HERO System Equipment Guide now in Online Store

[Ben Seeman]

Hey hey! The Equipment Guide is now up in the Online Store in both printed and PDF format. A book/PDf bundle will be posted soon and there may be a Hero Designer Character Pack in the works, so once that is done the CP and book/PDF/CP bundle will also be available.

Enjoy!

[John Desmarais]

Hey hey! The Equipment Guide is now up in the Online Store in both printed and PDF format. A book/PDf bundle will be posted soon and there may be a Hero Designer Character Pack in the works, so once that is done the CP and book/PDF/CP bundle will also be available.

Enjoy!

:confused: (http://misc.php?do=getsmilies&wysiwyg=1&forumid=0#) Since it's not on the shelves in my friendly local game store yet where I can thumb through it, I'll ask here. Is there any new material in this book, or is it all taken from previous publications?

[Ben Seeman]

For the most part it is all material from the books listed in theproduct description with a few new ones thrown in. It is mainly a consolidation of gear from other books.

[RDU Neil]

I picked this up at Origins this weekend. While it is a compilation, this is exactly the kind of book I need, so I don't have to flip through Dark Champs and Fantasy Hero and every other book to find what I need.

Good stuff! :)

[Steve Long]

While some of the gear (or at least the gear's page references!) is updated for 5ER, the only "new" stuff that hasn't appeared in one of our books before is the nuclear bomb (which was in an issue of DH), the biological and chemical weapons, and the poisons.

Oh, and the award certificate, of course. ;)

[Herolover]

Umm... wow. I was going to buy it thinking it was all new stuff, but now you almost UNsold me on buying it.

Of course being a HERO fanboy and geek I will buy it anyway. Sad buying a book just because it is HERO. Not the first time and won't be the last I am sure.

[Steve Long]

Well, we certainly don't want to deceive anyone. We've stated all along that it was a compilation of existing material, with only a little bit of new stuff. Even the back cover text (which is part of the "Our Products" listing) says so. ;)

[SCUBA Hero]

[Dork Tower]


IT MUST BE MINE!!!


[/Dork Tower]

Seriously, even though it's not new stuff (with the exceptions noted by Steve), it's worth it to me to have it all in one book instead of leafing though multiple books.

I will admit, though, if money was tighter, this would be one of the first Hero products to drop off the list (for me).

Fortunately, I now *almost* exclusively collect Harn and Hero stuff, and there's enough cashflow to support that.

[Herolover]

Seriously, even though it's not new stuff (with the exceptions noted by Steve), it's worth it to me to have it all in one book instead of leafing though multiple books.

I will admit, though, if money was tighter, this would be one of the first Hero products to drop off the list (for me).

Fortunately, I now *almost* exclusively collect Harn and Hero stuff, and there's enough cashflow to support that.

Yep, this is pretty much my case exactly except for the HARN thing

[Starwolf]

I'd buy it just for the WMDs :whistle:

[Ben Seeman]

We've found the WMDs and they're in the Hero System Equipment Guide. Invasionary forces are on their way. ;)

[Black Lotus]

We've found the WMDs and they're in the Hero System Equipment Guide. Invasionary forces are on their way. ;)

While I'm probably going to pick up the Equipment Guide anyway -- I love equipment guides of any kind (excepting d20 equipment guides) -- I never had a problem building WMDs. It's those sissy little pistols I have trouble getting just right. ;)

[Lord Mhoram]

The Equipment guide I am picking up for the collector side, but I will find it useful upon occasion - I run too many cross genre games for it not to.

The other compilation book is the one I will find most useful as a reference and cannot wait for. :)

Drooling for the Combat Handbook

[zornwil]

Actually, I'm very excited about it. Along with the Bestiary, it'll be nice for a quick reference.

[zornwil]

The Equipment guide I am picking up for the collector side, but I will find it useful upon occasion - I run too many cross genre games for it not to.

The other compilation book is the one I will find most useful as a reference and cannot wait for. :)

Drooling for the Combat Handbook
Speaking of which, it'd be great to see a flowchart and checklist in such a book.

[Citizen Keen]

Well, I'm going to get this if only so that I can continue to say I own every non-Champs book. I'm the kind of guy who sits down and encodes all the HD files for Spacer's Toolkit so I don't have to shell out eight clams, so the lack of new material means I probably won't use it much. But I own everything that's not Champs (except DC:TAS, but I'm going to get that this week), so I'll get this, too.

