Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles and Other Strangeness
Created by Palladium Books
The best-selling role-playing game is back, in beautiful full color with new art by TMNT creators Kevin Eastman, Peter Laird, and more!
Latest Updates from Our Project:
Million
12 months ago
– Sun, Nov 26, 2023 at 12:53:50 PM
Another HUGE Milestone, and more of things to come!
One Million Dollars!
Cowabunga Ninja Turtles fans!
With your fervent support our project has crossed the one million dollar mark, thank you! The Fugitoid miniature will be added to all the backers who get the Heroes miniature set either as part of their pledge or an add-on, and Fugitoid's character entry will be added to allTMNT Transdimensional Adventures books.
TMNT & Other Strangeness - Eastman Variant Cover
Peter Laird has finished inking the cover art for the two Mutagen Green foil book covers, and we cant wait to show that off very soon. In the meantime, we want to publicly give heartfelt thanks to Pete for being such a big part of this project!
Now Kevin Eastman is hard at work on his variant cover painting - check it out :)
Book 1 variant cover art preliminary sketch by Kevin Eastman.
Interior Preview
I'm also excited to show you a preview of some of my work on the remastered, reduxed book interiors that include updated text, rules clarifications, full color art, and all-new layout. Original art by Kevin Eastman & Peter Laird, with radical colors by Michael Majestic.
Core rulebook two-page spread - work in progress preview, text and art not final.
Interior comic two-page spread - work in progress preview, text and art not final.
Comic and rules two-page spread - work in progress preview, text and art not final.
Core rulebook two-page spread - work in progress preview, text and art not final.
It's the Final Countdown!
We only have a couple days to go before the Kickstarter ends on Tuesday November 28th at midnight EST, so we appreciate you helping us continue to get the word out so that none of your friends miss out on these Kickstarter exclusive items and pricing!
Cheers,
Sean Owen Roberson, Palladium Books
Giving Thanks: Cards, Stretch Goals, Tribute Art, and Model Sculpts!
12 months ago
– Wed, Nov 22, 2023 at 07:47:35 AM
It's the season of giving thanks, and we and our friends at Turtles HQ are so grateful for your radical enthusiasm for this campaign. So grateful in fact, that we are announcing a surprise stretch goal for $900k!
We'll be producing a Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles illustrated deck of playing cards featuring art from the game. This 52 card poker deck will be available as an Add-On and included FREE in the Mutagen Mystic and Time Lord pledge levels. In addition, we will be adding both the TMNT RPG poker deckand the TMNT RPG Cover Art Print Set for FREE to both the Radical Rogue and Cowabunga Cowboy pledge levels!
After unlocking the TMNT card deck at $900k and the Fugitoid character and miniature at $1 Million, we're excited to announce the following stretch goal milestones going into the final days of the campaign:
MILESTONE 5 - $1,100,000 - BONUS Karai all new art and rules. An entry for Karai, elite leader of the Foot Clan, will be added to the TMNT & Other Strangeness book, including a NEW illustration by TMNT co-creator Kevin Eastman!
MILESTONE 6 - $1,200,000 - Triceraton Miniature and "mystery mutant". A bonus miniature of a Triceraton warrior will be added to the TMNT Villains miniature set. In addition, a new mutant animal, chosen by you the fans in a poll, will be added to the TMNT & Other Strangeness book.
MILESTONE 7 - $1,300,000 - Doc Feral Miniature and "mystery mutant". A bonus miniature of the classic RPG character Doc Feral will be added to the TMNT Villains miniature set. In addition, a new mutant animal, chosen by you the fans in a poll, will be added to the TMNT & Other Strangeness book.
MILESTONE 8 - $1,400,000 - April O'Neil and "mystery mutant". A bonus miniature of April O'Neil will be added to the TMNT Heroes miniature set. In addition, a new mutant animal, chosen by you the fans in a poll, will be added to the TMNT & Other Strangeness book.
We have even more previews of the miniatures sculpts approved to show you. These hero and villain miniatures will bring your TMNT games alive at your tables and look amazing on your display shelves.
Casey Jones sculpt poised for combat with weapons, plus Igor the Rabbit and Karl the Rat in progress by Transperfect Gaming.
The Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles are a multi-generation global phenomenon that is beloved across comics, television, film, and games. In honor of being one of the very first TMNT licensed partnerships over 35 years ago, we've assembled an unbelievable list of luminaries who will be enhancing this Redux Edition with over 30 pages of new full-color full-page art tributes, plus behind the scenes memories and fond anecdotes of just how much the Turtles has meant in their careers and lives:
Nick Bradshaw
Ben Bishop
Sophie Campbell
Jeremy Colwell
Steven Cummings
Luis Antonio Delgado
Kevin Eastman
Larry Elmore
Vincenzo Federici
Michael Gustovich
Jim Lawson
Michael Majestic
Michael Mumah
Ciro Nieli
Apollo Okamura
David Petersen
Ramon K. Perez
Ferro Pe
Michael Rooth
Kevin Siembieda
Thad Stalmack
Rawson Marshall Thurber
Freddie E. Williams II
Michael Wilson
John Zeleznik
And the list continues to grow!
As a final treat, please enjoy this selection of art from the project. We wish you all a restful and food-filled Thanksgiving. Turtle soup is OFF the menu, but Pizza never goes out of style!
Illustrations - some in-progress (black & white) - by Steven Cummings, David Peterson, Freddie E. Williams II with colors by Jeremy Colwell, and Vincenzo Federici.
Happy Thanksgiving!
