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Rifts World Books #7
Rifts Underseas
Rifts Underseas is a fabulous world as unique and expansive as any Rifts Dimension Book! Fans may be surprised at the scope of characters, abilities and adventure available to them, both undersea and on dry land.
- GenresRole Playing Games
216 pages, Paperback
Published January 1, 1994
About the author
Kevin Siembieda
206 books52 followersKevin Siembieda (born April 2, 1956) is an American artist, writer, designer, and publisher of role-playing games, as well as being the founder and president of Palladium Books.
Palladium Books, founded in southeast Michigan, claims to be the first to implement a role-playing system intended to work for all genres and to introduce the perfect-bound trade paperback format to the RPG industry.
Some of the role-playing games Siembieda helped produce include Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles & Other Strangeness (1985), Robotech RPG (1986), After The Bomb (1986), and Rifts (1990).
Siembieda is also an artist, best known for occasionally illustrating Palladium Books' products. In 1978, he started the now-defunct Megaton Publications in Detroit, publishing a digest style title called A+ Plus and several other titles. He also contributed art and cartography to several early Judges Guild products (for both their Traveller and Dungeons & Dragons lines).
Palladium Books, founded in southeast Michigan, claims to be the first to implement a role-playing system intended to work for all genres and to introduce the perfect-bound trade paperback format to the RPG industry.
Some of the role-playing games Siembieda helped produce include Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles & Other Strangeness (1985), Robotech RPG (1986), After The Bomb (1986), and Rifts (1990).
Siembieda is also an artist, best known for occasionally illustrating Palladium Books' products. In 1978, he started the now-defunct Megaton Publications in Detroit, publishing a digest style title called A+ Plus and several other titles. He also contributed art and cartography to several early Judges Guild products (for both their Traveller and Dungeons & Dragons lines).
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July 14, 2019
Continuing a nostalgia reads of my favorite RPG when I was in high school. In this volume, Palladium's "Rifts" series heads to the open ocean, which features whale shape shifters, submergible aircraft carriers and a globe-spanning alien intelligence taking up residence in the Mariana Trench.
This is a middle-of-the-road offering. A lot of pages are taken up with ocean and cetacean facts that have a fifth-grade book report feel. At the same time, the alien monsters, roving pirates and wild power armor feel familiar from the Atlantis and core world books.
Not much here is new or novel, although the floating cities and immortal Sea Titans offer some fun food for thought. A lot of additional details are promised to be pending in the "Lemuria" World Book, which looks to have come out in 2016, about 20 years after it was teased. ;)
I wouldn't consider this a classic offering, but if you're interested in a nautical setting for high-tech adventuring, there's some fun stuff here.
This is a middle-of-the-road offering. A lot of pages are taken up with ocean and cetacean facts that have a fifth-grade book report feel. At the same time, the alien monsters, roving pirates and wild power armor feel familiar from the Atlantis and core world books.
Not much here is new or novel, although the floating cities and immortal Sea Titans offer some fun food for thought. A lot of additional details are promised to be pending in the "Lemuria" World Book, which looks to have come out in 2016, about 20 years after it was teased. ;)
I wouldn't consider this a classic offering, but if you're interested in a nautical setting for high-tech adventuring, there's some fun stuff here.
February 13, 2016
Even though the Palladium role-playing system is not the one I use in my games the source books are fantastic. Tons of great ideas and characters are scattered throughout the books. Very recommended for any gamer.
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