Francois DesRochers
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 13
- 12 min
The Bazaar #44: Using Horror Factor
(The Psychology of Horror) INTRODUCTION The following is a bit of a study of ‘evil’ in Rifts RPG, specifically in how it translates into...
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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
- Feb 14
- 10 min
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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