Congrats on the great find! And now run the game!
The original is a great RPG. I've run it many times and I'm consistently surprised how much fun each session has been. The PCs are waaaay over their heads so they get creative fast.
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- Sun Mar 24, 2019 2:28 am
- Forum: The Mechanoids®
- Topic: Snagged a Signed Copy!
- Replies: 8
- Views: 13965
- Sun Mar 24, 2019 2:21 am
- Forum: All Things Palladium Books®
- Topic: Megaverse® Insider
- Replies: 15
- Views: 10678
Re: Megaverse® Insider
Here's the strategy to avoid stress with PB proposed dates or for most any Kickstarter: take their announced date of delivery and add ONE YEAR. If it comes before then, boom be happy. Otherwise, don't stress it.
- Mon May 28, 2018 9:35 pm
- Forum: All Things Palladium Books®
- Topic: Palladium, im seriously dissapointed in you.
- Replies: 85
- Views: 66004
Re: Palladium, im seriously dissapointed in you.
The longer Palladium keeps mum about the whole affair, the more patterns the irate customers are going to find in past behavior and thus the more negative conclusions they'll reach. Silence is slow suicide for a company in a situation like this. The only fix is transparency, and that's just not for...
- Tue May 15, 2018 12:33 am
- Forum: All Things Palladium Books®
- Topic: How was Open House?
- Replies: 12
- Views: 10386
Re: How was Open House?
How was the attendance?
- Sat May 12, 2018 8:59 pm
- Forum: Palladium Open House
- Topic: How was POH 2018? Any pics?
- Replies: 3
- Views: 7574
- Sun May 06, 2018 1:41 am
- Forum: All Things Palladium Books®
- Topic: Palladium, im seriously dissapointed in you.
- Replies: 85
- Views: 66004
Re: Palladium, im seriously dissapointed in you.
HG gave them a zero dollar renewal as well as putting them in touch with people who could have helped significantly with getting things done. THEY obviously did not take advantage of that. (This is per a HG rep at a recent convention when asked about PB, RRT, and the license). Is this a rumor or wa...
- Tue Apr 24, 2018 3:26 am
- Forum: Palladium Open House
- Topic: How was POH 2018? Any pics?
- Replies: 3
- Views: 7574
How was POH 2018? Any pics?
How was the POH?
Lots of attendees? Memorable games? Any pics to share? Any great quotes?
Lots of attendees? Memorable games? Any pics to share? Any great quotes?
- Sun Apr 15, 2018 12:31 am
- Forum: Robotech RPG Tactics™
- Topic: So, wow...
- Replies: 8
- Views: 15664
Re: So, wow...
There will be plenty of cheap RTT on eBay in the future.
I highly suggest setting up pre-set searches on eBay for various bits you would be interested in. Then you can watch them and snipe them if you like the price.
That's how I do my Warhammer armies.
I highly suggest setting up pre-set searches on eBay for various bits you would be interested in. Then you can watch them and snipe them if you like the price.
That's how I do my Warhammer armies.
- Sat Apr 14, 2018 11:57 pm
- Forum: All Things Palladium Books®
- Topic: Contested Skills thoughts
- Replies: 20
- Views: 15606
Re: Contested Skills thoughts
in other words, they are using their perception capability to counteract the counter-perception abilities of other people. But what are the PCs doing? To me, that's FAR more important to understand before adjudicating a dice roll. Also, what exactly are we contesting? A bomb concealed hastily minut...
- Wed Apr 11, 2018 2:04 am
- Forum: All Things Palladium Books®
- Topic: Contested Skills thoughts
- Replies: 20
- Views: 15606
Re: Contested Skills thoughts
do you have any good thoughts for how to assemble a Percentage skill for Perception? Nope, only bad thoughts! Right now we're using surveillance or other skills like that when possible, so in theory Perception should start less than that to make the real skill worth it, but I think everyone deserve...
- Mon Apr 09, 2018 2:09 am
- Forum: All Things Palladium Books®
- Topic: Farewell RRPGT Hello RRPGT
- Replies: 12
- Views: 8786
Re: Farewell RRPGT Hello RRPGT
The RTT rules are okay, at best. There is no reason to shoehorn a Rifts minis game into those rules. It would be far better for a Rifts or Splicers or Mechanoids minis game to have rules specific to those settings, forces and concepts. And then public playtest the heck out of those rules. RTT clearl...
