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Geek's Guide to the Galaxy - A Science Fiction Podcast

254. The Rifts Role-Playing Game (with Sean Patrick Fannon)

Geek's Guide to the Galaxy - A Science Fiction Podcast

David Barr Kirtley

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4.51K Ratings

🗓️ 5 May 2017

⏱️ 94 minutes

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Sean Patrick Fannon joins us to discuss writing a new adaption of the popular Rifts pen & paper role-playing game. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0

This episode of Geek's Guide to the Galaxy is brought to you by Casper, an online retailer of premium mattresses for a fraction of the price because everyone deserves a great night's sleep.

0:09.0

Get $50 off any mattress purchase by visiting Casper.com slash Galaxy and Geek's Guide to the Galaxy.

0:30.4

And here is your host, David Barr-Kirtley.

0:34.0

Hello and welcome to episode 254 of Geek's Guide to the Galaxy.

0:40.0

Our guest today is veteran game designer Sean Patrick Fanon. He's worked on many

0:44.4

pen and paper role-playing games including Star Wars, Champions, and Shatterzone.

0:48.6

And he's also the author of several non-fiction books, including the Fantasy Roleplane

0:53.0

gamers Bible. And we'll be speaking with him today about his new game

0:56.3

Savage Rifts, which takes the classic Palladium game Rifts and converts it

1:00.0

to the Savage World's Rule Set. Last year a crowdfunding campaign for Savage Rifts raised over $400,000 on Kickstarter.

1:07.6

And today's show is brought to you by Casper.

1:10.0

If you need a new mattress, just head on over to Casper.com slash Galaxy and order today.

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