tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5124770754805827894.post8415638451773388613..comments2023-06-15T11:59:39.572-04:00Comments on DYVERS: Palladium Books BuyoutDyvershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06032957275132817602noreply@blogger.comBlogger13125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5124770754805827894.post-27277967622304480412014-04-03T17:07:00.820-04:002014-04-03T17:07:00.820-04:00Okay, speaking as someone who is trying to learn t...Okay, speaking as someone who is trying to learn the system because I love - <b>love</b> - the fluff throughout the setting, the esoteric terminology and obtuse explanations in the books are a wall to players who have no established groups to play with. Add to that the ever expanding glut of rules that have pushed the mechanics to a point where they appear almost indecipherable to an outsider. <Dyvershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06032957275132817602noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5124770754805827894.post-11384737984443233952014-04-03T16:56:36.363-04:002014-04-03T16:56:36.363-04:00How's it not playable? We have a group that pl...How's it not playable? We have a group that plays it all the time. DM Adam Warlockhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15028138892716902877noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5124770754805827894.post-57025364396773793342014-04-02T09:15:20.785-04:002014-04-02T09:15:20.785-04:00Honestly Siembieda is a very smart man who has bee...Honestly Siembieda is a very smart man who has been able to create several million dollar games during his time and I don't think he's fool enough to let them go without a fight. <br /><br />I still read the Rifts and FRP books and am enthralled with his settings. If he would let go of the system and move to a new and more easily grasped one I really believe that the game would have a Dyvershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06032957275132817602noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5124770754805827894.post-86490190542328575412014-04-02T08:54:06.423-04:002014-04-02T08:54:06.423-04:00It makes me wonder, and I'm just spitballing h...It makes me wonder, and I'm just spitballing here, but do you think that the Rifts line would be worth more in a one shot sale to one of the major players, or do you think Siembieda feels that he's making enough on keeping a stranglehold on the brand?<br /><br />I used to love reading the Rifts books, just for the ideas and the cool shit that you could do with it. But I absolutely hated Jim Haltomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18027543630803308847noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5124770754805827894.post-73403733228379982332014-04-02T00:47:47.780-04:002014-04-02T00:47:47.780-04:00Ah, if you want to have all that stuff you can hav...Ah, if you want to have all that stuff you can have it. You don't need Wizards to give it to you. All the same, it is sad that it's a joke. I'd love to see Rifts updated and brought to a wider market. Dyvershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06032957275132817602noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5124770754805827894.post-2809304681709180122014-04-02T00:25:41.781-04:002014-04-02T00:25:41.781-04:00A shame its a joke. It might have saved DND Next f...A shame its a joke. It might have saved DND Next for some people...Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12850078714698950222noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5124770754805827894.post-47227362151088672272014-04-01T13:51:25.494-04:002014-04-01T13:51:25.494-04:00Still sounds like an April Fools joke...not the id...Still sounds like an April Fools joke...not the idea of selling to Hasbro. The idea that this is "an attempt by Hasbro to strengthen the Wizards of the Coast line" when in fact they don't seem to realize that they own WotC. But the cincher was the quote from Mearls.<br /><br />Funny!paulierocketshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12535241156724870026noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5124770754805827894.post-45011349990036639842014-04-01T11:49:35.525-04:002014-04-01T11:49:35.525-04:00True, too true. True, too true. Dyvershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06032957275132817602noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5124770754805827894.post-38787991439114572652014-04-01T11:39:15.028-04:002014-04-01T11:39:15.028-04:00I know it's cold, but damn dude, is it not the...I know it's cold, but damn dude, is it not the truth?Jim Haltomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18027543630803308847noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5124770754805827894.post-39398671850263397822014-04-01T11:36:14.031-04:002014-04-01T11:36:14.031-04:00It was that the art was so different from anything...It was that the art was so different from anything else out there at the time - at least as far as rpgs went. Dyvershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06032957275132817602noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5124770754805827894.post-53552755863811339532014-04-01T11:19:58.443-04:002014-04-01T11:19:58.443-04:00And of course the artwork and overall production v...And of course the artwork and overall production values of the Palladium stuff would improve drastically. Well, I suppose "improve" would be a matter of perspective/taste. I say all that as a former Palladium fan. As a teen, I actually found something appealing in most of Palladium's art. There was something almost comforting, I think, in the workmanlike quality of the artwork to beAnthony Simeonehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04312134763577949405noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5124770754805827894.post-68083151580295536292014-04-01T11:17:40.910-04:002014-04-01T11:17:40.910-04:00That's cold man.That's cold man. Dyvershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06032957275132817602noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5124770754805827894.post-42228186830132988532014-04-01T11:14:41.453-04:002014-04-01T11:14:41.453-04:00Heh. If it were the case, then at least Rifts wou...Heh. If it were the case, then at least Rifts would become a relatively playable system.Jim Haltomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18027543630803308847noreply@blogger.com