>>I remember my high school crew tried RIFTS once. We were used
>>to the Palladium system, having played a ton of Ninjas
>>[sic] & Superspies, but we could never get our heads around
>>RIFTS for some reason. Something about the setting just didn't
>>compute for us.
>
>Huh. Ironically, it was the exact opposite for me and my college crew.
>We loved the setting of Rifts but the Palladium system was a
>cumbersome mess.

Oh, I'm in no way claiming that the Palladium system is not a cumbersome mess. Just that we were used to it, and yet still couldn't get to grips with RIFTS for some reason. :)

>Alas, it also suffered from significant power creep.

"MDC structures, MDC structures."

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