What published adventures are there for Champions?

[Wyld]

Hi all,

I was hoping to get some information about all available published adventures for Champions (HERO System 5th Edition).

Most HERO System books seem to concentrate more on character write-ups, backgrounds, history, and game rules rather than complete adventures that cover everything a GM may need (maps, detailed scenarios, plots). However, I have managed to find a few here and there. "Champions Battlegrounds" has a few. "Post-Apocalyptic Hero" has one (mostly). I just found out about "Foxbat For President" made by another company.

Can anyone point me to others?

Thanks,
Sir Grail

[lemming]

Check out Derek Hiemforth's complete list of Hero product: http://rhinobunny.com/derek/hero/herogameslist.html

[Wyld]

Check out Derek Hiemforth's complete list of Hero product: http://rhinobunny.com/derek/hero/herogameslist.html

Thanks! Though it isn't quite complete. "Foxbat For President" was not listed under Blackwyrm. Not that I'm complaining, just pointing it out. I am rather surprised though that most of the Champions adventures are for previous editions.

Anyone know of any others?

[Lord Liaden]

I am rather surprised though that most of the Champions adventures are for previous editions.

Hero Games management has assured us that adventures consistently sell significantly less than other types of books, and aren't profitable enough to invest a lot of resources publishing.

Now if you'd be interested in fan-created adventures freely available on the Internet, I suggest looking up this thread: http://www.herogames.com/forums/showthread.php/36759-Free-online-Champs-adventures?

[Derek Hiemforth]

Thanks! Though it isn't quite complete. "Foxbat For President" was not listed under Blackwyrm. Not that I'm complaining, just pointing it out.Yeah, I'm guilty of not having updated it... well, since before 6E came out actually. Yikes. I need to find time to do that. So for now, it's more like the "Almost Complete List of HERO System Books." :winkgrin:

[Derek Hiemforth]

Hero Games management has assured us that adventures consistently sell significantly less than other types of books, and aren't profitable enough to invest a lot of resources publishing.And I think that makes sense if we stop and think about it. Right off the bat, adventure books are only aimed at a sub-set of the customer base (GMs). And then within that, only some GMs are likely to use published adventures. So...

[Darren Watts]

Everything said so far in this thread is true. However, we are discussing the possibility of expanding the HPA line to include more than pulp stuff in the future, and a few supers stories might eventually make their way into the lineup... dw

[JmOz]

How did the anthology of HPA's do? Enough to warrent (assuming that enough Champions HPA's came out) that we could see one of champions adventures?

[Darren Watts]

How did the anthology of HPA's do? Enough to warrent (assuming that enough Champions HPA's came out) that we could see one of champions adventures?

Probably not, though obviously supers sells better than pulp in general. Ask us again in a couple of years if we actually have enough of them. dw

[Lord Liaden]

I took a quick inventory of all the published adventure "modules" currently for sale in the Hero Games website's online store (unless otherwise specified, all these are for Fifth Edition HERO): Champions Battlegrounds (multi-adventure book), Demons Rule, Dystopia (both for Fourth Edition), Foxbat for President, Pyramid in the Sky (multi-adventure book for Fourth Edition), Reality Storm, Road Kill (Fourth Edition), Shades of Black, Sharper Than a Serpent's Tooth, War of Worldcraft (last one for Sixth Edition).

This website also used to host a few free adventures for Champions and Fantasy Hero. They're no longer here, but you can still download them from this archived webpage:
http://web.archive.org/web/20070331145441/www.herogames.com/FreeStuff/mods.htm