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Scholar’s Review #64: World Book 33: Northern Gun 1
Author: Matthew Clements & Kevin Siembieda Release Date: Oct 2013 GENERAL General. Ever since the Rifts RPG came out, we’ve heard of this...
Francois DesRochers
Apr 25, 20239 min read
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Scholars Review #63: Secrets of the CS: Heroes of Humanity
Author: Kevin Siembieda Release Date: May 2016 INTRODUCTION The Coalition States’ reaction to demonic incursions. Here we hope to find...
Francois DesRochers
Mar 14, 20237 min read
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Scholars Review #62: Dimension Book 11: Dyval – Hell Unleashed
Author: Carl Gleba Release Date: August 2007 INTRODUCTION The second of two Dimension Books, we explore the second of two main parties to...
Francois DesRochers
Mar 7, 20239 min read
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Scholars Review #61: Dimension Book 10: Hades – Pits of Hell
Author: Carl Gleba Release Date: August 2007 INTRODUCTION In the first of two Dimension Books that really lay out the two main parties to...
Francois DesRochers
Feb 28, 20239 min read
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Scholars Review #60: Coalition Manhunters
Author: Kevin Siembieda Release Date: April 2022 INTRODUCTION As the top choice from my Christmas Grab Bag 2022, I dove into this title...
Francois DesRochers
Nov 29, 20229 min read
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Scholar’s Review #59: Rifter #85
Guest Editor: Sean Owen Roberson Coordinator & Editor In Chief: Wayne Smith Contributing Writers: With over a dozen, I’ve annotated...
Francois DesRochers
Jun 21, 20227 min read
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Scholar’s Review #58: Book of Magic
Creator, Designer and Chief Writer: Kevin Siembieda Additional Writers: A long list of those that contributed to several World Books....
Francois DesRochers
Jun 14, 20226 min read
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Scholar’s Review #57: Sourcebook 5: Bionics
Creator, Designer and Chief Writer: Kevin Siembieda Additional Writers: A long list of those that contributed to several World Books....
Francois DesRochers
May 31, 20225 min read
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Scholar’s Review #56: Game Master’s Guide
Author: Kevin Siembieda and Bill Coffin Additional Writers: A long list of those that contributed to several World Books. (I’ll be...
Francois DesRochers
May 24, 20228 min read
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Scholar’s Review #55: World Book 27: Adventures in Dinosaur Swamp
Author: Kevin Siembieda & Todd Yoho Release Date: February 2006 GENERAL General. As a companion piece to the World Book 26: Dinosaur...
Francois DesRochers
May 17, 20226 min read
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Scholar’s Review #54: World Book 26: Dinosaur Swamp
Author: Todd Yoho Release Date: June 2004 GENERAL The apocalypse has turned most of the southeastern United States into a massive swamp,...
Francois DesRochers
May 11, 20226 min read
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Scholar's Review #53: World Book 32: Lemuria
Authors: Greg Diaczyk and Kevin Siembieda Release Date: April 2012 GENERAL I believe originally introduced in World Book 7: Underseas,...
Francois DesRochers
Apr 26, 20227 min read
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Scholar’s Review #52: RIFTS World Book 31 – Triax 2
Author: Taylor White, Brandon Aten and Kevin Siembieda Release Date: April 2010 GENERAL It has been five years of in-game time since the...
Francois DesRochers
Apr 5, 20225 min read
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Scholar’s Review #51: World Book 19: Australia
Author: Ben Cassin Lucas Release Date: 1999 GENERAL So, Australia certainly has not escaped the ravages of the Apocalypse. With only two...
Francois DesRochers
Mar 29, 20227 min read
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GM Field Guide #4: Baseline Publications for New GMs
INTRODUCTION General . There are a great many books supporting the Rifts RPG, which makes the barrier to entry, even just skimming the...
Francois DesRochers
Feb 8, 202215 min read
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Scholar’s Review #49: Rifts Merc Ops
Author: Pat Nowak, Carmen Bellaire and Kevin Siembieda Release Date: May 2005 GENERAL Closing the door on a niche issue, this book...
Francois DesRochers
Jan 25, 20226 min read
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Scholar’s Review #48: Rifts Merc Town
Author: Pat Nowak and Kevin Siembieda Release Date: March 2005 GENERAL What happens when a town can’t afford to pay the mercenary...
Francois DesRochers
Jan 11, 20226 min read
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Scholar’s Review #47: Rifts Adventure Sourcebook (Chi-Town ‘Burbs: The Vanguard)
Author: Kevin Siembieda Release Date: September 2003 GENERAL Something of a niche entry in the four-book series of Adventure Sourcebooks,...
Francois DesRochers
Dec 28, 20214 min read
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Scholar’s Review #46: Rifts Adventure Sourcebook (Chi-Town ‘Burbs: The Black Vault)
Author: Kevin Siembieda Release Date: August(?) 2003 GENERAL Continuing the examination of Chi-Town and the ‘Burbs, we take a closer look...
Francois DesRochers
Dec 21, 20215 min read
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Scholar’s Review #45: Rifts Adventure Sourcebook (Chi-Town ‘Burbs: Fire Town & the Tolkeen Crisis)
Author: Kevin Siembieda Release Date: May 2003 GENERAL We continue in the post-Tolkeen War period, further developing the Chi-Town...
Francois DesRochers
Dec 14, 20213 min read
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