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Scholar’s Review #84: Dimension Book 3: Phase World Sourcebook
Written by : C.J. Carella Release Date : March 1995 Â GENERAL Very shortly after the release of Dimension Book 2: Phase World we get a...
Francois DesRochers
Mar 186 min read
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Scholar’s Review #83: Dimension Book 2: Phase World
Written by : C.J. Carella Release Date : December 1994 Â GENERAL Just the second Dimension Books released, this title will be 30 years...
Francois DesRochers
Feb 256 min read
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Scholar’s Review 82: Rifts Dimension Book 1: Wormwood
Review of Wormwood setting and how to merge current campaign into this understated entry.
Francois DesRochers
Feb 410 min read
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Scholar’s Review #81: Rifts Chaos Earth (Resurrection)
Written by : Taylor White & Kevin Siembieda Release Date : November 2015 GENERAL Released over ten years after the last Chaos Earth book...
Francois DesRochers
Dec 10, 20247 min read
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Scholar’s Review #80: Rifts Chaos Earth (Rise of Magic)
Written by : Kevin Siembieda Release Date : November 2003 GENERAL One of the biggest gaps from the outset of Chaos Earth was the lack of...
Francois DesRochers
Nov 19, 20244 min read
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Scholar’s Review #79: Rifts Chaos Earth (Creatures of Chaos)
Written by : Kevin Siembieda Release Date : September 2003 Â GENERAL Â The continued troubles that face Humanity are explored in the...
Francois DesRochers
Nov 12, 20246 min read
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Scholar’s Review #78: Rifts Chaos Earth RPG
We shift into reviewing the Chaos Earth RPG, examining the book that explains how it all started.
Francois DesRochers
Oct 29, 202410 min read
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Scholar’s Review #77: Rifts Index – Volume 2
Indexed and Compiled by : Craig Crawford Release Date : December 1997 GENERAL A follow-up to the Rifts Index – Volume 1, Volume 2...
Francois DesRochers
Sep 3, 20244 min read
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Scholar’s Review #75: World Book 36: Sovietski
Author: Brandon Aten, Matthew Orr and Kevin Siembieda Release Date: March 2018 GENERAL I got this title a while back, but only just got...
Francois DesRochers
Jul 9, 20247 min read
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Scholar’s Review #74: RIFTS Sourcebook: Vampires
Author: Kevin Siembieda Release Date: April 2013 GENERAL We revisit the original expansion to the Rifts RPG, diving back into the...
Francois DesRochers
Jun 4, 20248 min read
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Scholar’s Review #73: World Book 35: NG2
Author: Matthew Clements and Kevin Siembieda Release Date: May 2014 GENERAL The follow-up to World Book 34: Northern Gun 1, this tome of...
Francois DesRochers
Apr 30, 202413 min read
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Scholar’s Review #72: Dimension Book 7: Megaverse Builder
Author: Carl Gleba Release Date: 2004 Note: Special Printing Reviewed (Dec 2022) GENERAL Something of an impulse buy along with my 2023...
Francois DesRochers
Mar 26, 20245 min read
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Scholar’s Review #71: Machinations of Doom
Written and Illustrated by: Ramon Perez Additional Text: Kevin Siembieda and Julius Rosenstein Release Date: May 2007 GENERAL In a bit of...
Francois DesRochers
Mar 12, 20246 min read
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Scholar’s Review #70: The Cyberworks Collection
GENERAL The second part of the Titan Robotics Kickstarter, the Cyberwork Collection is an omnibus of most other ARCHIE-03 publications...
Francois DesRochers
Mar 5, 20244 min read
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Scholar’s Review #68: Sourcebook: Shemarrian Nation
Author: Josh Sinsapaugh Release Date: 2009 GENERAL Ever since the first glimpse into ARCHIE-03 back in Rifts Sourcebook 1, more so after...
Francois DesRochers
Jan 16, 20248 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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Scholar’s Review #67: Titan Robotics
GENERAL We finally get our hands on the goods. I’ll be honest, it’s been a while since I’ve reviewed a Palladium Books product I was this...
Francois DesRochers
Oct 17, 20239 min read
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Scholar’s Review #66: Dark Conversions
Author: Kevin Siembieda Release Date: December 2002 GENERAL General. Anecdotally referred to as Conversion Book 3, this book provides a...
Francois DesRochers
Jun 20, 20235 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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