- Mon Apr 09, 2018 2:06 am
- Forum: All Things Palladium Books®
- Topic: Contested Skills thoughts
- Replies: 20
- Views: 15606
Re: Contested Skills thoughts
I also use "highest successful roll" because it favors the side with the greater talents, but allows for variety of results. I don't worry about Pass/Fail not having defined levels of success because I want to move swiftly with the game (and I can add mods based on circumstances). You want...
- Wed Apr 04, 2018 3:11 am
- Forum: Robotech RPG Tactics™
- Topic: Ending
- Replies: 4
- Views: 16017
Re: Ending
This is a very sad post. I understand the upset, but if your group loves Rifts, then I don't see how abandoning something that brought your group so much fun would make any of you happier. I am quite sure your crew could continue enjoying Rifts from all the books you all already own. I understand dr...
- Tue Apr 03, 2018 4:10 am
- Forum: All Things Palladium Books®
- Topic: Idea New Sourcebooks via Material from the Rifter!
- Replies: 7
- Views: 7391
Re: Idea New Sourcebooks via Material from the Rifter!
Years ago, I posted an idea about an Omnibus being created from the best Rifter articles for each game line. AKA, a Nightbane Omnibus, Rifts Omnibus, etc. AKA, there are fans of one game line who might not ever by Rifters because they don't care about other game lines BUT they would buy a book of ar...
- Sun Mar 18, 2018 10:22 pm
- Forum: All Things Palladium Books®
- Topic: Shipping price on books ?
- Replies: 12
- Views: 9840
Re: Shipping price on books ?
Palladium should sell on Amazon. Otherwise, 3PP are just eating their profits.
Does Amazon Createspace exist in Europe, UK and Aussieland?
If so, that would be an excellent option for PB. AKA, print on demand inside those countries.
Does Amazon Createspace exist in Europe, UK and Aussieland?
If so, that would be an excellent option for PB. AKA, print on demand inside those countries.
- Tue Mar 13, 2018 5:05 am
- Forum: Robotech® - The Shadow Chronicles® - Macross II®
- Topic: What happens to this forum at the end of the license?
- Replies: 2
- Views: 4627
What happens to this forum at the end of the license?
Is this forum going to vanish?
Get closed and only be readable?
Keep on truckin'?
Get closed and only be readable?
Keep on truckin'?
- Tue Mar 06, 2018 6:27 pm
- Forum: Robotech RPG Tactics™
- Topic: Anyone heard from Palladium?
- Replies: 23
- Views: 35028
Re: Anyone heard from Palladium?
As the remaining stock has to be destroyed, I do not know why the backers are being charged full price for their exchanges, especially stuff like PDFs which at this point, should be gifted to the backers as a small token of goodwill. The refund offer doesn't make sense in that Wave 2 product is deep...
- Sun Feb 25, 2018 11:00 pm
- Forum: Robotech RPG Tactics™
- Topic: 2018 Start of a New Year and new conversation (of sorts)
- Replies: 42
- Views: 81899
Re: 2018 Start of a New Year and new conversation (of sorts)
TLDR: Better for PB not to post, but worse for backers. Approaching another wasted year. There was some discussion that KS requires updates at certain intervals for a project to be considered still in-progress. If this is true, PB should just post those, as short as possible, and nothing else unles...
- Tue Feb 20, 2018 9:05 pm
- Forum: Rifts®
- Topic: Low-Tech wilderness towns access to M.D.C. weapons.
- Replies: 45
- Views: 20428
Re: Low-Tech wilderness towns access to M.D.C. weapons.
the answers to your questions basically depend on which page of which book you trust more. THIS. So much in RIFTS is up for interpretation and that's a feature, not a bug - as long as you and your players are on the same page. I like the concept that MDC creatures have weakeness and vulnerabilities...
- Sun Feb 11, 2018 2:50 am
- Forum: Robotech RPG Tactics™
- Topic: RRT's biggest problem (Clickbait!)
- Replies: 6
- Views: 17956
Re: RRT's biggest problem (Clickbait!)
If PB won't step up, and the community won't step up, releasing Wave 2 will be irrelevant beyond absolving debt to backers. This is an accurate statement of where we are. Wave 2 would require tremendous effort by PB to complete, and doing so would only serve to provide minis to backers who may or m...
