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Francois DesRochers
May 4, 202110 min read
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...
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Francois DesRochers
Jun 23, 20203 min read
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...
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Francois DesRochers
Jun 11, 20206 min read
GM Field Guide #1: Perspectives - Playing the Coalition States (Part 1)
GENERAL To assume that a population is defined by one individual, or the loudest sub-set, fails to take into account the totality of the...
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Francois DesRochers
Apr 16, 20203 min read
The Bazaar #4 - Astartes Youtube Series
General. I’m not necessarily promoting another gaming platform on this site, particularly one that makes the leap from paper-and-pen RPG...
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Francois DesRochers
Apr 11, 20208 min read
The Bazaar #3 - Campaign Levels and Managing Power Levels
GENERAL Rifts is often regarded as a power player or god-player dream system. The setting, to some extent, certainly can lead players...
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Francois DesRochers
Apr 7, 20205 min read
The Bazaar #2 - What This Blog Will / Won't Address
I WILL NOT ADDRESS RIFTS Game Mechanics. One of the constant issues the Palladium Books system faces is criticism of various parts of the...
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Francois DesRochers
Mar 26, 20203 min read
Session 0 - Scholarly Adventures
RIFTS – The Setting From the first pages of text in the original RIFTS: RPG, the creator, Kevin Siembieda, considered this as...
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