The Glitterbois

#99 – Mass Combat in Rifts Games

In this session, Jacob and NPC jam out their ideas on and approaches to handling large-scale combat and warfare in Palladium games (and namely Rifts). Our thoughts on this are all over the spectrum, and we'd love to hear yours as well.

In this session, Jacob and NPC jam out their ideas on and approaches to handling large-scale combat and warfare in Palladium games (and namely Rifts). Our thoughts on this are all over the spectrum, and we'd love to hear yours as well.

If anyone wishes to donate to Matthew's recovery fund, please do so via the Pinecast Tip jar linked below. Every little bit helps get him back on his feet after his wreck. Thank you!

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Credits:

Glitter Boys, Rifts, the Megaverse, and all other such topics are the property of Kevin Siembieda and Palladium Books. Please buy all their stuff and help keep them in print and making more games! You can order directly at palladiumbooks.com, and their entire catalog is available digitally at Drive-Thru RPG as well.

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#98 – Beyond the Megaverse: Thundarr the Barbarian

In the year 1994, From out of space comes a runaway planet, hurtling between the Earth and the Moon, unleashing cosmic destruction! Human's civilization is cast in ruin! Two thousand years later, Earth is reborn with A strange new world rises from the old: a world of savagery, super science and sorcery. But one man bursts his bonds to fight for justice! With his companions Ookla the Mok and Princess Ariel, he pits his strength, his courage, and his fabulous Sunsword against the forces of evil. He is Thundar

"In the year 1994, From out of space comes a runaway planet, hurtling between the Earth and the Moon, unleashing cosmic destruction! Human's civilization is cast in ruin! Two thousand years later, Earth is reborn with A strange new world rises from the old: a world of savagery, super science and sorcery. But one man bursts his bonds to fight for justice! With his companions Ookla the Mok and Princess Ariel, he pits his strength, his courage, and his fabulous Sunsword against the forces of evil. He is Thundarr, the Barbarian!"

If that's not Rifts af, I don't know what is. Join along as we talk about our love for this great old series, and jam out idea on porting its concepts into Rifts Earth!

If anyone wishes to donate to Matthew's recovery fund, please do so via the Pinecast Tip jar linked below. Every little bit helps get him back on his feet after his wreck. Thank you!

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Links of Note:

Credits:

Glitter Boys, Rifts, the Megaverse, and all other such topics are the property of Kevin Siembieda and Palladium Books. Please buy all their stuff and help keep them in print and making more games! You can order directly at palladiumbooks.com, and their entire catalog is available digitally at Drive-Thru RPG as well.

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#97 – Why 1st Edition Fantasy is So Awesome

Welcome back friends! Today NPC is joined by retuirning guest host Just Jacob to talk more about Palladium's metal-as-heck Fantasy RPG, focusing solely on what made the first edition rulebook so dang great. Matthew will be sitting things out for a while after a bad car accident. Jacob has agreed to join as interim host while Matthew recovers, and if you want to donate to Matthew's recovery fund, please do so via the tip jar link further below.

Welcome back friends! Today NPC is joined by retuirning guest host Just Jacob to talk more about Palladium's metal-as-heck Fantasy RPG, focusing solely on what made the first edition rulebook so dang great. Matthew will be sitting things out for a while after a bad car accident. Jacob has agreed to join as interim host while Matthew recovers, and if you want to donate to Matthew's recovery fund, please do so via the tip jar link further below.

Drop us a line! You can follow us on Twitter and Facebook, and we'd love to see you on our Discord Channel too. And let us know your thoughts by leaving a review on iTunes! For even more info and options, check out our main website or our low-bandwidth alternative feed site.

Links of Note:

Credits:

Glitter Boys, Rifts, the Megaverse, and all other such topics are the property of Kevin Siembieda and Palladium Books. Please buy all their stuff and help keep them in print and making more games! You can order directly at palladiumbooks.com, and their entire catalog is available digitally at Drive-Thru RPG as well.

Want to help us pay for hosting? Follow this link to our Pinecast Tip Jar! We've got a merch store if you're looking for some sweet Glitterbois swag. And check out our affiliate store and buy some of the various products we endorse!

Support The Glitterbois by contributing to their tip jar: https://tips.pinecast.com/jar/the-glitterbois

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June 2022 News Updates

Apparently these recurring monthly updates are becoming a regular thing! Getting serious for a sec, Matthew was in a pretty bad wreck and needs to take some time off to recover. His car is totaled and he is dealing with some major pain, so any donations you want to throw our way will be welcomed with our deepest gratitude, and be passed along to his recovery fund. I'm bringing on a guest host in the interim, to keep content flowing. Thanks again for your love and support!

