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Francois DesRochers
Apr 30, 202413 min read
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...
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Francois DesRochers
Apr 25, 20239 min read
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...
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Francois DesRochers
May 17, 20226 min read
Scholar’s Review #55: World Book 27: Adventures in Dinosaur Swamp
Author: Kevin Siembieda & Todd Yoho Release Date: February 2006 GENERAL General. As a companion piece to the World Book 26: Dinosaur...
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Francois DesRochers
May 11, 20226 min read
Scholar’s Review #54: World Book 26: Dinosaur Swamp
Author: Todd Yoho Release Date: June 2004 GENERAL The apocalypse has turned most of the southeastern United States into a massive swamp,...
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Francois DesRochers
Apr 26, 20227 min read
Scholar's Review #53: World Book 32: Lemuria
Authors: Greg Diaczyk and Kevin Siembieda Release Date: April 2012 GENERAL I believe originally introduced in World Book 7: Underseas,...
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Francois DesRochers
Apr 5, 20225 min read
Scholar’s Review #52: RIFTS World Book 31 – Triax 2
Author: Taylor White, Brandon Aten and Kevin Siembieda Release Date: April 2010 GENERAL It has been five years of in-game time since the...
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Francois DesRochers
Mar 29, 20227 min read
Scholar’s Review #51: World Book 19: Australia
Author: Ben Cassin Lucas Release Date: 1999 GENERAL So, Australia certainly has not escaped the ravages of the Apocalypse. With only two...
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Francois DesRochers
May 11, 20213 min read
Scholar’s Review 33: RIFTS World Book 30 – D-Bees of North America
Author: Non-attributed (almost a dozen contributing writers) Release Date: April 2007 GENERAL The idea was that we collect all the D-Bees...
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Francois DesRochers
Apr 27, 20215 min read
Scholar’s Review #32: RIFTS World Book 29 - Madhaven
Author: Brandon Aten and Taylor White Release Date: July 2006 GENERAL Once again, we revisit one of the strange locales from North...
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Francois DesRochers
Apr 13, 20214 min read
Scholar’s Review #31: RIFTS World Book 28 – Arzno – Vampire Incursion
Author: Jason Richards Release Date: March 2006 GENERAL What is essentially a companion book to World Books 1 and 13 to 15, we now...
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Francois DesRochers
Mar 31, 20215 min read
Scholar’s Review #30: RIFTS World Book 25: China 2 – Heroes of the Celestial Court
Author: Kevin Siembieda & Erick Wujcik Release Date: January 2004 GENERAL This World Book takes us back into the mystical and depraved...
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Francois DesRochers
Mar 10, 20215 min read
Scholar’s Review #29: RIFTS World Book 24: China 1 – The Yama Kings
Author: Kevin Siembieda & Erick Wujcik Release Date: January 2004 GENERAL This World Book takes us into the mystical and depraved lands...
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Francois DesRochers
Mar 3, 20215 min read
Scholar's Review #28: Rifts World Book 23: Xiticix Invasion
Author: Kevin Siembieda Release Date: November 1999 GENERAL This World Book presents a unique opportunity for Rifts players. In addition...
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Francois DesRochers
Feb 24, 20217 min read
The Bazaar #8: An Author's Perspective of Rifts World Book 22: Free Quebec
GENERAL I thought I’d do something a little different, now that we’ve made our way down through maybe two-thirds of the way through the...
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Francois DesRochers
Feb 16, 20216 min read
Scholar's Review #27: Rifts World Book 22: Free Quebec
Author: Francois DesRochers & Kevin Siembieda Release Date: April 2000 GENERAL Otherwise known as the true mecca of humanity and...
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Francois DesRochers
Feb 3, 20214 min read
Scholar's Review #25: Rifts World Book 20: Canada
Author: Kevin Siembieda Release Date: August 1999 GENERAL Following the two Russian World Books and Australia, Rifts Canada provides a...
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Francois DesRochers
Jan 20, 20214 min read
Scholar's Review #23: Rifts World Book 18: Mystic Russia
Author: Kevin Siembieda Release Date: 1998 GENERAL The companion book to World Book 17: Warlords of Russia, this one continues to provide...
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Francois DesRochers
Jan 6, 20216 min read
Scholar's Review #21: Rifts World Book 16: Federation of Magic
Author: Kevin Siembieda and Kevin Murphy Release Date: 1997 GENERAL Presenting the first magical foil to the Coalition States. The...
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Francois DesRochers
Jul 30, 20205 min read
Scholar's Review 20: Rifts World Book 15: Spirit West
Author: Wayne Breaux Jr Release Date: 1997 GENERAL The Spirit West book is a pretty niche entry into the Rifts library. It doesn’t...
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Francois DesRochers
Jul 21, 20205 min read
Scholar's Review #19: Rifts World Book 14: New West
Author: Christopher R. Kornmann & Kevin Siembieda Release Date: 1997 GENERAL The New West is the barren expanse of the remaining United...
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