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Pinnacle is teasing the heck out of it.

Coming soon to Kickstarter. Tune in 4-12 for the Official Launch Date!

https://www.peginc.com/

Xar wrote:Pinnacle is teasing the heck out of it.

Coming soon to Kickstarter. Tune in 4-12 for the Official Launch Date!

https://www.peginc.com/

OOOO hype level set to maximum I AM CHARGIN MAH LAZERS.

I hyped too hard and hurt myself

BuzzardB wrote:I hyped too hard and hurt myself

I am sad that there is no like button here.

I really hope that this KS Campaign becomes a turning point in the RIFTS RPG popularity! So far the art looks very good: the Glitter Boy rocks...the Red Borg looks a little thin compared with the classic Long.

It could both ways really. A increase in popularity for Rifts yet only the SW version. Or possibly of the PB system. My money is on the first option.

Sureshot wrote:It could both ways really. A increase in popularity for Rifts yet only the SW version. Or possibly of the PB system. My money is on the first option.

it will be both due the method of the design as described by Sean Patrick Fannon.
the SW books will cover the broad strokes but if you want more indepth info on certain areas or classes then you will still need the PB world books and source books.

Sweet been wanting to know when this will drop

Cool preview art. Eagerly awaiting.

Very cool art indeed......i'm really looking forward to this

BTW, what occ is the guy with glasses to the left of the red borg

Snake Eyes wrote:Very cool art indeed......i'm really looking forward to this

BTW, what occ is the guy with glasses to the left of the red borg

Cyberknight?

I guess the cyberknight is to the RIGHT of the red borg, the guy to the left is probably a mind melter or some kind of psychic

Svartalf wrote:I guess the cyberknight is to the RIGHT of the red borg, the guy to the left is probably a mind melter or some kind of psychic

I assumed they were both Cyberknights, because their armors look more or less the same (fabric, color, etc.) and both have Psi-Swords. However, it doesn´t make sense to put two characters of the same class in the promo, so perhaps, I am with you about one of them being a Psychic of some kind. By the way, no classic old style SAMAS in the picture is a mistake...it´s iconic!

I was thinking that was a mind melter but meh message received we have psi swords and amster psionics and such. Also this guys a play tester and we know hes got a cyber knight so im betting its all there kiddies

http://johnwickpresents.com/updates/sav ... -spoilers/

ffranceschi wrote:I really hope that this KS Campaign becomes a turning point in the RIFTS RPG popularity! So far the art looks very good: the Glitter Boy rocks...the Red Borg looks a little thin compared with the classic Long.

I am hoping so too. If there are decent conversion rules I can see a lot of people who get interested in this going back and buying a lot of old school rifts stuff because god knows there are decades worth of world information available for people who are interested. Every extra set of eyes on rifts in whatever form it takes has to be good for palladium long run.

Looks like the kick starter for this starts april 26th and runs until may 19th.

RIFTS® for Savage Worlds Kickstarter Starts April 26!

Awesome. Look forward to seeing how this goes.

https://www.peginc.com/rifts-for-savage ... -april-26/ The News


https://www.peginc.com/wp-content/uploa ... 4/7fnl.jpg That Juicer! Love it.

Sweet. So based on the last two Pinnacle Kickstarters I've backed, we should have PDFs available approximately mid-June.

I'm really excited for this kickstarter. I've backed a number of kickstarters from Pinnacle (going way back to Deadlands Noir) and I know that they're always a well run campaign - I'm currently waiting for my Rippers Ressurected books from the last one I backed.

Xar wrote:Sweet. So based on the last two Pinnacle Kickstarters I've backed, we should have PDFs available approximately mid-June.

Probably something like that! Pinnacle has an amazing track record with KS, especially thanks to their policy of "only announce once everything is basically ready to go."

I admit, I'm very excited about this and can't wait... but sadly I'm going to have to for a bit it seems.


Daniel Stoker

curious what extra goody stuff will come with this kickstarter.

kaid wrote:curious what extra goody stuff will come with this kickstarter.

PEG has a relationship with Reaper Miniatures to produce models for other Savage Worlds games. I doubt the license extends that far, but I'll throw so much money at this if the Kickstarter includes good quality minis.

Bill wrote:

kaid wrote:curious what extra goody stuff will come with this kickstarter.

PEG has a relationship with Reaper Miniatures to produce models for other Savage Worlds games. I doubt the license extends that far, but I'll throw so much money at this if the Kickstarter includes good quality minis.

Yup that would be great but that opens up the question palladium had some minis at one point and I am not sure if there are any outstanding licensing issues there that would cause problems.

I'm more inclined to think that the legalities of producing minis under a license to a third party company would be prohibitively obnoxious. The old figures were produced by Rafm and some are still available through Palladium's online store and other internet outlets. I don't think they've been produced in more than a decade though. KS dropped a hint in a weekly update back in 2012 that they were in talks to get some figures recast, but I don't think anything came of it.

kaid wrote:curious what extra goody stuff will come with this kickstarter.

It'd be nice to see a plot point campaign and/or a fleshed out adventure as an extra.

Also, some of the announced stretch goals for their most recent KS campaign, Weird Wars 1, were infantry, sailor and airmen archetypes for soldiers of different nations. Those haven't come out yet, but they should be pretty soon.

