The What’s New At Hero seminar at DunDraCon XXXV was full of anticipation as Darren, Steve, and Jason started the presentation. I got really excited when Ken Hite stayed in his seat…my little brain started churning…”Why is Ken still here?!?” 🙂
Here is the high-level summary with my personal take on whether I plan to buy the product. Remember that my gaming budget is slim these days. 😉 These are in rough order of when they will be released.
2011
Champions Villains Volume 3 – The name explains it. I don’t really have a need for Champions villains right now. Pass.
Hero System Equipment Guide – 6th Edition – The name explains it. This one might be worth picking up as it would cut down on time searching through other tomes. Maybe.
Hero System Grimoire – 6th Edition – Fantasy Hero 6th edition spells. I may pick this one up as it sounds broad. Maybe.
Champions Beyond – Covers other galaxies in the Hero 6th edition universe. I likely will not pick this one up. Pass.
Advanced Players Guide 2 – More crunchy optional Hero rules. Will have social combat rules as well. I did not pick up the first one and I will likely pass on this one too. Pass.
Star Hero 6th Edition – The name explains it. I’ll pick up Star Hero for sure. The 5th edition version is very well done and this one will be laid out by Fred Hicks. This is the GenCon 2011 release. Buy.
Book Of The Emperor – Book about that Champions villain empress…I forget her crazy name right now. As you can guess…I won’t be picking up this one. Pass.
Mythic Hero – Various mythical figures in Hero. This is a labor of love from Steve so I’ll get it for that reason alone. When Steve has this kind of passion about a product it will rock. Buy.
Time Travel Hero – The name explains it. Boy I love Doctor Who and time travel stories but for some reason I’m not sure I will need this product to run time travel games. Maybe.
2012
Martial World – Champions supplement about the martial arts world. I won’t need this unless I start running Champions again. Pass.
Hero System Vehicles – The name explains it. Last of the core 6th edition library products. Hrmm…not sure about this one. Might be nice having stuff from all eras in one place. Maybe.
Horror Hero – The name explains it. This was big surprise #1. Ken Hite will be writing the book with Steve. The book will cover using horror in all genres plus it will have a section on very low point Hero characters like those found in most horror fiction. Anything written by Ken Hite or Robin Laws is a must buy. Period. Buy.
Cyber Hero – The name explains it. I have a small itch to run Cyberpunk again so I may pick up this one. Buy.
Victorian Hero – Will include some steampunk information as well as fictional characters of the time in Hero stats. Yep, Holmes, Nemo, etc. in Hero. Nice. This is the GenCon 2011 release. Buy.
Millennium City – Millennium City updated and enhanced. Don’t need Champions stuff right now. Pass.
Prophet And Purity – Detailed two Champions agencies. One is Argent and the other is an anti-mutant group. Jason is writing the anti-mutant group which is a GREAT choice. 😉 Maybe.
Cthulhu Hero – Cthulhu using Horror Hero. The project is being done with Chaosium. This was big surprise #2. The best part…Ken Hite is doing the book with Steve. Hot damn! 😀 Buy.
Looks like another massive schedule of releases for DOJ…I can hardly wait. It is a good time to be a Hero fan. 🙂
I’m excited that soon I will get the opportunity to instruct a new soul on my favorite hobby. Having this opportunity got me thinking. Stand back please! 😀
