# Rifts: Ultimate Edition

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Podcast: [Ludonarrative Dissidents](https://stenobird.com/podcast/ludonarrative-dissidents-4355607)
Published: 2025-07-03T22:07:49+00:00
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## Resource

RIFTS is a role playing game designed by Kevin Siembieda and originally published by his company Palladium Books in 1990. In this episode we examine the Rifts Ultimate Edition from 2005, a revised and expanded version of the original game rulebook. Like it, hate it or previously unaware of it, there’s nothing like it on the market today and we enjoyed the chance to delve into what makes it work. Read the full show notes here. See the original Rifts rulebook at DriveThruRPG See the Rifts Ultimate Edition at DriveThruRPG . We can’t speak for other Rifts PDFs but this PDF is a scan of the print book, every page is an image, the text is not searchable, there is no indexing or bookmarking. It’s like an artefact from a more primitive time. See the Rifts game-line at the Palladium Books website See Savage Rifts at DriveThruRPG

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