Pens Rule!!!
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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!
Ben Seeman . Webmaster . Hero Games
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Neptune City Comptroller
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Originally Posted by Ben Seeman
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?
John Desmarais
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Pens Rule!!!
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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.
Ben Seeman . Webmaster . Hero Games
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Double Millennial Master
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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!
Levels of RPG Development
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Axioms: The sacrosanct core assumptions of the game.
Mechanics: The basic functional building blocks derived from the axioms.
Game Rules: The specific and variable application of Mechanics that define the play of the game.
Play Experience: The resulting behaviors of play and shared imaginary event unique to each group.
Decuple Millennial Master
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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.
Steve Long
Young Curmudgeon
Cosmically Powerful Superhero
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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.
Sigh....I am CON stunned again. Dang...everytime.
Decuple Millennial Master
Administrator
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.
Steve Long
Young Curmudgeon
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[Dork Tower]
[Igor]
IT MUST BE MINE!!!
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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.
-SCUBA Hero
"I think someone spiked SCUBA's airtank ..." -CrosshairCollie
Cosmically Powerful Superhero
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Yep, this is pretty much my case exactly except for the HARN thing
Sigh....I am CON stunned again. Dang...everytime.
Game Operations Director
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I'd buy it just for the WMDs
Starwolf
Corsairs Lair
Samantha Arken: Wow you have a lot of guns...
Wade McCode: Heh... Yeah, bad guys keep trying to kill us, but we keep surviving and collecting their weapons... It's a hobby
Pens Rule!!!
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We've found the WMDs and they're in the Hero System Equipment Guide. Invasionary forces are on their way.
Ben Seeman . Webmaster . Hero Games
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BANNED
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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.We've found the WMDs and they're in the Hero System Equipment Guide. Invasionary forces are on their way.
5th Ed Grognard
Senior Member
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
Prime Minister - GCA
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Actually, I'm very excited about it. Along with the Bestiary, it'll be nice for a quick reference.
KTR - as Sinatra said "try a little tenderness"
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Prime Minister - GCA
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Speaking of which, it'd be great to see a flowchart and checklist in such a book.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
KTR - as Sinatra said "try a little tenderness"
Kindness,Tolerance,Respect
Yes, We Can - we can overturn 16-20 years of increasing acrimony; we can change the level of political discourse; whether liberal or conservative, it isn't just that we can, it is that we must
I AM the letter C. Look upon my works, and despair!
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