- Sun Feb 11, 2018 2:38 am
- Forum: Robotech RPG Tactics™
- Topic: Is Scott Gibbons Still Working For Palladium? (Part Two)
- Replies: 6
- Views: 16071
Re: Is Scott Gibbons Still Working For Palladium? (Part Two)
Promising updates every two weeks was extremely unnecessary. Once per month, even once per quarter is enough - especially if the update lacks any proof of progress. We could have done fine with 4 "we're working on it" in 2018 instead of just creating another reason for backers to become up...
- Sun Feb 11, 2018 2:24 am
- Forum: All Things Palladium Books®
- Topic: Gasping for breath.....
- Replies: 10
- Views: 8853
Re: Gasping for breath.....
Splicers...
- Wed Nov 22, 2017 4:58 am
- Forum: Rifts®
- Topic: RIFTS mini-con in Los Angeles this weekend!!
- Replies: 1
- Views: 1692
RIFTS mini-con in Los Angeles this weekend!!
This news is very cool, but for a specific audience. If you know anyone in Southern California, please pass this along. If you host or discuss anything RIFTS related on any social media, please repost this. WHAT? LOSCON - a science fiction convention in Los Angeles - is hosting a RIFTS mini-con! WHO...
- Sun Nov 05, 2017 3:53 am
- Forum: Palladium Open House
- Topic: Game requests
- Replies: 4
- Views: 7640
Re: Game requests
Breachworld at the hotel. Bring the new minis too.
Arnzo and Chaos Earth at the warehouse.
With a sneak peek of First Responders for the CE game.
Arnzo and Chaos Earth at the warehouse.
With a sneak peek of First Responders for the CE game.
- Sun Nov 05, 2017 3:51 am
- Forum: Palladium Open House
- Topic: Coming from central Wisconsin!
- Replies: 2
- Views: 6194
Re: Coming from central Wisconsin!
I believe (but could be wrong) that VIP Night attendees can prereg for events across the weekend on Thursday. I sorta remember pre-regging for everything that night the two times when I went. But I would not stress it. You will be in many good games regardless. There will be pickup games and pre-pla...
- Sun Nov 05, 2017 3:46 am
- Forum: All Things Palladium Books®
- Topic: You should buy the Mechanoids Trilogy!
- Replies: 7
- Views: 7226
Re: You should buy the Mechanoids Trilogy!
25% death per session! That just made me laugh! Pretty intense. Mechanoids is nasty. The humans are incredibly outclassed by their enemies. I compare it to Call of Cthulhu in some ways. That's why I have no problem letting PCs grab lots of nasty hardware. Chaos Earth is a messy setting, but its the...
- Sun Nov 05, 2017 3:40 am
- Forum: All Things Palladium Books®
- Topic: Digital versions?
- Replies: 9
- Views: 10995
Re: Digital versions?
Ryokoryu, if you live in the US and if you are legally blind (aka, diagnosed with a severe vision issue), you may be eligible for free or low cost magnification technology for assisted reading. AKA, its a digital magnifier so you can project small print book pages onto a larger screen. Its a great o...
- Tue Oct 24, 2017 4:31 pm
- Forum: All Things Palladium Books®
- Topic: You should buy the Mechanoids Trilogy!
- Replies: 7
- Views: 7226
Re: You should buy the Mechanoids Trilogy!
BTW, Mechanoids Trilogy really is 3 different games. Mechanoids 1 = Invasion Mechanoids 2 = Survival aboard mega-giant mothership Mechanoids 3 = Explore the Mechanoid's homeworld...cuz there's a surprise. Technically, you could create an ongoing campaign - or you could have generations of the charac...
- Tue Oct 17, 2017 10:37 pm
- Forum: All Things Palladium Books®
- Topic: You should buy the Mechanoids Trilogy!
- Replies: 7
- Views: 7226
Re: You should buy the Mechanoids Trilogy!
Add it to your Xmas Grab Bag!
- Tue Oct 17, 2017 9:07 pm
- Forum: All Things Palladium Books®
- Topic: RIFTER PDF Subscription?
- Replies: 7
- Views: 6939
Re: RIFTER PDF Subscription?
If you are interested in the concept of Books + PDF, check this out:
http://www.bits-and-mortar.com
There are several publishers who let you buy Dead Tree Books in your FLGS and you get a free PDF.
http://www.bits-and-mortar.com
There are several publishers who let you buy Dead Tree Books in your FLGS and you get a free PDF.
