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Palladium Books Reports

Maintaining an independent and critical perspective, Geek Native has provided original reporting on Palladium Books for more than 16 years. This curated resource organises 44 articles, anchoring current news within a long-term historical context. This resource evaluates first-hand data from official industry announcements and crowdfunding mechanics.

Routinely Itemised: RPG #384

October 24, 2026 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

Palladium drops TMNT, Chaosium pulls AI titles, and Sword World secures $2m. Catch up on the week’s tabletop roleplaying game news and bundle deals.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: artificial intelligence, Chaosium, gm screens, Palladium Books, routinely itemised, severed books, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, the painted wastelands

Why Palladium Books walked away from Ninja Turtles to double down on Rifts

October 22, 2026 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

Palladium Books has ended its Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles licence after renewal talks with Paramount stalled, discounting remaining stock by 40%.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: Kevin Eastman, Kevin Siembieda, Palladium Books, rifts, sean owen roberson, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles

Nightbane returns to print and audio in major Palladium Books partnership

May 2, 2026 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

Discover how AudioRPG is bringing the cult classic Nightbane roleplaying games to life with first ever foil hardcovers and immersive audiobooks in a major new partnership with Palladium Books.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: backerkit, Kevin Siembieda, Palladium Books

Rifts Mega-deal: Bundle of Holding launches five bundles to collect all 36 World Books

September 12, 2025 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

In all my years reporting on RPG bundle deals, I’ve never seen anything quite like this. It’s Rifts World Books Week at the Bundle of Holding, and publisher Palladium Books has gone to town.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: bundle of holding, bundles, Palladium Books, rifts

Rifts Promise of Power Reforged interview with Kevin Siembieda and Sean Owen Roberson

June 16, 2025 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

Now, decades later, Rifts Promise of Power Reforged is about to launch a crowdfunding for a remake of the game.

Filed Under: Interviews, Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: Kevin Siembieda, Palladium Books, rifts, sean owen roberson

Palladium Books will launch a crowdfunding campaign to revive “lost” Rifts computer game

May 20, 2025 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

The crowdfunding campaign will offer backers exclusive in-game content and new physical rewards. Stretch goals outlined for the project include a high-definition update to the original in-game art and combat graphics, an entirely new modern soundtrack, and support for additional platforms, such as consoles and mobile devices, contingent on funding levels.

Filed Under: PC Tagged With: Palladium Books, rifts

Rifts Coalition Wars comes to the Bundle of Holding

May 29, 2024 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

The return of magical energy has shattered reality, opening portals to other dimensions and unleashing a plethora of supernatural beings.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: bundle of holding, bundles, Palladium Books, rifts

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles and Other Strangeness: Controversial RPG smashes 1/4 million target

November 2, 2023 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

The game lets you pick your mutant animal, using a point system to balance the differences so a ninja hamster can be as a practical part of a group as a ninja tiger.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: kickstarters, Palladium Books, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles

A plague of horror TTRPGs: Palladium Apocalypse

October 23, 2023 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

All of the RPGs in the bundle are standalone, but they can also be used together with any game based on Palladium’s Megaversal rules system.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: bundle of holding, bundles, horror, Palladium Books

Free to Download: Savage Rifts – Palladium Gaming Using Savage Rifts

December 17, 2022 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

Rifts is a post-apocalyptic science fiction role-playing game published by Palladium Books.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: free to download, Palladium Books, Pinnacle Entertainment Group, rifts, savage worlds, sean owen roberson

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