Apparently these recurring monthly updates are becoming a regular thing! Getting serious for a sec, Matthew was in a pretty bad wreck and needs to take some time off to recover. His car is totaled and he is dealing with some major pain, so any donations you want to throw our way will be welcomed with our deepest gratitude, and be passed along to his recovery fund. I'm bringing on a guest host in the interim, to keep content flowing. Thanks again for your love and support!

Drop us a line! You can follow us on Twitter and Facebook, and we'd love to see you on our Discord Channel too. And let us know your thoughts by leaving a review on iTunes! For even more info and options, check out our main website or our low-bandwidth alternative feed site.

Credits:

Glitter Boys, Rifts, the Megaverse, and all other such topics are the property of Kevin Siembieda and Palladium Books. Please buy all their stuff and help keep them in print and making more games! You can order directly at palladiumbooks.com, and their entire catalog is available digitally at Drive-Thru RPG as well.

Want to help us pay for hosting? Follow this link to our Pinecast Tip Jar! We've got a merch store if you're looking for some sweet Glitterbois swag. And check out our affiliate store and buy some of the various products we endorse!

Support The Glitterbois by contributing to their tip jar: https://tips.pinecast.com/jar/the-glitterbois

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#96 – The Glittery Guide to Game Prep

Today we respond to listener email! This episode's topic comes from Douglas, who asks for some advice on making game prep easier. Matthew and NPC both have their own tidbits to share, and while it's mostly focused on running Rifts games, it can be applied to a lot more beyond. If you have your own tips, please drop by our Discord and share them!

Today we respond to listener email! This episode's topic comes from Douglas, who asks for some advice on making game prep easier. Matthew and NPC both have their own tidbits to share, and while it's mostly focused on running Rifts games, it can be applied to a lot more beyond. If you have your own tips, please drop by our Discord and share them!

Drop us a line! You can follow us on Twitter and Facebook, and we'd love to see you on our Discord Channel too. And let us know your thoughts by leaving a review on iTunes! For even more info and options, check out our main website or our low-bandwidth alternative feed site.

Links of Note:

Credits:

Glitter Boys, Rifts, the Megaverse, and all other such topics are the property of Kevin Siembieda and Palladium Books. Please buy all their stuff and help keep them in print and making more games! You can order directly at palladiumbooks.com, and their entire catalog is available digitally at Drive-Thru RPG as well.

Want to help us pay for hosting? Follow this link to our Pinecast Tip Jar! We've got a merch store if you're looking for some sweet Glitterbois swag. And check out our affiliate store and buy some of the various products we endorse!

Support The Glitterbois by contributing to their tip jar: https://tips.pinecast.com/jar/the-glitterbois

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#95 – The Long Joyous Path to Expertise

We are not experts on anything that we talk about. Just fans - really passionate ones with a lot of experience in the subject, but still just fans. But the more we read, play, and talk about these games, the greater our expertise grows. In this free-form episode we converse about our experiences so far, what we've learned, and what we hope to see.

We are not experts on anything that we talk about. Just fans - really passionate ones with a lot of experience in the subject, but still just fans. But the more we read, play, and talk about these games, the greater our expertise grows. In this free-form episode we converse about our experiences so far, what we've learned, and what we hope to see.

Drop us a line! You can follow us on Twitter and Facebook, and we'd love to see you on our Discord Channel too. And let us know your thoughts by leaving a review on iTunes! For even more info and options, check out our main website or our low-bandwidth alternative feed site.

Links of Note:

Credits:

Glitter Boys, Rifts, the Megaverse, and all other such topics are the property of Kevin Siembieda and Palladium Books. Please buy all their stuff and help keep them in print and making more games! You can order directly at palladiumbooks.com, and their entire catalog is available digitally at Drive-Thru RPG as well.

Want to help us pay for hosting? Follow this link to our Pinecast Tip Jar! We've got a merch store if you're looking for some sweet Glitterbois swag. And check out our affiliate store and buy some of the various products we endorse!

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#94 – Rifts Inspiration from Marvel's Avengers

Join us for a fun thought experiment, in which we take the characters from Marvel's Avengers (primarily the MCU versions) and use them as root inspirations for a similarly-focused adventurer team in the Rifts role-playing game. We are very specifically _not_ just re-creating them in the system, but instead looking through the Rifts catalog for options to create characters using those heroes as thematic templates. Included is a deeper discussion on how the seeming lack of balance in the game can actually wor

Join us for a fun thought experiment, in which we take the characters from Marvel's Avengers (primarily the MCU versions) and use them as root inspirations for a similarly-focused adventurer team in the Rifts role-playing game. We are very specifically not just re-creating them in the system, but instead looking through the Rifts catalog for options to create characters using those heroes as thematic templates. Included is a deeper discussion on how the seeming lack of balance in the game can actually work in the story at your table just as well as it would an Avengers movie.