- Mon Oct 16, 2017 2:44 am
- Forum: All Things Palladium Books®
- Topic: RIFTER PDF Subscription?
- Replies: 7
- Views: 6939
Re: RIFTER PDF Subscription?
They should combine the Rifter dead tree subscription with PDF copies of the issues. That might bring in new readers. It's a meaningful bonus to readers, but a zero cost item to PB.
- Fri Sep 29, 2017 5:49 am
- Forum: Palladium Open House
- Topic: What's Cooking? (2018 Open House Games)
- Replies: 37
- Views: 54289
Re: What's Cooking? (2018 Open House Games)
Mechanoids is the only PB game that I have never played. I definitely recommend the Mechanoids Trilogy book. Its both a great game combo and a fun look at Palladium's early development. I will be running "All Quiet on the Western...What?" A BTS game set in the trenches of WWI. That sounds...
- Thu Sep 28, 2017 1:18 am
- Forum: Palladium Open House
- Topic: Who would enjoy Hoser Thursday???
- Replies: 9
- Views: 17538
Re: Who would enjoy Hoser Thursday???
I looked at interior images of the Red Roof Inn. It's the $50 hotel option. There appears to be a half-desk and chair in each room. Thus, everyone with a room can roll their chair into the GM's room. Or they can sit on the bed or sit on the floor. Whatever works. However, the Hampton Inn has free br...
- Sun Sep 24, 2017 4:22 pm
- Forum: Palladium Open House
- Topic: Who would enjoy Hoser Thursday???
- Replies: 9
- Views: 17538
Who would enjoy Hoser Thursday???
VIP Thursday is a lot of fun and great for buying limited run stuff, but its only 100 people and it costs a chunk. I've done it twice and greatly enjoyed it (and highly recommend it too), but in 2018, I think it would be fun to host HOSER THURSDAY gaming at the hotel. Instead of a great catered meal...
- Sat Sep 16, 2017 3:31 am
- Forum: All Things Palladium Books®
- Topic: Was Palladium working on a terror/counter terrorism game?
- Replies: 6
- Views: 6363
Re: Was Palladium working on a terror/counter terrorism game
WARPATH sounded like a cool idea. But you can do a Palladium counter terrorism campaign currently with either Ninjas & Superspies or Systems Failure without really breaking a sweat - just take out the "unreal" bits that don't work for your vision.
- Sat Sep 16, 2017 3:28 am
- Forum: All Things Palladium Books®
- Topic: Gateway (Straegicon) Sept 1st-4th
- Replies: 14
- Views: 10638
Re: Gateway (Straegicon) Sept 1st-4th
How did the Palladium events go?
- Sat Sep 16, 2017 3:27 am
- Forum: All Things Palladium Books®
- Topic: What could Palladium do FOR FREE to attract new players?
- Replies: 96
- Views: 78639
Re: What could Palladium do FOR FREE to attract new players?
Based on the IPs currently part of Kindle Worlds, the Amazon agreement must not be draconian, nor able to steal their IP.
GI Joe is a mega-franchise. No way those lawyers are going to endanger that brand.
GI Joe is a mega-franchise. No way those lawyers are going to endanger that brand.
- Sat Sep 16, 2017 3:21 am
- Forum: Robotech RPG Tactics™
- Topic: GenCon Tournaments Reports?
- Replies: 10
- Views: 22072
Re: GenCon Tournaments Reports?
Thank you TigerBunny!!
Your Tiger squad looks good.
Your Tiger squad looks good.
- Sun Sep 03, 2017 9:22 pm
- Forum: Palladium Open House
- Topic: Advice for one looking to run a Open House game
- Replies: 5
- Views: 7929
Re: Advice for one looking to run a Open House game
I love conventions and I've run hundreds of con events over the years. I've posted about running con game on this forum in the past and I'm happy to answer more specific questions. What would be your advice for a mere-mortal who has never ran a "convention" style game? 1) All pre-gen chara...
- Sun Sep 03, 2017 9:11 pm
- Forum: Palladium Open House
- Topic: How safe is the surrounding area?
- Replies: 6
- Views: 8614
Re: How safe is the surrounding area?