So, we could have some archetypes - NPCs for the Coalition, Tolkeen, Federation of Magic, Pecos Empire, Archie, Atlantis, NGR, whatever.

They also released some short fiction pieces for ePub and Kindle for WW1. That's kind of cool.

Oh, and they also did some battle mats. I'm still not sold on using minis for Rifts...even Savage Rifts.

Xar wrote:I'm still not sold on using minis for Rifts...even Savage Rifts.

I'd like them as collectibles.

Bill wrote:

kaid wrote:curious what extra goody stuff will come with this kickstarter.

PEG has a relationship with Reaper Miniatures to produce models for other Savage Worlds games. I doubt the license extends that far, but I'll throw so much money at this if the Kickstarter includes good quality minis.

They did a podcast where they said that miniatures were not part of the license.

Bill wrote:

Xar wrote:I'm still not sold on using minis for Rifts...even Savage Rifts.

I'd like them as collectibles.

they work well with Savage Worlds.

Shawn Merrow wrote:

Bill wrote:

kaid wrote:curious what extra goody stuff will come with this kickstarter.

PEG has a relationship with Reaper Miniatures to produce models for other Savage Worlds games. I doubt the license extends that far, but I'll throw so much money at this if the Kickstarter includes good quality minis.

They did a podcast where they said that miniatures were not part of the license.

I figured as much. How is the relationship between PB and Ninja Division? If that bridge hasn't been burned, a side deal might get made...

Snake Eyes wrote:Very cool art indeed......i'm really looking forward to this

BTW, what occ is the guy with glasses to the left of the red borg

I only can make out the Line Walker, Glitterboy, Burster, and Full Conversion Cyborg. The other four just look like mercenaries although 2 of them seem to have psyswords. In fact, I think the lady is from PsyScape. The black dude may be a Mind Melter?

oni no won wrote:I only can make out the Line Walker, Glitterboy, Burster, and Full Conversion Cyborg. The other four just look like mercenaries although 2 of them seem to have psyswords. In fact, I think the lady is from PsyScape. The black dude may be a Mind Melter?

From left to right: crazy, ley line walker, glitter boy, burster, mind melter, 'borg, cyber-knight, and juicer. That seems to be the consensus right now due to the names of the pictures as the banner updated over the last couple of weeks.

Interesting it sounds like from their forums that the makers of this expect if the kickstarter goes as they expect it to have at least the .pdf files for the kick start backers by sometime in june. Thats a pretty good indication that the books are pretty close to complete or near completion already which makes for a pretty easy/safe kickstarter.

If i understand the business model this company uses RnD is either done or almost done by the time the kick starter hits.

Jodi Black's Progress Update
word from she who knows (COO and Managing Editor).

Riftmaker wrote:If i understand the business model this company uses RnD is either done or almost done by the time the kick starter hits.

Yeah. As someone who's worked with Pinnacle in the past and supported a fair number of their Kickstarters as a fan, they're pretty loathe to promise anything that there's any possible chance they can't deliver on. Generally, they don't even announce the Kickstarter unless work is 90% done. It's pretty likely that the June release is just a delay to add in stretch goal content and the like, and that we'll probably be seeing additional content trickle out for several months afterward.

Yup given they are saying probable june release for PDF of a kick starter that ends in may clearly they feel they have things pretty close to done other than maybe some final edits/errata/art approval type stuff.

It's up! Fully funded in less than 10 minutes, and has hit the 2nd stretch goal in less than 15 minutes total! Woo-hoo!

Edit: It may have funded way faster than that.

LOL, 17 minutes in and they've hit their 3rd stretch goal.


Daniel Stoker

255
backers
$31,796
pledged of $8,000 goal

in 20 minutes

UPDATE:


328
backers
$40,501
pledged of $8,000 goal

every stretch goal made in 30 minutes lol

30 minutes in:

329
backers
$40,753
pledged of $8,000 goal

And they've gotten to all 6 of their stretch goals.


Daniel Stoker

Not to surprising looks like a lot of folks are going for the player or gm print levels which are pretty big chunks so did not take to many backers to hit those levels. This looks to be a very healthy kick starter for them and the art work shown on the page is really really good. I love good rifts art and this looks like its going to have a very high amount of that. I want to see what the map looks like will probably wind up putting some extra for the print poster map I love me some good maps.

I'm in for the GM package and hardcover upgrades.

I went with the gm print package but have not decided yet if I want to upgrade to hard cover. My shelves are getting really packed so may stick with the soft cover. The savage worlds books I have in soft cover are well made so the quality should not be an issue.

Whew. 80 grand in two hours is pretty great. This could well be on track for a million bucks (he said hopefully). They're into me for $115 right now, to get the GM books collection plus that lovely poster map. If I can scrounge up 15 more bucks somewhere, I'll be upgrading those bad boys to hardcover. =)

Yeah looking pretty sweet! I've been looking forward to this for some time now. Can't wait to read the PDF in June! And I love words in a book, but I'm really excited to see all this color art for Rifts! Thank you Kevin and Sean for making this possible! You folks at Palladium, Evil Beagle Games, and Pinnacle have created beautiful thing. Maybe, just maybe some one in Hollywood will get excited too!

It has gone spectacularly well. I cant wait to see the results.

I've put in my share.

I am in, can't wait.

thank you credit card.....in...for a lot lol