Forums of the Megaverse®

Kevin Siembieda wrote:Rifts® is heating up

There has been a flurry of interest in Rifts® by third parties these past few months. Nothing big like a Walt Disney movie yet (waaahh, are they ever going to make a Rifts® movie?!), but a few things we think you’ll find fun and exciting.

Something new and exciting. In an effort to truly expand Rifts® across the Megaverse®, in cooperation with Palladium Books, another role-playing game company is currently adapting the Rifts® Earth setting to that company’s RPG system of rules, as well as producing adventure sourcebooks. This is only the second time in Palladium’s history that an outside company will create new game material under a different set of rules. Rumor Squashing: No, Palladium is NOT going to stop publishing Rifts®, nor change to a completely different set of rules. Far from it. In fact, Palladium expects to release six new Rifts® titles in 2015 and 98% of all Rifts® titles are in stock and available for purchase right now! The idea is that by offering Rifts® via another game company’s set of popular rules it creates a parallel dimension of gaming enjoyment. An expanding Megaverse®, if you will. This is a bit of an experiment, but we are excited to see how it all unfolds.

...

I apologize that I cannot reveal who these partners are or when you can expect their products, at least not yet. These other companies will make the big, full announcements when they are ready; probably sometime over the next 4-10 months. When they do, I’ll be sure to let you know and provide more details.

glitterboy2098 wrote:a new edition would replace the existing game.

Bill wrote:

glitterboy2098 wrote:a new edition would replace the existing game.

Only in games and textbooks has this been true. A new edition is traditionally a revision and expansion of an existing volume. Replacement value is left up to the consumer.

Tricky110974 wrote:Savage Worlds? Fate? Hero System? Green Ronin's new AGE system?

What could it be?

FatherMorpheus wrote:

Tricky110974 wrote:Savage Worlds? Fate? Hero System? Green Ronin's new AGE system?

What could it be?

My bet is on the Breachworld system which was recently released. Though Savage World or Hero System might be cool. Fate I think would break players who are used to Palladium.

Personally I would love to see it based on Open D6.

Jason Richards wrote:A note from Jason Richards Publishing:

I feel amazing. I feel amazing that even a single person would believe that I have the clout to get to publish a licensed version of a legendary game like Rifts from a legendary company like Palladium Books Inc.. To see that thought published independently across a variety of sources from a number of different people online, well... that's really, really cool. I appreciate the confidence.

As great as the speculation would be for business, I must end that speculation. Sadly, no. Not me. Even if I was inclined to tackle something like that, now would not be the time. I still am working off a huge debt to my faithful backers/fans/friends who made Breachworld possible. Delivery of the things that I have already promised is the MOST important thing. Plus, I would never be able to produce the volume of work that this project will demand, at least not right now.

I have STRONG suspicions as to who the lucky company will be, though I have no inside info at all. I'll hold my tongue and hope that somehow I can be involved down the road.

In the meantime, ‪#‎Breachworld‬ is awesome. You should play it, talk about it, and share it with your friends. Buy a copy for yourself and one as a gift. The more people are playing Breachworld, the bigger and better it will be.

Okay, enough of that. Back to writing about post-apocalyptic dinosaurs. ‪#‎BestJobEver‬

www.breachworld.com

Daniel Stoker wrote:I'd heard some rumors about this a few years back and it'll be interesting to see if it's the same company as what I'd heard brought up as I think they could do a good job.


Daniel Stoker

glitterboy2098 wrote:

FatherMorpheus wrote:

Tricky110974 wrote:Savage Worlds? Fate? Hero System? Green Ronin's new AGE system?

What could it be?

My bet is on the Breachworld system which was recently released. Though Savage World or Hero System might be cool. Fate I think would break players who are used to Palladium.

Personally I would love to see it based on Open D6.

actually no, Jason Richards has already said he's not doing it.

from his facebook page:

Jason Richards wrote:A note from Jason Richards Publishing:

As great as the speculation would be for business, I must end that speculation. Sadly, no. Not me. Even if I was inclined to tackle something like that, now would not be the time. I still am working off a huge debt to my faithful backers/fans/friends who made Breachworld possible. Delivery of the things that I have already promised is the MOST important thing. Plus, I would never be able to produce the volume of work that this project will demand, at least not right now.

I have STRONG suspicions as to who the lucky company will be, though I have no inside info at all. I'll hold my tongue and hope that somehow I can be involved down the road.]

Bill wrote:The winner is Pinnacle Entertainment's Savage Worlds. I've never played SW, but I've heard good things.

Bill wrote:The winner is Pinnacle Entertainment's Savage Worlds. I've never played SW, but I've heard good things.

For a while there, I was afraid you were going to say Synnabar...

torjones wrote:

Bill wrote:The winner is Pinnacle Entertainment's Savage Worlds. I've never played SW, but I've heard good things.

