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The Bazaar #78: Technology Versus Magic
GENERAL Ah, this old nugget! This is a topic that typically divides the community into three groups: Magic is too limiting and has no...
Francois DesRochers
Feb 1112 min read
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The Bazaar #69: Bestiary Field Notes (CS Military Units)
INTRODUCTION In a follow-up to the previous Bestiary Notes for the CS Grunt Section, I thought I would address a more complex element of...
Francois DesRochers
Oct 1, 202410 min read
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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
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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,...
Francois DesRochers
Dec 12, 202312 min read
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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
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GM Field Guide #15 - Law of Armed Conflict in Rifts
INTRODUCTION Every once in a while, topics of conversation come from the most unlikely source. I was reading a Discord thread and the...
Francois DesRochers
Jul 4, 202312 min read
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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
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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 #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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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
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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
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Scholar's Review #38: Rifts Anthology - Tales of the Chi-Town 'Burbs
Author: Identified at individual story reviews Release Date: 2008 INTRODUCTION Stories strictly revolving around the ‘Burbs never...
Francois DesRochers
Aug 10, 20218 min read
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GM Field Guide #3: Playing Coalition States As Antagonists
General. Short of playing characters from the Coalition States, the CS is pretty much the quintessential antagonist for most Rifts...
Francois DesRochers
May 4, 202110 min read
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Scholar's Review #24: Rifts Sourcebook 4: Coalition Navy
Author: Patrick Nowak Release Date: August 1997 GENERAL Released relatively shortly after WB 11: Coalition War Campaign, it expands on...
Francois DesRochers
Jan 27, 20214 min read
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Scholar's Review #18: Rifts World Book 13: Lone Star
Author: Kevin Siembieda Release Date: 1997 GENERAL The Coalition State shrouded in the most mystery and intrigue has always been Lone...
Francois DesRochers
Jul 16, 20205 min read
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Scholar's Review #16: Rifts World Book 11: Coalition War Campaign
Author: Kevin Siembieda Release Date: 1996 GENERAL Following the advancement of the setting plot line after World Book 10: Juicer...
Francois DesRochers
Jul 6, 20207 min read
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GM Field Guide: Perspectives – Playing the Coalition States (Part 3)
GENERAL Presentation of the information herein is to give a very broad strokes background on the skeleton of what makes up a worldview,...
Francois DesRochers
Jun 30, 20209 min read
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GM Field Guide #2: Perspectives - Playing the Coalition States (Part 2)
GENERAL In the previous post, I discussed some of the issues facing easily the most polarizing issue about the Coalition States (how they...
Francois DesRochers
Jun 23, 20203 min read
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Scholar's Review 15: Rifts World Book 10: Juicer Uprising
Author: C.J. Carella Release Date: 1996 GENERAL The book really is the first World Book to markedly advance the timeline of Rifts Earth,...
Francois DesRochers
Jun 16, 20205 min read
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