[SCUBA Hero]

Drooling for the Combat HandbookDefinately! Very handy to have all that in one place.

[Citizen Keen]

Ok, I just juggled some finances so I can go buy this. I guess I'll talk to yo-

WHAT COMBAT HANDBOOK?

[AlHazred]

I'm all for concise collections of data. One reason I find HD so helpful.

One more thing to add to the list. I like to let the new books build up until I can maximize my shipping dollar.

[Spence]

Speaking of which, it'd be great to see a flowchart and checklist in such a book.


What kind of flowchart?

[zornwil]

Something to show action and reaction in a combat sequence, such as "declare attack", "defender decides to preempt or not", path per each decision, that sort of thing.

[Ben Seeman]

I'm all for concise collections of data. One reason I find HD so helpful.

One more thing to add to the list. I like to let the new books build up until I can maximize my shipping dollar.
Shipping from the Online Store is free. :)

[Black Lotus]

Shipping from the Online Store is free. :)

True, but I suspect -- although I don't know -- that the cover price in some online stores can be much lower than in the official HERO Online Store. I've seen this ESPECIALLY on Stiggybaby.com.

I'm not being derisive towards HERO; five dollars, give or take, per book is trivial to me, minus a few trips to Hardee's. Just giving you a heads-up; I'm a shrewd internet shopper, so I've been around.

[Lord Mhoram]

Ok, I just juggled some finances so I can go buy this. I guess I'll talk to yo-

WHAT COMBAT HANDBOOK?


Blurb from the Products page:
It's up after Predators and Teen Champions, just before pulp hero.

The HERO System Combat Handbook: When you’re fighting the battle of your life and the fate of the world is on the line, it helps to have all the combat rules in one place! That’s what the HSCH does: it compiles all the existing HERO System combat rules in one easily-referenced volume. Starting with the entire text of Chapter Two of the Fifth Edition, Revised, it adds information and optional rules about combat from books like The Ultimate Martial Artist, Fantasy Hero, The Ultimate Brick, and other sources. It’s the perfect one-stop shopping place for HERO System combat rules, and a book that no HERO System fan will want to be without!
Author: Steven S. Long
Tentative Release Date: Summer, 2005

[Guzalot]

True, but I suspect -- although I don't know -- that the cover price in some online stores can be much lower than in the official HERO Online Store. I've seen this ESPECIALLY on Stiggybaby.com.

I'm not being derisive towards HERO; five dollars, give or take, per book is trivial to me, minus a few trips to Hardee's. Just giving you a heads-up; I'm a shrewd internet shopper, so I've been around.
True, but I prefer give my money to DoJ or to my local gaming store. I want to see them both prosper and will spend my $ accordingly. If my local game store or DoJ were to go out of business I would be saddened but if Stiggybaby.com or some other online discount outlets went out of business I wouldn't bat an eye.

[zornwil]

Fanboy moment...for those who wish to really support DOJ in a tight market, I strongly urge you to shop via the HERO online store.

[Black Lotus]

True, but I prefer give my money to DoJ or to my local gaming store. I want to see them both prosper and will spend my $ accordingly. If my local game store or DoJ were to go out of business I would be saddened but if Stiggybaby.com or some other online discount outlets went out of business I wouldn't bat an eye.

For sure, for sure. As a rule, I have no "customer loyalty" to any company or corporation (i.e., I like PlayStations, but I'm not a Sony fanboy). However, HERO Games is small and "grassroots" enough for me to actually feel some loyalty toward them. Only other company I ever felt that way about is... Sierra On-Line, back in the golden Quest for Glory, Space Quest, and King's Quest days.

So yeah, and I'm a huge, hopeless collector. I'm new to HERO and I only have three books so far, including FREd, but now that I like the system, I'll have stacks and stacks of books from HERO before too long. Hell, I'll probably even start playing Champions, and I have NEVER played in the Supers genre before. I have so many RPG books by now... a whole bookcase full, almost. I'll make room for HERO ones by selling all my d20 crap books off on EBay... ROFL.

'K, I'll shut up now. :straight:

[Enforcer84]

I'll pick this up when the HD files come out and get the bundle. The Combat Handbook sounds kickass too. If not for me then for Rema who I am gradually starting to turn to HERO. I've got him entered in a few of the Learn HERO games at Gencon.

[buzz]

Hey hey! The Equipment Guide is now up in the Online Store in both printed and PDF format
The PDF preview link in the store main page and on the product pop-up doesn't seem to be working. The former gives a 404, the latter just jumps to the top of the page.