For a while there, I was afraid you were going to say Synnabar...

torjones wrote:

Bill wrote:The winner is Pinnacle Entertainment's Savage Worlds. I've never played SW, but I've heard good things.

For a while there, I was afraid you were going to say Synnabar...

SpiritInterface wrote:

torjones wrote:

Bill wrote:The winner is Pinnacle Entertainment's Savage Worlds. I've never played SW, but I've heard good things.

For a while there, I was afraid you were going to say Synnabar...

I was afraid that it would be a return of Myrmidon Press.

torjones wrote:

Bill wrote:The winner is Pinnacle Entertainment's Savage Worlds. I've never played SW, but I've heard good things.

For a while there, I was afraid you were going to say Synnabar...

mellowmaveric wrote:I'm curious as to what will be converted going both ways.
Will this give Palladium access to more writers to help catch up with late projects?
I don't really see any special licenses they might bring on board other than Deadlands.
I'm curious as to what brought this about and if one of the companies is working on acquiring the other.
Will books be copied verbatim excluding the new rules conversions?
Time will tell with all of this I guess.

slade the sniper wrote:For some reason...I would rather have more NEW Rifts stuff than a new rule system...

BUT, I will probably end up buying it. The only good thing is that there is a lot of additional settings that Savage Worlds has to act as worlds and times to use with Rifts.

-STS

Tiree wrote:I have a copy of his Kickstarter version. It is truly epic!

Yeah, but does it still vie for the title of "Worst Gaming System Ever?"

Kagashi wrote:So...does this new system suck? Is it superior?

Kagashi wrote:So...does this new system suck? Is it superior?

Kagashi wrote:So...does this new system suck? Is it superior?

FatherMorpheus wrote:

Kagashi wrote:So...does this new system suck? Is it superior?

I've played Savage Worlds a bit in the past few years. A game based in the Firefly world and a game based in Marvel Superheroes. The system is simple end easy to understand.

Pros:
The simplicity will make playing Rifts a lot easier. It will streamline it for the first time players. You can make a standard SW character in about 30 minutes. That is really nice.
In a nut shell, the mechanics are based on different die types. Really strong, then you might have a D12 for your Strength. Not very smart, then you a D4. The target for almost everything is 4. Get a 4, you succeed, below you fail. Big penalties are +2/-2. Average is considered D6.
Thematic or World Settings System of Savage Worlds really great. It helps you tweak the setting of a world to your liking. There are pirates, superheroes, space sci-fi, fantasy and even Wild Wild West undead western themes.

Cons:
One of the mechanics are too simple for some of the complexity of combat in Rifts. The feel might need to be tweaked a little bit. You also don't have the attack/dodge/parry/roll in the system. This can be fixed, but it isn't there.
Skills are much more limited, well not limited but much more broad.
The gear isn't there. The game focus is on role-playing, which is great. But the gear is fairly generic and not very deep.
Balance. It is built into the system really. Rifts doesn't have any real balance built into the game. This could make things really odd.

All in all, I'm excited to see the attempt and will most likely buy the book if for no other reason than to show support for an updating of the system.

DhAkael wrote:Thank you, but much as I have issue with K.S. at times, HE and PBooks will be getting my Rifts dollars... not these pretenders.

slade the sniper wrote:For some reason...I would rather have more NEW Rifts stuff than a new rule system...

BUT, I will probably end up buying it. The only good thing is that there is a lot of additional settings that Savage Worlds has to act as worlds and times to use with Rifts.

-STS

Mark Hall wrote:I mostly agree with FatherMorpheus on the system, but feel he leaves a couple things out.

First of all, your character is what's called a "Wild Card", which means that whenever you roll a die, you also roll a d6, and take the better of the two. Some enemies will get this benefit as well, depending on the GMs discretion. It makes protagonists and significant antagonists more likely to succeed.

He also left out that all dice explode... roll a 4 on a d4, and you get to roll again and add it, until you stop rolling 4s. This is important for a couple reasons: a) in combat, especially, your TN is sometimes higher than 4 and b) multiples of 4 (or multiples of 4 above your TN) are better. An 8 is a raise, which means success plus. A 12 is even better. If you somehow pull off a 24, you've done something incredible.

I also disagree about gear. While the gear list in SW isn't as big as the one in Rifts, I also feel there isn't terribly much difference between the various pieces in Rifts... in general, most laser rifles aren't terribly different from other laser rifles, or they're stupidly broken.

Damian Magecraft wrote:

FatherMorpheus wrote:I've played Savage Worlds a bit in the past few years. A game based in the Firefly world and a game based in Marvel Superheroes. The system is simple end easy to understand.

unless those were homebrew campaigns those are Cortex (by MWP) a similar system but not Savage Worlds.

a fair if limited assessment of the system.

Mark Hall wrote:I also disagree about gear. While the gear list in SW isn't as big as the one in Rifts, I also feel there isn't terribly much difference between the various pieces in Rifts... in general, most laser rifles aren't terribly different from other laser rifles, or they're stupidly broken.