GENERAL The Siege on Tolkeen can generally be characterized as a gateway project for Palladium Books and the Rifts timeline. Basically, every release up to then was in a “pre-Tolkeen state,” while most releases since (including the Savage Rifts line) have been squarely presented as post-Siege publications. This places the current canon timeline at ~109 P.A.; when Rifts first released, the timeline presented in the Rift Main Book was circa 101. P.A.. For the purposes of this p

GENERAL The actual contents for the Titanium Club (Limited Edition Backer) included several physical and electronic (PDF) versions of the...

(Uh-Oh, Canada!) INTRODUCTION Like many of you, I've been waiting for my order from the Titan Robotics Kickstarter. I reviewed my initial...

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....

INTRODUCTION General. In the original Rifts Main Book, the CS Military Specialist was the catch-all officer and special forces character....

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...

INTRODUCTION General. A rather unique class, the City Rat is specific to the relatively few major settlements across Rifts Earth. These...

INTRODUCTION By now you've have likely heard of the incident involving Wizards of the Coast (wait, again?!) a Magic: The Gathering (MtG)...

INTRODUCTION General. One of the more cerebral classes within the game, they certainly don’t present as the clear go-to class for an...

(One D&D’s Impact and Palladium Books) INTRODUCTION A relatively unsurprising amount of angst has developed from the One D&D release, as...

INTRODUCTION The Psychic Classes are the one segment of the game that fails to garner the attention technology receives; even magic gets...

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...

INTRODUCTION Once again, Palladium Books are busy filling out Christmas orders, slinging “randomized” grab bags across the earth to all...

GENERAL So, to recap, we’ve started a discussion on the Palladium Books rules, specifically the individual components that make up the...

GENERAL The Palladium Books core rules set has remained pretty much unchanged over the decades; only tweaks and minor changes here and...

INTRODUCTION General. At its core, Rifts is based on the premise of rips in the fabric of space and time that allowed various and...

INTRODUCTION General. In the far future, where technology is seen by many as the saving grace against the inhuman and monstrous, and...

INTRODUCTION General. So if you were to look at this OCC, one could be excused for wondering what the draw would be. Your baseline...

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...

INTRODUCTION One of the things Palladium Books has tried in earnest to do in their World Books, and in some cases Sourcebooks, is provide...