Life in the Megaverse

Rifts is one of the best games and settings of all time. You will either think I am crazy or agree. There is really no middle ground here. I know about Savage Rifts, and while that is a fun, game-balanced version of the game, it does not do it for me. You know that scene in Avengers: Endgame where Captain Marvel is flying through the ships of the enemy battlefleet and destroying them by treating them like she is flying through paper? That is Rifts. That is what it lets you do. I have a softcover in the mail, and the hardcover is still out of print. It is nice to see Palladium selling out of books, and they deserve all the praise and success they can get. This is one of the OG pen-and-paper role-playing game companies, and they make excellent games that are still very affordable. You can be that powerful, and there are enemies out there that can out-power-level you and crush you like an ant under a shoe. Forget D&D 5E and its "managed power levels" that only let you go so ...

You can't talk 90s fantasy roleplaying games without talking Palladium Fantasy. I can hear my brother talking to me, "If you are considering playing an AD&D 2nd Edition retro-clone, then you need to talk about Palladium Fantasy." Balance, cohesion, organization? Fancy things like indices? Nah, who needs any of that! The game, even in its second Edition, reads like a random collection of magazine articles, and that is okay. The rules are not all that hard. 5+ on a d20 is a hit, and if your target is wearing any armor, rolling higher than the AR value of the armor takes the blow and damage. The only rule not included in the 2nd Edition of the Palladium rules is what the target number for a parry or dodge roll is! I could not find it and had to go back to the 1st Edition to see the parry and dodge target numbers, hint:  To parry or dodge roll higher than the attacker's roll. There are a few other rules on parries and dodges, but those are in the 2nd edition book. Thi...