Scholarly Adventures

INTRODUCTION The Psychic Classes are the one segment of the game that fails to garner the attention technology receives; even magic gets...

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...

INTRODUCTION Once again, Palladium Books are busy filling out Christmas orders, slinging “randomized” grab bags across the earth to all...

GENERAL So, to recap, we’ve started a discussion on the Palladium Books rules, specifically the individual components that make up the...

GENERAL The Palladium Books core rules set has remained pretty much unchanged over the decades; only tweaks and minor changes here and...

INTRODUCTION General. At its core, Rifts is based on the premise of rips in the fabric of space and time that allowed various and...

INTRODUCTION General. In the far future, where technology is seen by many as the saving grace against the inhuman and monstrous, and...

INTRODUCTION General. So if you were to look at this OCC, one could be excused for wondering what the draw would be. Your baseline...

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...

INTRODUCTION One of the things Palladium Books has tried in earnest to do in their World Books, and in some cases Sourcebooks, is provide...

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...

INTRODUCTION When the Rifts RPG first came out, it was a wild, post-Apocalyptic mash-up of technology, magic, psionics, demons and...

INTRODUCTION General. As far as Psychic classes and access to the varied powers they deliver, there isn’t one that delivers quite the...

INTRODUCTION General. One of the benefits of playing Rifts is the multitude of publications to support GMs and players. There are so many...

INTRODUCTION General. When the Rifts RPG first came out, there was a lot of hype over the setting and the range of abilities players...

INTRODUCTION General. The staple for Palladium Books has once again fallen upon us and Palladium Books elves are busily working to...

INTRODUCTION General. In a sort of follow-up to my post where I posit what I would look like as a Rifted character (hint, no great hero),...

General. One of the intellectual games that Rifts players often play at one point or another is imagining one’s self in the game's milieu...

INTRODUCTION General. Raving lunatics, covert ninjas with mommy issues (pun intended), whatever you want to call them, they certainly are...

INTRODUCTION General. So, for anyone that did not attend the GenCon long-form blog interview/discussion between Kevin Siembieda...