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Francois DesRochers
Oct 110 min read
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...
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Francois DesRochers
Sep 2410 min read
The Bazaar #68: Min-Maxxing
GENERAL Someone posed the following question to me on Facebook a short while ago: “Why don’t you like min-maxxers?” I thought about it...
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Francois DesRochers
Nov 28, 202314 min read
GM Field Guide #16: Player Immersion and Engagement
INTRODUCTION This is going to be another one of my omnibus posts; a holding site for several related articles. In the GM Field Guide #4:...
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Francois DesRochers
Jun 13, 202312 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...
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Francois DesRochers
Apr 11, 20239 min read
GM Field Guide #13: Session Zero
INTRODUCTION The following is a combination of personal thoughts and summarized information from a variety of online sources. To be...
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Francois DesRochers
Mar 21, 202311 min read
GM Field Guide #11: Game Balance in Rifts (Baseline)
INTRODUCTION The idea of balancing a game is not something limited to a TTRPG. We try to apply this concept to professional sports (e.g....
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Francois DesRochers
Feb 14, 202310 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...
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Francois DesRochers
Feb 7, 202312 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,...
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Francois DesRochers
Jan 24, 202310 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...
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Francois DesRochers
May 3, 202212 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,...
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