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And did you use it right away/eventually?

I believe mine was China or Japan.

I picked up Japan for a game a friend was going to GM but never did.

And I picked up China for a game I never ran. Lol.

Love the books tho

Vampire Kingdoms, when it first debuted. Yep, used it right away.

WB1.
And yes.

WB 14: New West and yes.

Atlantis, it wqas 5 bucks at a used book store.....it has some kids stamp in the front page and has been used heavly....

RWB1 or RWB2. not certain which. *shrugs* nope don't think so.

The 1st PB game book....that would be RT1 macross, with the 1st second book was RT(1):Southern Cross

Vampire kingdoms.
ONLY world book to have proper maps and USEFUL maps at that.

DhAkael wrote:Vampire kingdoms.
ONLY world book to have proper maps and USEFUL maps at that.

Here, here!!

Atlantis - weren't that many world books back then . Plus it looked pretty exotic. Just reading material pretty much.

Original Vampire Kingdoms, Gencon '91. Used it right away for a friend's PC (secondary Vampire).

Rifts: Ultimate Edition, until then I was borrowing from my friend.

World Book 30 D-Bees of North America

WB1 Vampire Kingdoms. It was the only world book published at the time. And I think it did get used pretty much straight away.

WB1: Vampire Kingdoms, and we used it immediately. It was the only world book out at the time, and we were all livid that Atlantis was late because we desperately wanted it.

VK remains my absolute favorite world book.

/Sub

Vampire Kingdoms, not quite right away, but Yes, I did use it eventually.

Vampire Kingdoms. Used it almost right away. I loved it, and agree it may have been the best "World" Book out there in terms of maps and actuall world info.

SoT 1 purchased in a book store in think it was either Grafenwhier germany or Bad Kreuchanch.

Vampire Kingdoms, and it went right to being used. Those were some magical times watching Rifts Earth open up one corner at a time.

Subjugator wrote:...we were all livid that Atlantis was late because we desperately wanted it.

And kids these days thing delayed books are a symptom of just this past decade...

First WB I purchased was New West and yes! I was given most of the previous books by a friend who was getting out of the hobby before that.

WB: 1 Vampire Kingdoms, when it was first released, and yes- right away. The Dr. Articulous character was always a favorite for me, and I loved to bring him up in the same way in my games - meddling here and there!

Triax and the NGR was my first, I think.

My first Rifts game was set in the NGR, although ironically, no one in the party used Triax equipment

WB1: Vampire Kingdoms because it was the only one (WB, I am not counting Sourcebook 1) back then! Not because it was my favorite...actually, it is one of the best but still, most people who plays RIFTS since 1990 bought VP first!

Someone in the group picked up books as they came out, so we were playing with each world book pretty much as soon as they came out. But the first world book that I personally purchased was WB3: England. The group already had a copy, but I had fallen in love with Temporal Wizards and wanted to have my own copy.

--flatline

WB1: Vampire Kingdoms and we used it eventually just not for very long.

Nekira Sudacne wrote:Triax and the NGR was my first, I think.

Same

I think I took home VK, Atlantis and England on the same day.

VK and Atlantis on the same day (the day Atlantis came out).

Ninjabunny wrote:I love using VK and New West together add in Arzno and you have a hit game ready to go!

I'd add in Lonestar and maybe Spirit West but I agree 100% And I can't wait for the Vampire Sourcebook!

15 - 16 years ago I bought RMB (soft cover and silver hard cover) and vampire kingdoms all on the same day. I think silver cost me $35, I believe the soft cover was $25 and I'm happy to say that Vampire Kingdom was in the used bin (still in great shape) for $13.
Up until that point we just shared the GM's books.

A friend of mine used to run a lot of Rifts, and had multiple copies of the most important books. When he started having less time to run games, he sold me some of his extra books - RMB, CB1, and SB1 if I remember correctly. I really liked the Triax stuff in SB1, so he told me to bick up WB5: Triax and the NGR.
I used some of the equipment from it to outfit my first character, and one adventure I ran had a pretty epic battle with an Ulti-Max with a few VX series cyborgs backing it up. The party wanted that RPA really bad and they were pissed off that they weren't able to capture it - the pilot didn't surrender until everything but the reinforced pilot compartment was slag.
Other than that, I haven't used it much. But my next book purchase is going to be Triax 2, and if I ever get another chance to run a game, it will likely be in the NGR/Gargoyle Empire area.

Vampire kingdoms, the players spent alot of time down in Mexico:D well until Atlantis come out

lets see..
the first rifts book i ever got was a copy of the RMB, obtained used from a bookstore in Flagstaff AZ.
2nd palladium book was a copy of robotech RPG book 4 invid invasion. obtained used from the same store a week later
the first actual rifts worldbook i bought was World Book 7 Underseas.. obtained used from another store. still haven't used it in a game, but i've written quite a bit of underseas related material as a result.

Must have been about '93 or '94, I had RMB and SB1, and then at Xmas I unwrapped WB2, 3 and then 4! Father Christmas had done his homework

I think it was Africa we used first!

cyberdon wrote:And did you use it right away/eventually?

World Book 1 and you bet I used it right away. The first villain my RIFTS group ever stood against was a master vampire.

that is probably world book 1 (old and revised edition). granted i have 25 of the 33 listed on the store page .
i even have a copy of the gold edition signed rifts manual from back in the early 90's
i believe it is 128 of 600.

The first world book I purchased was Triax and the NGR. In my opinion, still one of the best books in the line.

Mine was New West, and I used it right away. I bought it with a specific purpose in mind.

Killer Cyborg wrote:WB1.
And yes.

In the immortal words of Taggart, "Ditto."


Daniel Stoker

WB1:VK
it was the only one out at the time.

I see a lot of people saying WB1 VK as their first book. I have to say it was the first one I looked at but not the first I bought. It was another couple of years before I got into Rifts myself. Once I found a group for Rifts, they were up to WB5.

I picked up Rifts originally because of the picture of the Terrain Hopper in an ad in the Robotech II: Sentinels RPG (or it might have been Invid Invasion, I'd have to look). Bought the main book, and then shortly after Sourcebook 1 and Atlantis (and therefore finally got my terrain hopper) - used both extensively. Then I got England a payday or two later, a book I love but haven't gotten a lot of use out of.