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So, um. I'm in Rifts WB 20: Canada. Kinda. First person to find me and tell me where I am gets to hear the story. The basic reason why? It involves me being a Big Deal™ on the Palladium boards back in the day. (Oh god that still sounds so drat pathetic) JohnnyCanuck fucked around with this message at 21:53 on Aug 16, 2013 |
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EscortMission posted:Are you the big gun on the cover? Sorry, nope. If nobody finds me, I'll do my big reveal Wednesday, why not.
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Aug 18, 2013 03:18
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Sorry guys! Totally forgot. Also, it turns out I lied (well, not a lie, per se). But I did misremember. I'm in Free Québec, RWB22. Here's the deal: years ago, when threaded message boards were still a really cool idea, I hung out on the Palladium Boards, and was probably the most goddamn vocal Canadian fan. I never had Kev's ear or anything - this was before Kev "trusted" the internet - but I ended up chatting a lot with Maryanne, Alex, and quite a few of the artists - including Scott Johnson. This was never totally confirmed beck in the day, but we had enough hints that house rules back at the Palladium offices was to never ever acknowledge the message board in any way, lest they be sued. Therefore, if you were an artist who wanted to give a shout-out to your buds, you had to do it on the sly:  This pic is on page 30 of Free Québec. Look at the graffiti in the upper-right corner. There's my handle. Or at least most of it. Also acknowledged there are
I never said it was a good story. 
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Aug 25, 2013 16:46
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Q!=E
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Aug 25, 2013 16:48
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The "Tribes of the Moon" stuff was Steve Trustrum's work. If I remember my Palladium scandals correctly, it got printed in the Rifter, but with significant alterations, and the second part of the article was promised but never actually got printed. Furthermore, he lost the right to reprint it himself because of the Rifter's weird submission policies.
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Aug 25, 2013 22:17
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Alien Rope Burn posted:Updated the OP, mainly just to do a few fixes, get the newer F&Fs in order, and added the "Palladium-Playing Awful Goons and Other Strangeness" section for goony Palladium material. Feel free to suggest additions, of course. I'd like to add more content if I find the time. You're missing my old buddy and new Marvel Comics Digital House Artist Scotty Johnson in the Art section, man!
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Aug 26, 2013 21:37
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Then hey man! Good to hear from you again!
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Aug 28, 2013 04:54
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Alien Rope Burn posted:Yeah, I'm aware of that situation, but that's not what I was referring to. Long did some freelance work for Battletech, and the rumor goes that some of his work was too derivative and that FASA stopped serving up work as a result, but the more I consider and research the less likely it seems, it's probably just rpg.net hogswash stemming from his rep. Though we still have no idea what caused the Great Falling Out™ between him and Siembieda.
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Aug 30, 2013 21:33
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I just spent some time trawling the PB fora for g.txt-worthy posts. I think the place is dying, guys. 
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Jan 10, 2014 01:32
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Alien Rope Burn posted:So Palladium has announced they're going to do a 30th anniversary hardcover of Heroes Unlimited. But it's not a reprint of the book that came out 30 years ago, it's going to be the second edition. Apparently Kevin thinks it's in hot demand. Just circling the drain now, aren't they?
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Jan 17, 2014 23:32
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Hey Ant, I loved the expanded info on the Glitterboys (and everything else - thanks for trying to make weapons and armour actually *feel* different from each other!), but I'm dense. Your ARCHIE/Hagan interlude intimated that the Harbinger units are something ARCHIE is... maybe not afraid of, but content to let them rust wherever they are. I either didn't see a reason why, or my brain was too Sundayed up to make the proper connections. Could you spell it out for me?
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Sep 29, 2014 15:15
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I forget: Isn't Savage Worlds actually kinda balanced?
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Apr 22, 2015 18:23
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If you don't think KS will demand that he be buried with his precious IP and that nobody else ever gets to touch it...
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Jun 8, 2015 13:26
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Asimo posted:This reminds me of something Kevin does, or at least did back in the day back when I was a teenager and actually gave a gently caress about Rifts. The internet wasn't really around and the local bookstores didn't carry RPG stuff much, so I wound up ordering three or four books at a time once or twice a year, and it'd always come with a glowing thank you note, one or more of the books would be signed, and sometimes there'd be a t-shirt or baseball cap or whatever merchandise they had lying around thrown in for free. Yeah, in the late 90s my buddy sent off some fanmail, and in it asked what Toronto was like Post-Rifts. Kev sent back about 20 pages on how Lazlo is actually built on Toronto, about how the CN Tower is still standing because it's on a major Ley Line, and a bunch of other details. I don't think the info has ever shown up in any of the books, but it's all in Kev's head.
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Dec 16, 2015 22:27
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So I still get the weekly newsletter because I'm way too lazy to unsubscribe:quote:NEWS! Rifts® Savage Worlds RPG voted Most Anticipated RPG of 2016
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Jan 17, 2016 06:58
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Helical Nightmares posted:
There, he comes up with a 212-page manuscript for Rifts: Coconuts It is released 15 years later
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Apr 14, 2016 13:40
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quote:If you have the manga edition, you do not NEED the new edition of the Robotech® The Masters Saga™ sourcebook. But you might want it. Most of the book’s content is the same. Changes are mostly minor errata, larger artwork which looks great, some additional art that never made it into the first edition, and some small additions like the four shot grenade launcher attachment for the Tr-LLR Mk.1 rifle, the camouflage system for the Bioroid Terminator, the Masters’ Anti-Pain Serum and their Hover Platforms. Our thanks to Colonel Wolfe and Rabid Southern Cross Fan, among others, for bringing these and other things to our attention. EDIT: quote:UPDATE: Savage Rifts® for Savage Worlds
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Jul 9, 2016 19:20
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Helical Nightmares posted:Tomorrow Legion? What's that. It's the Good Guy™ organization that Savage Rifts assumes all players belong to. Wandering heroes that do hero things.
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Jul 15, 2016 12:50
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Helical Nightmares posted:Minion war metaplot? It's the RIFTS version of the Blood War. Daemons and Deevils are fighting for control of PURE EVIL, and a few of the Palladium gamelines got books about it.
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Aug 8, 2016 21:25
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I think Kevin has it in his will that when he passes on, his IP should be piled around his body in a boat and given a viking funeral.
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