The Glitterbois

#228 – Catching Up with Kevin and Sean

Read transcript We're super thrilled to have Kevin and Sean join us again to talk about all the current excitements at Palladium Books. We dive into the new Glitter Boy

#227 – Acrobatics and Gymnastics (Physical Skills)

Read transcript This is another shorter discussion on the various rules options of Palladium's role-playing games. Today we're looking at two of the more popular "must-h

#226 – Critical Success and Failure

Read transcript Critical Strike, yes! TWENTYYYY!!! Today we're talking about everyone's favorite die roll results: the Crits! How does Palladium handle them in the rules

#225 – Horror Factor

Read transcript Today's round-table discussion is a look at how the "Horror Factor" system works in Palladium games. It's a rather nifty take on implementing a comic boo

The Glitterbois Play Rifts 17: Bargains

Read transcript Donna and the Boys get into some wild hijinks involving explosions, demons, sewers, and inevitable Coalition betrayals! Their destination: Hartsby. Their

#224 – Automatic Dodge

Read transcript As if the distinction between Parry and Dodge in Palladium weren't already confusing for some new players, Rifts then had to go and add a whole new "auto

#223 – Set the Scene 4 - Beyond the Supernatural with Steven Dawes

Read transcript Finally, our third episode of a trilogy with Steven Dawes! Steven Sets the Scene as a guest GM for us, with the Beyond the Supernatural 2nd Edition RPG!

#222 – House Rules: Holding and Readying Actions

Read transcript Today's discussion is on a mechanic that doesn't actually exist in the Palladium game rules, but should: how to "hold" or "ready" an action to occur afte

#221 – What's On Your Character Sheet

Read transcript We're here for another free-form chat on general role-playing, this time with a focus on the concept of the Character Sheet, and how it should be structu

#220 – Beyond the Supernatural Chargen Session

Read transcript Special guest Steven Dawes joins us again for a character creation session for Beyond the Supernatural! What are we going to do with these characters? HM

#219 – Talking BtS with Steven Dawes

Read transcript Today we're joined by special guest Steven Dawes! Steven is the long time admin of the "House of BtS" fan website for Beyond the Supernatural, and also t

The Glitterbois Play Rifts 16: VODKA.EXE

Read transcript In this latest episode of our campaign, Riley earns his Fairy Wings for making a young boy's dreams come true. Drop us a line! You can follow us (sporad

#218 – Called Shots

Read transcript Today's episode continues our Combat Options series with a discussion on how "called shots" work in Palladium, with a heavy focus on the two major editio

#217 – Simultaneous Attack

Read transcript We continue our deep dive into the various Rifts extended combat options today with a focused look at the oft-forgotten "Simultaneous Attack" defense opt

The Glitterbois Play Rifts 15: Schrodinger's Tits

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

#216 – Body Block and Tackle

Read transcript 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

#215 – Rules Talk: The Initiative Bubble Theory

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 Glitterbois Play Rifts 14: He's a Slurmph!

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 a

#214 – TMNT Redux Game Play Retrospective

Read transcript 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

#213 – Beyond the Megaverse: Breachworld

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 Richar