Francois DesRochers
GM Field Guide #10: Convincing Players to Try Rifts
INTRODUCTION With the relatively dramatic implosion of the D&D community over the proposed changes to the Open Game License (OGL) at the...
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Francois DesRochers
- Feb 7
- 12 min
GM Field Guide #9: Topography & Tactics
GENERAL In my previous article, The Bazaar #40: Geography & Distances, we discussed geography-related issues more inclined for the GMs,...
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Francois DesRochers
- Jan 24
- 10 min
GM Field Guide #8: Geography and Distances
A Macro-Level Discussion GENERAL There really are two factors to this discussion. At the macro-level, this is more inclined for the GMs...
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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
- Oct 18, 2022
- 5 min
GM Field Guide #7: Rifts – It’s For Kids Too!
GENERAL First off, it’s great to be back, and this isn’t your typical Rifts-centric post. I’m easing back into things. Four weeks on...
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Francois DesRochers
- Aug 17, 2022
- 10 min
GM Field Guide #6: Literacy in Rifts Earth
GENERAL There a great number of misconceptions to the Literacy skill and how to employ it, both during the character creation process 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
- May 3, 2022
- 12 min
GM Field Guide #5: GM Sessions (Players' Psychology)
GENERAL This is very much a more “high-brow” aspect to the GM Sessions posts, in that it isn’t directly attributable to the crafting,...
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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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Francois DesRochers
- Feb 1, 2022
- 3 min
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...
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Francois DesRochers
- Jan 18, 2022
- 6 min
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...
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