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Palladium Books is a publisher of role-playing games (RPGs) best known for its Rifts series (1990–present). Palladium was founded April 1981 in Detroit, Michigan, by current president and lead game designer Kevin Siembieda, and is now based in Westland, Michigan.
Palladium Books decided to enter the market in 1983 with Palladium Role-Playing Game, a 274-page book designed by Kevin Siembieda and Erick Wujcik, with illustrations by Sembieda and Michael Kucharski. [2] This edition underwent several minor revisions with various changes in cover art over the next ten years.
Siembieda is the co-founder and president of Palladium Books. [3] He founded the company in April 1981 to publish his fantasy role-playing game, but had insufficient funds to publish any books; the mother of his friend Bill Loebs loaned Siembieda $1,500 to publish his first RPG book, The Mechanoid Invasion (1981).
Bill Coffin (born September 17, 1970) is a writer of novels and role-playing games in the fantasy and science fiction genres. Perhaps best known for his work at Palladium Books from July 1998 through May 2002, he made significant contributions to several of Palladium's game series, most notably Palladium Fantasy, but also Heroes Unlimited and Rifts, and created his own game, Systems Failure.
Heroes Unlimited is a superhero role-playing game written by Kevin Siembieda and first published by Palladium Books in 1984. The game is based upon the Palladium Books Megaversal system and is compatible with other games that use the Palladium system.
Rifts is a multi-genre role-playing game created by Kevin Siembieda in August 1990 and published continuously by Palladium Books since then. It takes place in a post-apocalyptic future, deriving elements from cyberpunk, science fiction, fantasy, horror, western, mythology and many other genres.
The Mechanoid Invasion (and its source books, supplements and sequels) was the first role-playing game from Palladium Books, published in 1981. The science fiction setting places human settlers at odds with a deadly cybernetic invasion force.
In 1986, Palladium Books acquired the game license for Robotech, and Kevin Siembieda designed the 110-page core rulebook titled Robotech the Role-Playing Game: The Macross Saga. The book contains rules for character creation, and personal and mecha combat, as well as descriptions and statistics for a variety of war machines. [3]
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