Riftbreakers exceeded any expectations I had. I was initially wary that a TTRPG could emulate the full feel and breadth of a MMORPG but found that when playing this game succeeds amazingly.
Every aspect of a MMORPG is there. The combat, item creation, questing system, NPC's, and PC's and their progression, and more, are created in a way that there's depth and meaning behind every player action.
Most of all, the game is a blast to play! Either with others or using the detailed Solo GM rules. There's always some quest or task to complete to further your character.
I can see my friends and I playing this for a very long time.
After experiencing how rich and detailed the game was, I was so impressed by the creator's skill in game creation I purchased another of their games, Broken Shores. Again, totally blown away. Another amazing setting, deep and meaningful mechanics, and overall, just an excellent game.
Blackoath is a creator to watch. I'll definitely be purchasing more of their products in the future.
Wow, thank you so much for your amazing review! I'm super happy to hear that you like my work. I'll be expanding both Riftbreakers and Broken Shores this year!
Are there any instructions on searching rifts for items I rolled a "falling Ziggurat" on one of the first areas I generated - would consulting the oracle assist in populating spaces with stuff?
There are no specific rules to populate the different Areas within a Rift, aside from the Area's description and what you find. If you want more granularity you would have to use the oracles, yes. I considered adding that kind of stuff but the book was already enormous so I had to leave it out. At least for now...
Gotcha - that's understandable, I actually ended up just checking the oracle to see if there were items based on the information from the description and used the process of elimination to see what table to roll from. Ended up finding a gem and felt pretty satisfied with the results.
I got this printed, a character created and am continuing reading the book. I’m really impressed so far! This is very well laid out and well written, the art is nice too. I can’t wait to play!
I do have a question regarding followers and companions, I see we get followers at the Board Quest, where do we find companions? When playing solo it seems you can’t afford to start with followers and will have to quest some first, I’d this correct?
I'd recommend you start with the "A First Step" quest, which gives you a Follower and a Companion right away, and if you can afford to keep paying them, they're yours to keep! In any case, the way of getting a Companion is be rolling a 20 on the Follower Trait table on page 158, so they're pretty rare!
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Riftbreakers exceeded any expectations I had. I was initially wary that a TTRPG could emulate the full feel and breadth of a MMORPG but found that when playing this game succeeds amazingly.
Every aspect of a MMORPG is there. The combat, item creation, questing system, NPC's, and PC's and their progression, and more, are created in a way that there's depth and meaning behind every player action.
Most of all, the game is a blast to play! Either with others or using the detailed Solo GM rules. There's always some quest or task to complete to further your character.
I can see my friends and I playing this for a very long time.
After experiencing how rich and detailed the game was, I was so impressed by the creator's skill in game creation I purchased another of their games, Broken Shores. Again, totally blown away. Another amazing setting, deep and meaningful mechanics, and overall, just an excellent game.
Blackoath is a creator to watch. I'll definitely be purchasing more of their products in the future.
Buy this game! You won't regret it.
Wow, thank you so much for your amazing review! I'm super happy to hear that you like my work. I'll be expanding both Riftbreakers and Broken Shores this year!
Hi!
There's no chance you are going to put up any more community copies by any chance? I'd happily post up a review. It's all good if you're not.
Have a nice day!
I was actually going to do it today, so you're in luck!
Just grabbed one! Thank you so much!
I'll be sure to leave a review :)
Are there any instructions on searching rifts for items I rolled a "falling Ziggurat" on one of the first areas I generated - would consulting the oracle assist in populating spaces with stuff?
There are no specific rules to populate the different Areas within a Rift, aside from the Area's description and what you find. If you want more granularity you would have to use the oracles, yes. I considered adding that kind of stuff but the book was already enormous so I had to leave it out. At least for now...
Gotcha - that's understandable, I actually ended up just checking the oracle to see if there were items based on the information from the description and used the process of elimination to see what table to roll from. Ended up finding a gem and felt pretty satisfied with the results.
Sounds great, I hope you're enjoying the game so far!
I got this printed, a character created and am continuing reading the book. I’m really impressed so far! This is very well laid out and well written, the art is nice too. I can’t wait to play!
Thank you so much, glad you like it! Let me know if you have any questions!
I do have a question regarding followers and companions, I see we get followers at the Board Quest, where do we find companions? When playing solo it seems you can’t afford to start with followers and will have to quest some first, I’d this correct?
I'd recommend you start with the "A First Step" quest, which gives you a Follower and a Companion right away, and if you can afford to keep paying them, they're yours to keep! In any case, the way of getting a Companion is be rolling a 20 on the Follower Trait table on page 158, so they're pretty rare!