Drop us a line! You can follow us on Twitter and Facebook, and we'd love to see you on our Discord Channel too. And let us know your thoughts by leaving a review on iTunes! For even more info and options, check out our main website or our low-bandwidth alternative feed site.

Links of Note:

Credits:

Glitter Boys, Rifts, the Megaverse, and all other such topics are the property of Kevin Siembieda and Palladium Books. Please buy all their stuff and help keep them in print and making more games! You can order directly at palladiumbooks.com, and their entire catalog is available digitally at Drive-Thru RPG as well.

Want to help us pay for hosting? Follow this link to our Pinecast Tip Jar! We've got a merch store if you're looking for some sweet Glitterbois swag. And check out our affiliate store and buy some of the various products we endorse!

Support The Glitterbois by contributing to their tip jar: https://tips.pinecast.com/jar/the-glitterbois

Send us your feedback online: https://pinecast.com/feedback/the-glitterbois/72e44018-c6dc-41a1-91eb-988b0a222b10

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May 2022 News Updates

Another news post! We'll be releasing these occasionally as new things come up that we want to keep folks more immediately notified on. In this issue: We now have a Valheim server! Wagoncon report! Hammercrawl updates! And More!

Another news post! We'll be releasing these occasionally as new things come up that we want to keep folks more immediately notified on. In this issue: We now have a Valheim server! Wagoncon report! Hammercrawl updates! And More!

Drop us a line! You can follow us on Twitter and Facebook, and we'd love to see you on our Discord Channel too. And let us know your thoughts by leaving a review on iTunes! For even more info and options, check out our main website or our low-bandwidth alternative feed site.

Links of Note:

Credits:

Glitter Boys, Rifts, the Megaverse, and all other such topics are the property of Kevin Siembieda and Palladium Books. Please buy all their stuff and help keep them in print and making more games! You can order directly at palladiumbooks.com, and their entire catalog is available digitally at Drive-Thru RPG as well.

Want to help us pay for hosting? Follow this link to our Pinecast Tip Jar! We've got a merch store if you're looking for some sweet Glitterbois swag. And check out our affiliate store and buy some of the various products we endorse!

Support The Glitterbois by contributing to their tip jar: https://tips.pinecast.com/jar/the-glitterbois

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#93 – Rifts Sourcebook 2: The Mechanoids Review

The Mechanoids are back! ARCHIE-3 dun goofed and now our favorite villains from the Megaverse are invading Rifts Earth! That's right, we're looking at what I think may be the first big cross-over event in the Megaverse publication history: Rifts Sourcebook 2. Is this one as awesome as it sounds? Give us a listen, and then join us on Discord to share your thoughts!

The Mechanoids are back! ARCHIE-3 dun goofed and now our favorite villains from the Megaverse are invading Rifts Earth! That's right, we're looking at what I think may be the first big cross-over event in the Megaverse publication history: Rifts Sourcebook 2. Is this one as awesome as it sounds? Give us a listen, and then join us on Discord to share your thoughts!

Drop us a line! You can follow us on Twitter and Facebook, and we'd love to see you on our Discord Channel too. And let us know your thoughts by leaving a review on iTunes! For even more info and options, check out our main website or our low-bandwidth alternative feed site.

Links of Note:

Credits:

Glitter Boys, Rifts, the Megaverse, and all other such topics are the property of Kevin Siembieda and Palladium Books. Please buy all their stuff and help keep them in print and making more games! You can order directly at palladiumbooks.com, and their entire catalog is available digitally at Drive-Thru RPG as well.

Want to help us pay for hosting? Follow this link to our Pinecast Tip Jar! We've got a merch store if you're looking for some sweet Glitterbois swag. And check out our affiliate store and buy some of the various products we endorse!

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#92 – Rifter #7 Review

Our Rifter look-back series continues with issue #7! Give us a listen, then join us on Discord to let us know your favorite parts of this issue!

Our Rifter look-back series continues with issue #7! Give us a listen, then join us on Discord to let us know your favorite parts of this issue!

Drop us a line! You can follow us on Twitter and Facebook, and we'd love to see you on our Discord Channel too. And let us know your thoughts by leaving a review on iTunes! For even more info and options, check out our main website or our low-bandwidth alternative feed site.

Links of Note:

Credits:

Glitter Boys, Rifts, the Megaverse, and all other such topics are the property of Kevin Siembieda and Palladium Books. Please buy all their stuff and help keep them in print and making more games! You can order directly at palladiumbooks.com, and their entire catalog is available digitally at Drive-Thru RPG as well.

Want to help us pay for hosting? Follow this link to our Pinecast Tip Jar! We've got a merch store if you're looking for some sweet Glitterbois swag. And check out our affiliate store and buy some of the various products we endorse!

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