, in Livonia, Michigan, on Saturday, September 12. Kevin Siembieda will be there too, selling toys and collectibles at blowout prices. New ghouls appear on Kathy Simmons’ Queen of Ghouls Ebay store every few days. A typical ghoul sells for $79-$139, each is handmade, lightweight, and sturdy.

    UPDATE: Kevin’s Dad

    For those of you who have not heard, Henry Siembieda, Kevin’s father, has bladder cancer. Hank took the news pretty hard (we all did). However, the Doctors seem to believe they caught it early and are hopeful. We’ll know more after chemotherapy, which starts in a week or two. Hank is in the hearts and prayers of all of us. Our thanks to fans who have posted well wishes online, sent private messages, emails and cards.

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