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The Bazaar #62: Adventure Design Methodology
GENERAL As odd as it may sound, crafting an adventure is much like crafting effective PPT slide decks. We’ve likely all suffered through...
Francois DesRochers
Jun 18, 20248 min read


The Bazaar #61: Bestiary Field Notes (CS Grunt Section)
GENERAL Everyone’s favorite dog to kick, CS soldiers are the stereotypical “red shirts” for most Rifts games. I’ll be the first to admit...
Francois DesRochers
Jun 11, 202411 min read


The Bazaar #60: Rifts Bundles of Holding
GENERAL The Bundles of Holding are back for the Rifts RPG! For those that aren’t aware, these are a series of discounted offerings from...
Francois DesRochers
May 28, 20244 min read


The Bazaar #59: OCC Overview – Cyber-Doc
INTRODUCTION Cybernetic and bionic modification is a major theme for Rifts. It should be no surprise then that a character class that...
Francois DesRochers
May 21, 20246 min read


The Bazaar #58: Two New Post Series
GENERAL The primary mission of this blog has always been the promotion of resources and guidance for Rifts Game Masters and Players,...
Francois DesRochers
May 7, 20244 min read


The Bazaar #57: OCC Overview – Burster
INTRODUCTION One of the more popular Classes from the release of Rifts was the Burster. Not quite as iconic as the Juicer or the Glitter...
Francois DesRochers
Apr 23, 20247 min read


The Bazaar #56: Artist Review (Kevin Long)
INTRODUCTION When the Rifts RPG first came out, it was a wild, post-Apocalyptic mash-up of technology, magic, psionics, demons and...
Francois DesRochers
Apr 16, 20245 min read


The Bazaar 54: OCC Overview: Rogue Scholar
INTRODUCTION General. The Rifts RPG is a game that brings a lot of different play styles and classes to the table with varying levels of...
Francois DesRochers
Mar 19, 20246 min read


The Bazaar #53: Core Rules System
(An Unsolicited Submission to Palladium Books) GENERAL For any long-time Player of the Palladium Books games, you quickly realize the...
Francois DesRochers
Feb 20, 20246 min read


The Bazaar #52: OCC Overview – Combat Cyborg
INTRODUCTION General. One of the running themes for Rifts has always been about the bionic and cybernetic augmentation. From the very...
Francois DesRochers
Jan 23, 20246 min read


The Bazaar #51: Palladium Books Christmas Grab Bag 2023
INTRODUCTION General. Once again, Palladium Books are busy filling out Christmas orders, slinging “randomized” grab bags across the earth...
Francois DesRochers
Jan 9, 20247 min read


The Bazaar #50: OCC Overview – Robot Pilot
INTRODUCTION General. When Rifts Ultimate Edition came out, one of the few new additions to the line-up for O.C.C.s was generally thought...
Francois DesRochers
Dec 19, 20237 min read


The Bazaar #49: Fixing Siege on Tolkeen Series
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
Francois DesRochers
Dec 12, 202313 min read


The Bazaar #48: Unboxing Titan Robotics
GENERAL The actual contents for the Titanium Club (Limited Edition Backer) included several physical and electronic (PDF) versions of the...
Francois DesRochers
Oct 10, 20233 min read


The Bazaar #47: Titan Robotics Kickstarter Campaign
(Uh-Oh, Canada!) INTRODUCTION Like many of you, I've been waiting for my order from the Titan Robotics Kickstarter. I reviewed my initial...
Francois DesRochers
Oct 6, 20235 min read


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 #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...
Francois DesRochers
Jun 13, 202312 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
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