Francois DesRochers
The Bazaar #48: Unboxing Titan Robotics
GENERAL The actual contents for the Titanium Club (Limited Edition Backer) included several physical and electronic (PDF) versions of the...
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Francois DesRochers
- Oct 6
- 5 min
The Bazaar #47: Titan Robotics Kickstarter Campaign
(Uh-Oh, Canada!) INTRODUCTION Like many of you, I've been waiting for my order from the Titan Robotics Kickstarter. I reviewed my initial...
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Francois DesRochers
- Jul 11
- 7 min
The Bazaar #46: OCC Overview – Dog Boys
INTRODUCTION General. The Dog Boy was one of the original Classes that allowed a Player to bring a lot of plot points to the table....
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Francois DesRochers
- Jun 27
- 6 min
The Bazaar #45: OCC Overview – CS Military Specialist
INTRODUCTION General. In the original Rifts Main Book, the CS Military Specialist was the catch-all officer and special forces character....
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Francois DesRochers
- Jun 6
- 6 min
The Bazaar #43: OCC Overview – Mystic
INTRODUCTION General. The Mystic is a bit of an oddity in a game that likes to take things to the maximum. Not the greatest spell...
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Francois DesRochers
- May 16
- 6 min
The Bazaar #42: OCC Overview – City Rat
GENERAL General. A rather unique class, the City Rat is specific to the relatively few major settlements across Rifts Earth. These...
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Francois DesRochers
- May 2
- 8 min
The Bazaar #41: Gaming Company / Consumer Interactions
INTRODUCTION By now you've have likely heard of the incident involving Wizards of the Coast (wait, again?!) a Magic: The Gathering (MtG)...
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Francois DesRochers
- Apr 4
- 5 min
The Bazaar #40: OCC Overview – Body Fixer
GENERAL One of the more cerebral classes within the game, they certainly don’t present as the clear go-to class for an adventurer. It is...
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Francois DesRochers
- Jan 9
- 10 min
The Bazaar #39: An Open Letter to Palladium Books, Kevin Siembieda, and Sean Roberson
(One D&D’s Impact and Palladium Books) INTRODUCTION A relatively unsurprising amount of angst has developed from the One D&D release, as...
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Francois DesRochers
- Dec 13, 2022
- 8 min
The Bazaar #38: Rifts Renaissance (Psionics Redux)
INTRODUCTION The Psychic Classes are the one segment of the game that fails to garner the attention technology receives; even magic gets...
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Francois DesRochers
- Nov 22, 2022
- 11 min
The Bazaar #37: Titan Robotics Kickstart Campaign
INTRODUCTION I imagine that as a fan of Palladium Books’ games (hence why you are here), I'd be much surprised if you’ve not heard about...
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Francois DesRochers
- Nov 15, 2022
- 6 min
The Bazaar #36: Palladium Books Christmas Grab Bag 2022
INTRODUCTION Once again, Palladium Books are busy filling out Christmas orders, slinging “randomized” grab bags across the earth to all...
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Francois DesRochers
- Nov 9, 2022
- 10 min
The Bazaar #35: Rifts Renaissance (Combat Redux)
GENERAL So, to recap, we’ve started a discussion on the Palladium Books rules, specifically the individual components that make up the...
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Francois DesRochers
- Oct 26, 2022
- 9 min
The Bazaar #34 – Rifts Renaissance (Skills Redux)
GENERAL The Palladium Books core rules set has remained pretty much unchanged over the decades; only tweaks and minor changes here and...
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Francois DesRochers
- Jul 5, 2022
- 7 min
The Bazaar #31: OCC Overview – Shifter
GENERAL General. At its core, Rifts is based on the premise of rips in the fabric of space and time that allowed various and numerous...
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Francois DesRochers
- Apr 20, 2022
- 6 min
The Bazaar #29: OCC Overview – Operator
GENERAL General. In the far future, where technology is seen by many as the saving grace against the inhuman and monstrous, and combat...
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Francois DesRochers
- Apr 12, 2022
- 5 min
The Bazaar #28: OCC Overview – Coalition Grunt
GENERAL General. So if you were to look at this OCC, one could be excused for wondering what the draw would be. Your baseline infantry...
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Francois DesRochers
- Mar 1, 2022
- 10 min
The Bazaar #27: OCC Rationalization (Men-at-Arms) - A Follow-up
GENERAL In a follow-up to last week’s post (The Bazaar 26: OCC Rationalization (Men-at-Arms)), I thought I’d take a look at the...
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Francois DesRochers
- Feb 22, 2022
- 9 min
The Bazaar #26: OCC Rationalization (Men-At-Arms)
INTRODUCTION One of the things Palladium Books has tried in earnest to do in their World Books, and in some cases Sourcebooks, is provide...
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Francois DesRochers
- Feb 15, 2022
- 6 min
The Bazaar #25: The Palladium Books Online Fandom
GENERAL Third party content producers and the fandom's support of whatever your slice of geek culture happens to be is one of the key...
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