3rd Party Licenses hopefully include previous versions too?

[Kaze9999]

In other news, we've crafted a new 3rd party license under which outside publishers can release their own Hero System products. We're letting existing licensees review it for a week or so, then we'll make it public so you can all have a look at it.
-Jason Walters

Does anybody know if the 3rd party license will extend to all previous versions of Hero System? There were some wonderful 3rd party products for previous versions--5th in particular, like Hero Traveller and Echoes of Heaven--that dropped out of sight or dropped Hero because of lapsed licensing for previous versions of Hero.

I think it would help sustain the Hero community if Hero supported previous versions to some degree, similar to what Catalyst does with Shadowrun and White Wolf does with it's various World of Darkness spawn.

[rjcurrie]

Does anybody know if the 3rd party license will extend to all previous versions of Hero System? There were some wonderful 3rd party products for previous versions--5th in particular, like Hero Traveller and Echoes of Heaven--that dropped out of sight or dropped Hero because of lapsed licensing for previous versions of Hero.

I think it would help sustain the Hero community if Hero supported previous versions to some degree, similar to what Catalyst does with Shadowrun and White Wolf does with it's various World of Darkness spawn.

I'm pretty sure Hero Traveller disappearing was a result of Traveller licensing not Hero licensing.

[Steve Long]

First, Rod is right -- the Traveler Hero thing had to do with the Traveler licensing terms, not Hero's.

Second, in response to the original question -- no. The license specifically requires the use of the 6E rules and forbids the use of earlier editions of the rules.

[Kaze9999]

First, Rod is right -- the Traveler Hero thing had to do with the Traveler licensing terms, not Hero's.

Second, in response to the original question -- no. The license specifically requires the use of the 6E rules and forbids the use of earlier editions of the rules.

Ah! Knowledge! Thank you! In that case, I eagerly anticipate Hero 6th edition sweeping through the gaming world on the new license!

[Lord Mhoram]

Second, in response to the original question -- no. The license specifically requires the use of the 6E rules and forbids the use of earlier editions of the rules.

Given that one of the purposes of supplements (in any system) is to help sell more core books to new players, this was assumed by me.
I also think it is a fantastic thing.

edit - the thing that is fantastic is the license. not the 6E only.

[AndyStaples]

The license specifically requires the use of the 6E rules and forbids the use of earlier editions of the rules.

Has anyone else noticed Steve is using a 5th edition avatar?

[Steve Long]

Has anyone else noticed Steve is using a 5th edition avatar?

The graphics skills necessary to change its color are not within my purview.

[Burrito Boy]

*grumble, grumble*

Now I have to buy the 6E books.

Well, I guess it's good marketing strategy.

[Jhaierr]

The graphics skills necessary to change its color are not within my purview.

Here you go.

[Steve Long]

Thank you very kindly, sir!

Now if the board will just stop futzing around and let me change my avatar, I will get that one in place.

[Steve Long]

Ahhh, there we go.

[RexMundi]

And so it begins..... Now all we need is a nice Conan-esque opening monologue to really get the product ball rolling......

Know, O prince, that between the years when the oceans drank Atlantis and the gleaming cities, and the years of the rise of the Sons of WOTC and it's OGL, there was an Age undreamed of, when Buckets of d6's lay spread across the gaming table like Cosmic cubes in the hand of the Red Skull - Green Ronin, White Wolf, Eden Games, Swords and Sorcery, Fantasy Flight with its dark-haired women and 40K product of spider-haunted mystery, Inner City Games with its Wierdness, AEG that bordered on the pastoral lands of, well it's AEG so move on, Steve Jackson Games with its shadow-guarded Supplements to everything, Kenzer and Company whose old folks yelled "Get off my Lawn!" to the youth of the world. But the proudest kingdom of the world was HERO GAMES, reigning supreme in the dreaming minds of Game Masters capable of reading a real book........

Or some such sort of thing.....

~Rex

[AndyStaples]

Ahhh, there we go.

Suits you, sir.