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[RIFTS: Savage Worlds] Kickstarter launches April 26

Started by The Butcher, April 12, 2016, 09:00:49 PM

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RunningLaser

#120
May 04, 2016, 10:03:53 AM
Quote from: Ulairi;895796Isn't that the Palladium System already considering it's heavily...inspired by AD&D?

The Palladium Role Playing Game is, but stripped down in many ways.  It's one of the original clones :)

The Butcher

#121
May 04, 2016, 10:51:06 AM
Quote from: RPGPundit;895748I wonder if this will be popular enough to trigger a "RIFTS OSR"?

Not sure. Rifts has always been in print and will remain so for the foreseeable future. As long as Kevin's got a pulse and a dollar to his name he'll be around cranking out Rifts stuff... and C&D letters.

Without the sede vacante period of being OOP, it doesn't really make much sense to speak of a renaissance. As for creating and ddistributing DIY stuff for Palladium games, there was a lively web scene in the late 1990s (pre-Rifter), not sure how it's faring these days, but no one has and no one will ever make a dollar out of it without signing up with Palladium.

Ulairi

#122
May 04, 2016, 02:12:26 PM
Quote from: RunningLaser;895800The Palladium Role Playing Game is, but stripped down in many ways.  It's one of the original clones :)

yeah and Rifts is based on the same engine. I don't really know how Rifts could be more of an OSR type game. I think it kind of already is.

Omega

#123
May 06, 2016, 01:17:37 AM
Quote from: RPGPundit;895748I wonder if this will be popular enough to trigger a "RIFTS OSR"?

Depends on if Rifts 1st ed is still on sale or how much 2e changed. Which sounds like not much. Considering Rifs hasnt changed much at all since the start. It is its own OSR. aheh.

I dont think a conversion set will change anything no more than d20 Call of Cthulhu or Gurps Vampire or system 26 Metamorphosis Alpha did. They are just kind of... there.

Omega

#124
May 06, 2016, 01:23:07 AM
Quote from: The Butcher;895810As for creating and ddistributing DIY stuff for Palladium games, there was a lively web scene in the late 1990s (pre-Rifter), not sure how it's faring these days, but no one has and no one will ever make a dollar out of it without signing up with Palladium.

Dont know if its still on the site. But one of Palladiums TOU stipulations was essentially "You make a fanwork of our IP. We own it!"

Jetstream

#125
May 07, 2016, 04:20:12 PM
Quote from: The Butcher;894911Today's update has new stretch goals, including... the rules for playing a Dragon at $270,000???

That's bullshit.

Any RIFTS conversion that does not contemplate Dragon Hatchling PCs right off the bat is incomplete.

I am withdrawing my pledge until the goal (which I strongly feel should be core content) is unlocked.

Dragons are in now. And the odds against them missing $300k are astronomical. The dragons might actually be in the book proper, depending on how many of the stretch goals they can cram in there.

The Butcher

#126
May 09, 2016, 12:40:13 AM
Quote from: Jetstream;896610Dragons are in now.

And so am I, to the tune of $45 :D

Christopher Brady

#127
May 09, 2016, 02:06:27 AM
Quote from: The Butcher;896825And so am I, to the tune of $45 :D

Honestly, I wish I could.  I know I've slagged off on KS for a while now...  But this is Rifts!  This WAS my mid to late 90s.  Most of them.  The other 40% was CP2020...  OK, 30% with 10% going to D&D, but at least 60% of 1993 to 1999 was Rifts in some fashion.  I hate being broke and poor.  I can't even afford the player's handbook.

This, in a word, sucks.

Hope you enjoy it, Butch.
"And now, my friends, a Dragon\'s toast!  To life\'s little blessings:  wars, plagues and all forms of evil.  Their presence keeps us alert --- and their absence makes us grateful." -T.A. Barron[/SIZE]

Jetstream

#128
May 09, 2016, 02:24:18 AM
Quote from: The Butcher;896825And so am I, to the tune of $45 :D

I'm getting the hardcovers. Fuck it. In for a penny, in for a pound, all that nonsense.

The Butcher

#129
May 09, 2016, 08:19:14 AM
Quote from: Jetstream;896834I'm getting the hardcovers. Fuck it. In for a penny, in for a pound, all that nonsense.

If it wasn't for the insane $70 shipping plus the strong dollar I'd be right there with you. :(

Omega

#130
May 09, 2016, 11:56:12 AM
Quote from: The Butcher;896851If it wasn't for the insane $70 shipping plus the strong dollar I'd be right there with you. :(

Australia? Or Spain? Those are the only two countries I ever dealt with that had consistently abysmal shipping for anything bigger than an envelope.

Imaginos

#131
May 09, 2016, 02:30:59 PM
I ended up having to drop it.  Going through a divorce, so can't spend the money on a game right now.  :(

RunningLaser

#132
May 09, 2016, 02:35:13 PM
Quote from: Imaginos;896892I ended up having to drop it.  Going through a divorce, so can't spend the money on a game right now.  :(

Having been through that- hang in there.

The Butcher

#133
May 09, 2016, 10:37:42 PM
Quote from: Omega;896876Australia? Or Spain? Those are the only two countries I ever dealt with that had consistently abysmal shipping for anything bigger than an envelope.

Brazil, actually. It's all bad, even Canada is getting charged like $50.

Spain might be better off now that they've secured an EU printer.

Quote from: Imaginos;896892I ended up having to drop it.  Going through a divorce, so can't spend the money on a game right now.  :(

Harsh. Hoping for the best. Take care.

fellowhoodlum

#134
May 10, 2016, 05:15:58 AM
Quote from: The Butcher;896851If it wasn't for the insane $70 shipping plus the strong dollar I'd be right there with you. :(

oh god I'm afraid to find out how much shipping to SE Asia would have been >.>
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