The Glitterbois

We continue our deep dive into the various Rifts extended combat options today with a focused look at the oft-forgotten "Simultaneous Attack" defense option. What's your favorite story of using this one in a game? Drop us a line! You can follow us (sporadically) on 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 or any oth...

Read transcript In this episode, the four most responsible and upstanding members of the party do some recon while carrying deep conversations on whether the Tits are or are not truly in the air. Drop us a line! You can follow us (sporadically) on 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 or any other podcast aggrega...

We're continuing this new exploration of combat rules options with an episode dedicated to one that - we've been told - doesn't get used nearly as often as it should these days. So let's bring it back! This one is the rather brutal and insidious "Body Block & Tackle" move, found in at least two different places in the Ultimate Edition of Rifts. Drop us a line! You can follow us (sporadically)...

Read transcript We're back to another Rules Talk episode! This time, NPC presents a different take on handling the combat initiative flow in Palladium games, inspired by the "pair them off" concepts from the more recent rules books. Some of you may scoff at this, others may even already do this in their own games. We'd love to hear your thoughts, so please leave comments, or drop by Discord and le...

Read transcript You are probably wondering, what the heck is a Slurmph? Dustin is. He's a Slurmph. And he'll let you know, in case you forgot. It's time to meet Dustin and Edmundo, best friends forever! EDITOR'S NOTES: A couple of additional tech notes here. Ironically, although we all touted the great qualities of the alternate FX-heavy patron-exclusive renders at the end of this episode, there d...

In this episode, the three of us take some time to collect our thoughts on the recent "Set the Scene" episode, in which we played the new Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles & Other Strangeness REDUX Edition (with Sean Roberson as a quest). We talk about how it worked, what we liked, and what we thought could have gone better. Drop us a line! You can follow us (sporadically) on Facebook , and we'd lo...

Today we are once again venturing BEYOOONNNND THE MEGAVERRRRSSSEE (echo echo echo), to take a look at the D6 Breachworld RPG, written by Palladium freelancer Jason Richards. It's a very heavily Rifts-inspired game, but with unique twists on the core premise of the game world. If you've played it, we'd love to hear your experiences on our Discord server! Drop us a line! You can follow us (sporadica...

Read transcript The Greatest Family Adventure of the Century continues! An old friend returns, after a harrowing encounter with a temptress from the nether depths of Atlantis. Bronson learns to play Cricket, while Henry, Drom, and Mister Cat try to start a barbershop quartet - Riley was too stubborn to join, so if you know a tenor looking for a gig, they have an opening. And throughout it all, Gor...

Read transcript We've got Sean Owen Roberson of Palladium Books with us again, for this awesome third installment of our new Set the Scene series! This time around, Buckley leads us through a TERROR-filled scene using the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles and Other Strangeness REDUX RPG. Listen in as a bomb-throwing otter, a meathead newt, and a feral fox square off against the classic game's most icon...

Today we take a look through one of the more awesome books in the Palladium catalog: the Compendium of Weapons, Armor, and Castles, by Matthew Balent. This is a damn useful book for pretty much every fantasy RPG under the sun, and we strongly urge everyone out there to make sure there's a copy of it on your gaming shelves. Drop us a line! You can follow us (sporadically) on Facebook , and we'd lov...

In this round table chat, we take some time to look back at the things we've done on the podcast in the last year, including our favorite moments and accomplishments. We also talk about things we have coming up soon, and things we'd like to do if we had our druthers. Drop us a line! You can follow us (sporadically) on Facebook , and we'd love to see you on our Discord Channel too. And let us know...

Read transcript The Coalition is upon us! The confrontation with the Coalition has finally arrived! Will our heroes somehow find a way out of this deadly pickle of an encounter against such overwhelming force? Listen and find out! On a tech note, this one's pretty epic. We are normally keeping the Effects-heavy alternate renders as exclusive bonuses for our patrons and supporters. However, the eff...

