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The Bazaar #40: OCC Overview – Body Fixer
INTRODUCTION General. One of the more cerebral classes within the game, they certainly don’t present as the clear go-to class for an...
Francois DesRochers
Apr 4, 20235 min read


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...
Francois DesRochers
Feb 14, 202310 min read


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,...
Francois DesRochers
Feb 7, 202312 min read


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...
Francois DesRochers
Jan 24, 202310 min read


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...
Francois DesRochers
Jan 9, 202310 min read


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...
Francois DesRochers
Dec 13, 20228 min read


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...
Francois DesRochers
Nov 22, 202211 min read


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...
Francois DesRochers
Nov 15, 20226 min read


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...
Francois DesRochers
Nov 9, 202210 min read


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...
Francois DesRochers
Oct 26, 20229 min read


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...
Francois DesRochers
Oct 18, 20225 min read


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...
Francois DesRochers
Aug 17, 202210 min read


The Bazaar #31: OCC Overview – Shifter
INTRODUCTION General. At its core, Rifts is based on the premise of rips in the fabric of space and time that allowed various and...
Francois DesRochers
Jul 5, 20227 min read


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,...
Francois DesRochers
May 3, 202212 min read


The Bazaar #29: OCC Overview – Operator
INTRODUCTION General. In the far future, where technology is seen by many as the saving grace against the inhuman and monstrous, and...
Francois DesRochers
Apr 20, 20226 min read


The Bazaar #28: OCC Overview – Coalition Grunt
INTRODUCTION General. So if you were to look at this OCC, one could be excused for wondering what the draw would be. Your baseline...
Francois DesRochers
Apr 12, 20226 min read


The Bazaar #27: OCC Rationalization (Men-at-Arms) - A Follow-up
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...
Francois DesRochers
Mar 1, 202210 min read


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...
Francois DesRochers
Feb 22, 20229 min read


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...
Francois DesRochers
Feb 15, 20226 min read


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...
Francois DesRochers
Feb 1, 20223 min read
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