Sean Owen Roberson, Palladium Books
Eastman & Laird share a quick personal update!
about 1 year ago
– Sat, Nov 18, 2023 at 02:27:13 PM
From TMNT Co-Creators Eastman & Laird
This one is short and sweet, a joint update from the creators of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles:
"The original old school TMNT co-creator Dudes, still kicking it Old School as they trade off original pencils and inks for some exclusive covers for the remastering of the original TMNT & Other Strangeness role-playing game! Cowabunga indeed!" - Kevin Eastman & Peter Laird
Both illustrations are pencils by Kevin Eastman and inks by Peter Laird, co-creators of the TMNT, to be stamped in foil on the Mutagen Green cover editions.
The entire Palladium Books team and the over two dozen creatives doing new full color art pages and other tributes for this new Redux Edition of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles & Other Strangeness role-playing game are ecstatic to be making history with the original creators Kevin Eastman & Peter Laird!
Thank you to all our backers for making these books not only a possibility, but a phenomenon. Please help us continue to spread the word as you enjoy your weekend and holidays; the campaign ends the day after Cyber-Monday — Tuesday November 28th at midnight EST!
Cheers,
Sean Owen Roberson, Palladium Books Creative Director
Art Prints & Adventure Unlocked! Help us unlock the Fugitoid Miniature!
about 1 year ago
– Wed, Nov 15, 2023 at 02:24:00 PM
Keep on Trucking, Turtles fans!
Thanks to your bodacious enthusiasm, we've unlocked three Stretch Goals! The Original 1985 Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles & Other Strangeness RPG cover will be included as an 8.5"x11" art print in all pledge levels that include cover art prints. A new introductory adventure written by Sophie Campbell and Kevin Siembieda that includes the four Ninja Turtles as ready-to-play pregenerated characters is included as a digital release for all print pledge levels. And the 1989 Transdimensional TMNT cover art is now included as an 8.5"x11" art print in all pledge levels that include cover art prints!
8.5"x11" Art Print of 1985 TNMT & Other Strangeness Cover Art by Kevin Eastman - UNLOCKED!
Introductory adventure by Sophie Campbell & Kevin Siembieda - UNLOCKED!
8.5"x11" Art Print of 1989 Transdimensional TNMT Cover Art by Kevin Long - UNLOCKED!
The next Stretch Goal, a BONUS Fugitoid Miniature and Rules, will unlock when the campaign hits $1,000,000. A bonus miniature of Fugitoid will be added to the TMNT Allies Miniature Set, and an entry for Fugitoid will be added to all versions of the TMNT Transdimensional Adventures book.
You can help us unlock the BONUS Fugitoid Miniature by sharing the following image on your social media and including this link back to the campaign.
🐢🥋I backed the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles RPG. Come play it with me! 🐀⚔️
Kevin Eastman NEW Cover Art Progress, and TMNT Miniatures Update!
about 1 year ago
– Fri, Nov 10, 2023 at 09:00:58 AM
What a WILD Start!
You have made the improbable happen -- the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles & Other Strangeness role-playing game is back in a huge way with the Redux Edition. And the world is starting to notice, including Forbes and Screen Rant -- click the link to see the articles! We are also excited to have garnered Kickstarter's "Project We Love" status.
A lot of you have been asking about the "To Be Revealed" cover art, the minis, add-on item images, etc. -- and rightly so! As an officially licensed product, there are a lot of moving parts behind the scenes so we appreciate your patience and understanding as we get everything approved by Nickelodeon before we spill too many beans.
Mutagen Green Cover Art Progress
We honestly did not expect Kevin Eastman to nearly insist on painting a new cover, which will be the Book 1 variant cover. We also had other plans in place and did not expect both Eastman and Laird to be available to do ALL NEW art for the two Mutagen Green Foil Editions.
Well, I'm proud to be able to share the "blue line" sketches for both covers by Kevin Eastman. These initial rough concepts are followed by tight pencil versions, which Kevin is finishing up as I type this. As the final step before foil stamps are made, they will be handed off to be inked. As we close in on unlocking the Fugitoid Stretch Goal, I'm extra excited to have him on the cover of the TMNT Transdimensional Adventures book!
Sketches by Kevin Eastman.
Meet the Miniatures Team
Palladium Books is proud to formally announce our miniature sculpting partner, TransPerfect Gaming.
TransPerfect Gaming is excited to be partnering with Palladium on their work to relaunch the classic Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles and Other Strangeness books with amazing new content. We all owned the original works and have fond memories of creating characters and playing the game together with friends. Some of us still have our tattered copies from decades ago!
TransPerfect Gaming is crafting these intricate sculpts for multiple in-game characters, ready for production as physical miniatures.We are bringing our expertise in 3D modeling, sculpting, and love of the characters to bring the Turtles, Foot Clan, Terror Bears, and other fantastic creations from the books to life for Palladium's passionate fanbase and supporters.
Casey Jones 28mm "heroic" scale miniature sculpt, approved by Nickelodeon.
There are a lot of miniatures in-progress, but here is a sample of their work on Casey Jones -- the next step will be posing him for a fight wielding a baseball bat and wooden club. We can't wait for you to see the TMNT soon, they look like the classic 1985 RPG art stepped right off the page and into 3D!
Other Things of Note
We will be adding a big update to the campaign page regarding the above items. I'd also like to mention that we have added images for all of the FanRoll dice and accessories (including the Leo dice set), as well as all of the book covers that Eastman and Laird aren't currently working on, with more previews in the pipeline. I will also be adding an entire section listing the over twodozen artists doing full-page color art tributes showcasing selections of their art in progress. We also have some exciting new Stretch Goals to announce soon, so stay tuned, tell all your gaming buddies old or new, and COWABUNGA!
Cheers,
Sean Owen Roberson, Palladium Books Creative Director