Read transcript We're once again joined by Sean Owen Roberson of Palladium Books, who's talking with us about events both recent and upcoming. In addition to a lengthy post-mortem look back at the recently-concluded TMNT Redux Kickstarter, Sean tells us about some exciting events happening in Detroit! We close out with an exciting look at upcoming things from Palladium. Check out the Worlds of Pal...

Read transcript The heist is on! Our heroes finally don their sneaky shoes, roll up their sleeves, and do the deeds they were paid to do. Crime is afoot, dear listener, and complex dastardly plans are the theme of the evening! Will this hodge podge team be able to pull off THE CRIME OF THE CENTURY and finally get those sweet, sweet rail guns? As special thinks to our patrons on Ko-Fi and Pinecast,...

Read transcript In this second part of our TMNT Redux Kickstarter retrospective, we take a deeper look at the books that were ultimately the main focus of the project. Our primary focus here is on the first book, its content, its art, and its ultimate value to us and our gaming tables (and collections!). We've got a full stack of all four variant editions, and a whole lot to say about them! Drop u...

This episode is part one of what turned into a two-parter, wherein we look at the Kickstarter for Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles and Other Strangeness Redux, and its deliverings. We start with a brief informal port-mortem on the project, and then dive right into our thoughts on all the many rewards we received from it. We don't go too deeply into the books themselves, though - that's in the next epi...

Read transcript In the far future town of Muskegon, the planning of crime is afoot. On a mission from the robotic arms merchant Alexander of Macedon, the Cincinnati Four (Five? Six? Who's keeping count at this point) face their biggest threat yet: the All You Can Eat Buffet Table. Also there's a cat on a jet pack, which is awesome. Sorry this one took so long to release folks. It's been on the dec...

Today's topic is: How to have fun playing in a RPG session. It's a subject that a lot of us either take for granted, or don't even think about at all. But it's an important conversation to be had nonetheless. This talk focuses on how to realize when you are or are not having fun, how to talk about it with the group, and how to not let your own fun impact that of the others at your table. Drop us a...

In response to another post from a fine upstanding member of our Discord community, we're talking about the concept of the "skill tax" in Palladium RPGs. This extends into a greater discussion of Physical Skills, how they work, and how we feel about them in our own games and experiences. This episode was recorded back in November, IIRC, so some of the stuff discussed about the grab bags might be a...

Listener response to the first "Set the Scene" episode was so overwhelmingly positive that we decided to get another one in the feed as soon as possible. This time we're taking things back to the roots, with Palladium Fantasy 1st Edition, and a little ol' dungeon called the Tombs of Gersidi. For this session we're joined by both Kevin Siembieda of Palladium Books, and Sean Casey, who plays the Cra...

We're back for another system-agnostic, round-table discussion, this time focusing on the idea of using "Player Table Roles" in your games. For the unaware, these are meta-roles that the players can take to help facilitate better play, and also ease the load of work on the GM's shoulders. Did we miss any? Let us know! Drop us a line! You can follow us (sporadically) on Facebook , and we'd love to...

The story continues when the party meets THE DARK FALCON. Who is THE DARK FALCON? You can only find out by listening to THE DARKEST OF FALCONS, so you too can experience the revelation of the true identity of THE DARK FALCON. Insert falcon screech here! Also we do a lot of shopping. GRENADES! FINALLY! Special note to listeners: A heads up that some point in the next few releases, we will be releas...

Today we're talking about RECON again, a deeper dive than the last time. Enjoy! Drop us a line! You can follow us (sporadically) on 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 or any other podcast aggregate sites. For even more info and options, check out our main website or our low-bandwidth alternative feed site . Li...

Picking up right after our last session, we're starting our first of what we plan on being a regularly-recurring new themed episode format for the show. GM John from Real Play Games again joins us to kick off what we're calling "The Glitterbois Set the Scene," a series of episodes that show how the Palladium system functions at the table, with single scenes that could be played in their game world...

To celebrate our 200th main series episode of this cast, we're joined by special guest and friend of the show, GM John from the Real Play Games Podcast. Given that cast's several seasons of After the Bomb actual play stories, we felt he was the perfect choice to guest on this special episode dedicated to demonstrating the character creation for that game. And hint-hint: this is only the first part...