The Glitterbois

The Glitterbois

The Glitterbois are two blokes (and then some) with an intense and long-lived love for the rich role-playing game worlds created by Palladium Books. Join us as we talk about the vast imaginative possibilities of the Palladium Books RPG "Megaverse" in a quest to spread appreciation for their games, meet established wanderers of their worlds, and hopefully bring new players into the fold. We'll look into the workings and histories of all of their games, including Rifts, Palladium Fantasy, Nightbane, Dead Reign, Macross, Ninja Turtles, and more! Step through the rift and Unleash Your Imagination along with us!

Episodes

June 20, 2025 28 mins

We conclude the "Western Trilogy" Rifts World Book review with number 15: Spirit West. Give us a listen, then drop by our Discord and join the discussion!

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    YEE HAW! It's finally time to talk about the New West! This book is fantastic, and we have a lot to say about it. So saddle up, pop this cassette tape (side 1 up) into your Sony FutureDeck Player, and hit the trail to Silvereno. Then drop by our Discord and say hello!

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    In this episode, the heroes get injected, inspected, detected, infected, neglected, selected, and all kinds of groovy things. Riley learns to appreciate magical baking, Henry makes friends with both the townsfolk and Gorshkov, and Mister Cat takes a stab at offering someone a demonically delicious retirement package.

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  • This past May, at the 2025 Wagoncon gaming convention, we had a chance to record a chat with Matthew Balent about his history in the game hobby and industry, including a deep dive into the history of Valley of the Pharaohs. Thanks again for your time and the awesome game, Matt, we look forward to chatting with you again!

    This recording was fraught with technical setbacks before we even started, and ultimately we just decided to rec...

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    Finally, FINALLY, we have reached the great, fantastic, best of all time forever dot com, wonderful-amazing Rifts Lone Star world book. It's one of the greats of the line, and I will fight you. So will Bronson, cause that's where he was born, and we all know how he can beat a guy. But seriously, it's awesome, and you should drop by our Discord to tell us why you think it's as awesome as we do.

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    Today we are joined by both Kevin Siembieda and Sean Owen Roberson of Palladium Books, to talk about the awesome news of the upcoming crowd-funded restoration and remastering of Palladium's "lost" video game: Rifts Promise of Power! Kevin and Sean share boat loads of details on this new undertaking, and we're all ridiculously excited by the prospect of finally getting to play this game.

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    Okay folks, we're finally here. No spoilers here, just give it a listen and then head to our Discord after, with flame-retardant clothing prepared and ready!

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    Welcome to the third exciting episode of the Grand Saga of His Royal Greatness, Mister Cat. And minions - or friends, if you will. There's also a dog. The vehicle is loud and Riley should not be allowed to drive again. There's some more stuff that happens, but behold, and bask in the glory of the Cat! Now bring tribute, like a good vassal.

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    Today we're talking about the recently-released 40th Anniversary Edition of the Valley of the Pharaohs RPG, by Matthew Balent. This is a pretty amazing game, and we're ridiculously excited to talk about it!

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    Our retrospective series continues! Kevin Siembieda joins us on the mics once again, to tell us stories of the creation and inspirations behind Nightbane and Dead Reign - and also a little on Systems Failure as an unexpected bonus!

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  • In this episode, we talk about how Vince Martin made the baby jesus cry through his 90s-tastic edgy reboot of the Coalition Dead Boy armor. Also we talk about some gaming book or something like that.

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    Our new RIFTS actual play series continues! Our excellent friend and guest GM Kyle from the Bastard Quest podcast returns for another session. In this episode, Troy learns a lesson in peeking where he doesn't belong-- oh who am I kidding, of course he doesn't learn anything. And an unlikely hero gets revenge for slights no one is sure actually even happened. All in a day's work for the Cincinnati Four!

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    Continuing our trek through the Rifts World Books, we're now up to book 10: Juicer Uprising, the last entry in a damn solid line of CJ Carella's earlier game creations for Palladium Books.

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    March 27, 2025 68 mins

    Hells to the Yes! We are joined today by the excellent Ramón K Pêrez, who we hope most of our listeners immediately recognize as the artist behind many of the great works of the late-90s era Palladium product releases. Ramón was a delight to have on the show, sharing many tales of his days working for Palladium, and details behind his work in the years that followed. This was such a lovely chat, and we hope you all enjoy it as much...

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    We are super duper mega ultra dragon kick excited to finally release the first session of something that's been in the cooker for almost a year now: our brand new actual play campaign of Rifts! We are joined by special guest Game Master Kyle, from the Bastard Quest podcast. There's a lot we could say here, but for this inaugural episode, I think we'll keep things spoiler-free here (for now). Give it a listen, then drop by our Disco...

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    NPC and Buckley are kicking off a long series of back to back dives into the earlier Rifts World Books (we need to catch up!), starting with South America 2. It's a fantastic companion piece to CJ's previous book on the continent, and we're super excited to talk about it.

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    This one's another talk about some of our house rules in our home Palladium games. We start with a deeper dive into the structure of the "Three-Phase Combat Round" rule, which can help to more easily break up the flow of attacks for those of you who prefer the old school style of combat structure. Then we move into an impromptu discussion of timing your grenades, followed by another on the topic of handling movement within the conf...

  • February 14, 2025 24 mins

    Today we give our new recurring host Buckley an official welcome and introduction episode. Buckley's been a friend of the Puppies for years, and happens to be a long time Palladium fan as well. We're heartbroken for Matthew to have to step down, but we're all increasingly familiar with how Life can be a hurdle to itself sometimes. Welcome Buckley, and good luck Matthew!

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    January 25, 2025 58 mins

    We're excited to be joined by prolific RPG designer and fiction author CJ Carella! In this episode, we talk Nightbane, Rifts, GURPS, fiction, world-building, and many other wonderful things. Listen along with us and then swing over to CJ's pages and check out his fantastic collection of works. Then stop by our Discord and share your love with the rest of us there!

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    In today's episode of the Glitterbois, Just Jacob makes the Baby Doctor Articulus cry. You don't want to make the baby cry, do you? Give us a listen and then stop by our Discord to let Jacob know (respectfully) how wrong he is.

    The best part is that we totally forgot to do a dive into the skills and other abilities of the class. Which means we'll have to revisit this class in the future! Huzzah! Haters gonna hate!

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