The 2007 Release Schedule

[Sketchpad]

Of the stuff listed ... there's maybe a few things that interest me beyond Champions of the North. I have to count myself among the people not interested in LLH. Sorry guys, just doesn't interest me ...

[Peregrine]

true enough--my only concern is seeing some of the stuff I want before things start all over again(which, if history is any guide, should be sometime between 2009 and 2014).

Not sure if history can be a guide here. After all, as the game gets refined, there is less and less that is changable/improvable; at some point it could be hoped that the changes can be supplimentary rather than radical replacement (i.e. new edition of the core rules). OTOH, there may be at least one more full edition of the rules left to be worked out and published, so your concerns may well be fully founded. In which case, let us hope that it's closer to 2014 than 2009. (I'd hate to see Hero restart the product line while I'm still in seminary and can't afford it...)

[Blue]

6th Edition would have to be two volumes. V1: Character creation, V2: Combat and Environment. Either that or it would have to be published by dictionary makers, with small print, thick bindings, and little thumholes to jump to the right section

[megaplayboy]

I'd prefer to see the next edition be much more streamlined, rather than extended further. We already have 600 pages, not to mention lots of additional material in other books.

[Peregrine]

Not so much extension as significant refinements of the existing core rules. And, considering the content of the 5e genre and Ultimate books (e.g. the compilation of the Combat Handbook) Hero 6e would likely need to be a multi-volume set.

Speculation - the core rules book would look something like Sidekick, i.e., the very basics of play. Expansion books would add further options ala the Ultimate books. Genre books would look a lot like they do today. Setting books ditto.

This makes the 'cost of entry', both in cash terms and in terms of rules volume, significantly lower, as well as creating a built in market for those of us Hero veterans who crave the advanced options. (OTOH, you get those who want a single, all-inclusive volume who will complain about 'having' to buy multiple books.)

[ghost-angel]

This makes the 'cost of entry', both in cash terms and in terms of rules volume, significantly lower, as well as creating a built in market for those of us Hero veterans who crave the advanced options. (OTOH, you get those who want a single, all-inclusive volume who will complain about 'having' to buy multiple books.)

Someone will always complain about something. This is a known. Like Death and Taxes.

[BobGreenwade]

Someone will always complain about something. This is a known. Like Death and Taxes.

And Swedish meatballs.

[bigdamnhero]

Speculation - the core rules book would look something like Sidekick, i.e., the very basics of play. Expansion books would add further options ala the Ultimate books. Genre books would look a lot like they do today. Setting books ditto.

I for one would love to see this. I've already got the Big Black Book, of course, but I think having a smaller Core Rules book would make entry into the system much easier for newbies. As it is now, people are going to be reluctant to drop $50 on a game system until they're already hooked. DOJ wouldn't have to give it away at Sidekick prices, but I don't think $20 would be unreasonable.

Back on topic - what happened to Solar Hero? Pushed back or cancelled, anyone know?

[Blue]

I don't think I've ever complained about Swedish Meatballs.

Heck, I could go for two volumes of that too.

[rjcurrie]

Back on topic - what happened to Solar Hero? Pushed back or cancelled, anyone know?

Solar Hero has never been announced as being on any year's schedule. It has just been mentioned as a possible future project, but given poor sales on the Star Hero line, I supect it is unlikely to appear on the schedule any time soon.

[bigdamnhero]

Solar Hero has never been announced as being on any year's schedule. It has just been mentioned as a possible future project, but given poor sales on the Star Hero line, I supect it is unlikely to appear on the schedule any time soon.

Bummer. I for one thought it sounded like a neat book. Ah well. Thanks for the info.

[Peregrine]

The reality is that there are more good books that could be published for Hero than can be written and sold - due both to lack of available authors (there are only so many good authors out there, and all of them aren't working for Hero) and lack of potential demand (sales of a given line is a good indicator of the demand for other books in the same line). We simply have to realize that every book we want to see isn't going to come out when we want them to, if at all.

[DrFaust]

Just wanted to say I'm glad to see an Aarn book on the schedule. When I first read through The Turakian Age a couple months ago, that was one thing I found myself wishing for.