[Ben Seeman]

The PDF preview link in the store main page and on the product pop-up doesn't seem to be working. The former gives a 404, the latter just jumps to the top of the page.
sorry about that.

fixed

[buzz]

sorry about that.

fixed
Word!

[Susano]

I picked up for the reference value. It will be nice to have all the weapons, armor, and gear in one spot. And since I do a lot of adaptations of characters from different genres, it will make it easier to find sample items to work from.

[Susano]

For sure, for sure. As a rule, I have no "customer loyalty" to any company or corporation (i.e., I like PlayStations, but I'm not a Sony fanboy). However, HERO Games is small and "grassroots" enough for me to actually feel some loyalty toward them. Only other company I ever felt that way about is... Sierra On-Line, back in the golden Quest for Glory, Space Quest, and King's Quest days.

So yeah, and I'm a huge, hopeless collector. I'm new to HERO and I only have three books so far, including FREd, but now that I like the system, I'll have stacks and stacks of books from HERO before too long.

Make sure one is NINJA HERO. 'cause ya don't wanna have Kayli the Destroyer mad at you, now do you? :D

[zornwil]

I'm waiting for the bundle.

Mmmm. Bundle.

[taxboy4]

I must admit I purchased it as a PDF being I saw this thread but having it all together and under $US20 its a good buy - heck to jiminey I spend $120-$150NZ on a dececent night on the turps

USA translation follows

(a long night on the town, enjoying drinks with freinds old and new)

..what is the combat compilation and is it a pipe dream / bomb?

[Steve Long]

You can find out more about the Combat Handbook on the "Our Products" page in the "HERO System" section.

[fredrik_nilsson]

Oh, and the award certificate, of course.
That's good!

We don't people starting getting creative around here. It's called ROLE (as in, know your place in the hierarchy) playing for a reason. :tsk:

[taxboy4]

You can find out more about the Combat Handbook on the "Our Products" page in the "HERO System" section.

Awesome, cheers for that - yep I'm keen to purchase that as well....

Summer 2005, as its winter here now I'll take it this product is days away from release?

[Darren Watts]

Awesome, cheers for that - yep I'm keen to purchase that as well....

Summer 2005, as its winter here now I'll take it this product is days away from release?

Well, more like weeks than days. Early August sometime. dw

[toddbanister]

Is that correct? The Equipment Guide won't be out to the local stores until early August? I'm not complaining at all... just excited. I've just gone by 4x of my local stores and they have all said that it hasn't been offered for ordering yet. If its going to be early August then I can go ahead and order it from the Online Store and can stop bugging the local managers for a copy.

[Steve Long]

No, no, the Equipment Guide should show up in stores any day now, if not already; it shipped two weeks ago. Darren's referring to the Combat Handbook in response to your comment about my statement concerning that book.

[Black Lotus]

No, no, the Equipment Guide should show up in stores any day now, if not already; it shipped two weeks ago. Darren's referring to the Combat Handbook in response to your comment about my statement concerning that book.

WHOOOOO! Combat Handbook, yay!

::does a little dance::

[Susano]

WHOOOOO! Combat Handbook, yay!

::does a little dance::

Yeah, that's a "must get" for me. Esp. as I hope to do some GMing in a few months.

[Black Lotus]

Yeah, that's a "must get" for me. Esp. as I hope to do some GMing in a few months.

ROFl... there's going to be a lot of discussion about that book. I just know it.

[Darren Watts]

No, no, the Equipment Guide should show up in stores any day now, if not already; it shipped two weeks ago. Darren's referring to the Combat Handbook in response to your comment about my statement concerning that book.

Yes, I was referring to Combat Handbook. And Equipment Guide only left Canada last week, so I doubt anybody has it yet- we got our "special early books for Origins" two weeks ago, but the bulk didn't finish and ship until after we got back. dw

[Steve Long]

Ah-ha, it's those wily Canadians at work again!

[Savinien]

Ah-ha, it's those wily Canadians at work again!

Canadians are wily? I thought that was only coyotes.

[Steve Long]

Oh, they're wily, all right. It's a well-documented fact! ;)

[zornwil]

What? Wile E. Coyote is Canadian? Huh?



:D

[Guzalot]

What? Wile E. Coyote is Canadian? Huh?



:D
That would explain a lot. :)

[Susano]

What? Wile E. Coyote is Canadian? Huh?

Supra-Genius!

[AlHazred]

I guess, in this case, it might be "Super-Genius, eh?"