The 12 Days of Rifts-mas: Day 8, Rifts Chaos Earth

It's like Rifts, but you play the good guys.

Rifts Chaos Earth is a fascinating game. This is an alternate timeline game set way before the current year Rifts, yet still compatible with most of the game. You are the "Earth Defence Force" or NEMA, and you go around doing heroic things in a newly ruined world.

You get to meet the Dee-Bees, users of magic, and aliens for the first time and decide how first contact goes.

There is no Coalition to step all over you.

You need to protect and serve the innocent SDC populations of the world.

And there is no set timeline you need to follow; you can pull in things from Rifts, but nothing that depends on that timeline. For example, there is no Coalition, so you will never use those soldiers, mechs, suits, or tech. There could be places like Atlantis or Phase World. There are MDC demons.

It is primarily up to you what you want to pull in, and this being Rifts, you could rift in something that is not supposed to be there, and cause a lot of insane fun as those from the alternate future try to figure out what is going on.

And since you primarily play the defense forces of NEMA, you are all on the same side and not your typical random Rifts murder-hobos. You have a faction, organization, missions, goals, and a command structure. This is like Rifts meets the old X-Com game, and it is cool.

This one is new to me, but I look forward to playing it and diving in.

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