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The Bazaar 22: Fixing OCCs - An Example
INTRODUCTION General. One of the benefits of playing Rifts is the multitude of publications to support GMs and players. There are so many...
Francois DesRochers
Jan 4, 20226 min read


The Bazaar #21: OCC Overview – The Dragon Hatchling
INTRODUCTION General. When the Rifts RPG first came out, there was a lot of hype over the setting and the range of abilities players...
Francois DesRochers
Nov 30, 20216 min read


The Bazaar #20: The Christmas Grab Bag
INTRODUCTION General. The staple for Palladium Books has once again fallen upon us and Palladium Books elves are busily working to...
Francois DesRochers
Nov 16, 20214 min read


The Bazaar #18: Player Character Attributes
INTRODUCTION General. In a sort of follow-up to my post where I posit what I would look like as a Rifted character (hint, no great hero),...
Francois DesRochers
Nov 2, 20219 min read


The Bazaar #17: Me as a Rifted Character
GENERAL One of the intellectual games that Rifts players often play at one point or another is imagining one’s self in the game's milieu...
Francois DesRochers
Oct 12, 20217 min read


The Bazaar #16: OCC Overview – The Crazy
INTRODUCTION General. Raving lunatics, covert ninjas with mommy issues (pun intended), whatever you want to call them, they certainly are...
Francois DesRochers
Sep 28, 20216 min read


The Bazaar #15: Thoughts on Palladium Books’ “Big GenCon 2021 Announcement”
INTRODUCTION General. So, for anyone that did not attend the GenCon long-form blog interview/discussion between Kevin Siembieda...
Francois DesRochers
Sep 21, 20216 min read


The Bazaar #14: OCC Overview – Wilderness Scout
INTRODUCTION General. You could probably be excused for comparing this to the AD&D Ranger Class, because they do indeed line up fairly...
Francois DesRochers
Aug 24, 20215 min read


The Bazaar #13: OCC Overview – Glitter Boy
INTRODUCTION General. One of the iconic classes of the Rifts RPG, this was one of the more popular ones from the get-go. Sporting a...
Francois DesRochers
Aug 4, 20215 min read


The Bazaar #12: OCC Overview – Ley Line Walker
INTRODUCTION General. One of the iconic classes from the Rifts RPG, and one of the most popularized images based on Kevin Long’s line art...
Francois DesRochers
Jun 22, 20216 min read


The Bazaar #11: OCC Overview – Juicer
INTRODUCTION General. One of the iconic classes of the Rifts RPG, this was one of the more popular ones from the get-go, with a massive...
Francois DesRochers
Jun 1, 20214 min read


The Bazaar #10: Introduction to the OCC Overview Series
GENERAL Generalizations of Classes. For the most part, gamers from across various RPGs will likely differentiate the various character...
Francois DesRochers
May 18, 20215 min read


The Bazaar #8: An Author's Perspective of Rifts World Book 22: Free Quebec
GENERAL I thought I’d do something a little different, now that we’ve made our way down through maybe two-thirds of the way through the World Books. My proposal and manuscript largely formed the body of the publication, so I thought I’d do a bit of a review from an author’s perspective on the final product. While the Scholar’s Review followed the similar review format, this will provide you the insight of an unsolicited author and what my intent for each segment entailed. AU
Francois DesRochers
Feb 24, 20217 min read


The Bazaar #4 - Astartes Youtube Series
General. I’m not necessarily promoting another gaming platform on this site, particularly one that makes the leap from paper-and-pen RPG...
Francois DesRochers
Apr 16, 20203 min read


The Bazaar #3 - Campaign Levels and Managing Power Levels
GENERAL Rifts is often regarded as a power player or god-player dream system. The setting, to some extent, certainly can lead players...
Francois DesRochers
Apr 11, 20208 min read


The Bazaar #2 - What This Blog Will / Won't Address
I WILL NOT ADDRESS RIFTS Game Mechanics. One of the constant issues the Palladium Books system faces is criticism of various parts of the...
Francois DesRochers
Apr 7, 20205 min read


Session 0 - Scholarly Adventures
RIFTS – The Setting From the first pages of text in the original RIFTS: RPG, the creator, Kevin Siembieda, considered this as...
Francois DesRochers
Mar 26, 20203 min read
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