Consisting of seven issues, it had a letter column, errata for Palladium games, a few fan-submitted articles, and a selection of house ads and official supplements.
Wayne was named the editor for magazine, and Palladium Books began requesting submissions for The Rifter via word of mouth, forums, and posts on their now-defunct official mailing list, during 1997, with the first issue seeing print in the first quarter of 1998.
Citing a need to focus on the primary game supplements, the company ended the magazine's run with issue 84.
Due to the financial crisis resulting from the embezzlement and theft from Palladium by an employee/minor stockholder, Issue #34 of The Rifter had an exceptionally small print run compared to other issues, and its print version is sought after by Palladium collectors.
While officially a quarterly publication, the actual printing and distribution dates were irregular, with other products being higher priority.