Where in California are you from? I live in LA (and I am ex-NYC) so I found the Detroit suburbs to be very mellow. The ride from the airport to the hotel to the warehouse was easy and pleasant and I never felt uncomfortable. But I had GPS in the rental car and I had Yelped my take-out and delivery f...
- Sun Sep 03, 2017 9:07 pm
- Forum: Palladium Open House
- Topic: What's Cooking? (2018 Open House Games)
- Replies: 37
- Views: 54289
Re: What's Cooking? (2018 Open House Games)
I could see me running Mechanoids: Invasion and Mechanoids: Homeworld (original rules).
Maybe Chaos Earth too. We will see.
Maybe Chaos Earth too. We will see.
- Sun Sep 03, 2017 8:59 pm
- Forum: Savage Rifts™
- Topic: Coalition Soldiers as PCs
- Replies: 40
- Views: 68732
Re: Coalition Soldiers as PCs
This is why I love Chaos Earth. It's the Coalition perspective - the apocalypse is upon us and we must save humanity from the demons! In CE, there isn't whining about "what about the dee-bees?" since they are inhuman monsters and the PCs are holding the line with maximum firepower. There i...
- Sun Sep 03, 2017 8:33 pm
- Forum: Robotech RPG Tactics™
- Topic: GenCon Tournaments Reports?
- Replies: 10
- Views: 22072
Re: GenCon Tournaments Reports?
Any battle reports? Any pics elsewhere (aka, not on Twits or FB)?
- Sun Sep 03, 2017 8:31 pm
- Forum: Robotech RPG Tactics™
- Topic: 27th August 2015 - why is that date significant?
- Replies: 17
- Views: 31843
Re: 27th August 2015 - why is that date significant?
Could you link to it or include the text?
I don't remember that, but its been 2 years.
I don't remember that, but its been 2 years.
- Sun Sep 03, 2017 8:28 pm
- Forum: All Things Palladium Books®
- Topic: Gen Con 2017
- Replies: 24
- Views: 17789
Re: Gen Con 2017
Any pics from GenCon games?
- Thu Aug 24, 2017 9:52 pm
- Forum: Robotech RPG Tactics™
- Topic: GenCon Tournaments
- Replies: 25
- Views: 47363
Re: GenCon Tournaments
I hope we get pics of the tourneys and other RTT events!
If you have pics, please sent them to PB so they can be shown in a KS update!!
Did anyone here play?
If you have pics, please sent them to PB so they can be shown in a KS update!!
Did anyone here play?
- Wed Aug 23, 2017 5:16 pm
- Forum: All Things Palladium Books®
- Topic: Relaunch?
- Replies: 1
- Views: 7318
Re: Relaunch?
Hopefully they take a year to redesign, do extensive playtests and work on a better pricing model. Also, the minis were weak overall which isn't gonna cut it with CMON and others doing such great work on KS. As I've suggested it before, I think the board game should go with lots of large, great card...
- Thu Aug 10, 2017 10:12 pm
- Forum: All Things Palladium Books®
- Topic: Probably a strange question, one on one Rifts?
- Replies: 6
- Views: 6143
Re: Probably a strange question, one on one Rifts?
Here are some options: 1) Let them have 2 characters. Or let them have 1 PC and 2 NPC sidekicks. You play the sidekicks, but the player rolls the dice for them. 2) Convert Rifts to a system your group likes. I've converted / perverted / contorted / extorted a dozen rulesets and at the end of the day...
- Sun Aug 06, 2017 12:23 am
- Forum: Palladium Open House
- Topic: Things I want to see at the next Open House
- Replies: 50
- Views: 75367
Re: Things I want to see at the next Open House
They will announce the hotel soon, but IIRC the previous hotel didn't have suites, but it did have a 24/7 room for late night gaming. I do not enjoy watching RPGs on YouTube, but I know many people love it. I fully support the idea of a Celebrity Rifts game. In fact, in the age of Twitch, it's kind ...
- Sun Jul 23, 2017 4:39 am
- Forum: Palladium Open House
- Topic: Things I want to see at the next Open House
- Replies: 50
- Views: 75367
Re: Things I want to see at the next Open House
Thoughts? I fully agree with you. The best way to learn how to GM a PB game is to just do it. Trial by fire. It's not hard, just different. The POH is an awesome place to see how others GM their games. I loved going to the POH just to try out how various GMs did their thing compared to how I run st...