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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....
Francois DesRochers
Jul 11, 20237 min read


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....
Francois DesRochers
Jun 27, 20236 min read


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...
Francois DesRochers
Jun 6, 20236 min read


The Bazaar #42: OCC Overview – City Rat
INTRODUCTION General. A rather unique class, the City Rat is specific to the relatively few major settlements across Rifts Earth. These...
Francois DesRochers
May 16, 20236 min read


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)...
Francois DesRochers
May 2, 20238 min read


The Bazaar #40: OCC Overview – Body Fixer
INTRODUCTION General. One of the more cerebral classes within the game, they certainly don’t present as the clear go-to class for an...
Francois DesRochers
Apr 4, 20235 min read


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...
Francois DesRochers
Jan 9, 202310 min read


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...
Francois DesRochers
Dec 13, 20228 min read


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...
Francois DesRochers
Nov 22, 202211 min read


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...
Francois DesRochers
Nov 15, 20226 min read


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...
Francois DesRochers
Nov 9, 202210 min read


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...
Francois DesRochers
Oct 26, 20229 min read


The Bazaar #31: OCC Overview – Shifter
INTRODUCTION General. At its core, Rifts is based on the premise of rips in the fabric of space and time that allowed various and...
Francois DesRochers
Jul 5, 20227 min read


The Bazaar #29: OCC Overview – Operator
INTRODUCTION General. In the far future, where technology is seen by many as the saving grace against the inhuman and monstrous, and...
Francois DesRochers
Apr 20, 20226 min read


The Bazaar #28: OCC Overview – Coalition Grunt
INTRODUCTION General. So if you were to look at this OCC, one could be excused for wondering what the draw would be. Your baseline...
Francois DesRochers
Apr 12, 20226 min read


The Bazaar #27: OCC Rationalization (Men-at-Arms) - A Follow-up
INTRODUCTION 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...
Francois DesRochers
Mar 1, 202210 min read


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...
Francois DesRochers
Feb 22, 20229 min read


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...
Francois DesRochers
Feb 15, 20226 min read


The Bazaar #24: Artist Review (Larry MacDougall)
INTRODUCTION When the Rifts RPG first came out, it was a wild, post-Apocalyptic mash-up of technology, magic, psionics, demons and...
Francois DesRochers
Feb 1, 20223 min read


The Bazaar #23: OCC Overview – The Mind Melter
INTRODUCTION General. As far as Psychic classes and access to the varied powers they deliver, there isn’t one that delivers quite the...
Francois DesRochers
Jan 18, 20226 min read
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