Francois DesRochers
The Bazaar #72: OCC Overview – Vagabond
INTRODUCTION Originally portrayed as the ‘everyday ordinary person’ thrust into the middle of life and death conflict and adventuring,...
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Francois DesRochers
Oct 155 min read
The Bazaar #71: Christmas Grab Bag 2024
INTRODUCTION I was pleasantly surprised to see the Palladium Books Christmas Grab Bag once again advertised and up on the Palladium Books...
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Francois DesRochers
Oct 89 min read
The Bazaar #70: Resource Review (Masterpieces of Fantasy Art)
A book review of some masters in genre art, and how they can be used to influence/inspire your adventures.
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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
Aug 285 min read
The Bazaar #67: Models from Palladium Books
Rifts RPG resin models and an ongoing project to paint and show off these miniatures.
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Francois DesRochers
Aug 134 min read
The Bazaar #66: Blog Teaser Trailer
GENERAL I’ve made my position on YouTube videos for some time now. It’s not that I’m uninterested in the production of quality videos for...
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Francois DesRochers
Jul 318 min read
The Bazaar #64: Solo RPG for Rifts
INTRODUCTION The idea of playing a Solo RPG is not something new. There is an increasingly compelling set of resources being developed...
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Francois DesRochers
Jun 188 min read
The Bazaar #62: Adventure Design Methodology
GENERAL As odd as it may sound, crafting an adventure is much like crafting effective PPT slide decks. We’ve likely all suffered through...
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Francois DesRochers
Jun 1111 min read
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...
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Francois DesRochers
May 284 min read
The Bazaar #60: Rifts Bundles of Holding
GENERAL The Bundles of Holding are back for the Rifts RPG! For those that aren’t aware, these are a series of discounted offerings from...
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Francois DesRochers
May 216 min read
The Bazaar #59: OCC Overview – Cyber-Doc
INTRODUCTION Cybernetic and bionic modification is a major theme for Rifts. It should be no surprise then that a character class that...
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Francois DesRochers
May 74 min read
The Bazaar #58: Two New Post Series
GENERAL The primary mission of this blog has always been the promotion of resources and guidance for Rifts Game Masters and Players,...
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Francois DesRochers
Apr 237 min read
The Bazaar #57: OCC Overview – Burster
INTRODUCTION One of the more popular Classes from the release of Rifts was the Burster. Not quite as iconic as the Juicer or the Glitter...
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Francois DesRochers
Apr 165 min read
The Bazaar #56: Artist Review (Kevin Long)
INTRODUCTION When the Rifts RPG first came out, it was a wild, post-Apocalyptic mash-up of technology, magic, psionics, demons and...
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Francois DesRochers
Mar 196 min read
The Bazaar 54: OCC Overview: Rogue Scholar
INTRODUCTION General. The Rifts RPG is a game that brings a lot of different play styles and classes to the table with varying levels of...
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Francois DesRochers
Feb 206 min read
The Bazaar #53: Core Rules System
(An Unsolicited Submission to Palladium Books) GENERAL For any long-time Player of the Palladium Books games, you quickly realize the...
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Francois DesRochers
Jan 236 min read
The Bazaar #52: OCC Overview – Combat Cyborg
INTRODUCTION General. One of the running themes for Rifts has always been about the bionic and cybernetic augmentation. From the very...
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Francois DesRochers
Jan 97 min read
The Bazaar #51: Palladium Books Christmas Grab Bag 2023
INTRODUCTION General. Once again, Palladium Books are busy filling out Christmas orders, slinging “randomized” grab bags across the earth...
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Francois DesRochers
Dec 19, 20237 min read
The Bazaar #50: OCC Overview – Robot Pilot
INTRODUCTION General. When Rifts Ultimate Edition came out, one of the few new additions to the line-up for O.C.C.s was generally thought...
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Francois DesRochers
Dec 12, 202312 min read
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,...
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