Living Champions?

[MareNovum]

Sorry if I am late to the party, but I couldn’t find this on the forums. As a long time fan of Champions, has there ever been any discussion of having a “Living Champions” (or “Living Hero Games” if you prefer) type campaign? I know the world is askew at the moment, but I hope and believe that conventions and (in-person) game days and such will eventually return. When that happens, I would love to see more Champions offered (which seems be a recurring sentiment on this board), and I thought a Living campaign might be a good way to promote that: I’m thinking of a lot of the previous living campaigns I’ve been involved in: Living City, Living Death (still my favorite), Living Arcanis, Living Greyhawk, and more recently Pathfinder Society and D&D Adventurer’s League.

 

I know it would take some time and commitment from the powers that be at Hero Games, but I would be interested to hear if it is a possibility. There is 40+ years of content that could be modified to a standardized framework, and I’d love to renew interest in it and ~hopefully~ pass interest onto a new generation of players. Thoughts? Constructive suggestions?

[Lord Liaden]

The current official Champions setting is certainly broad enough and deep enough to support such a campaign. Unfortunately we couldn't expect anything like that to come officially through Hero Games for the foreseeable future. The company right now is little more than a one-man operation with support from freelancers and fans. The necessary oversight and coordination is more than Jason Walters has the time, personnel, or money to promote, organize and coordinate. Nor am I familiar with fans with enough of those things to take on the responsibility themselves. The games you cite as examples of living campaigns are all much more widely known, with a much larger player base, than Hero Games and Champions has today. Even the Champions Online MMORPG is a fairly small fish in that pond.

 

It's a wonderful idea, but I'm afraid I can't see a way clear to making it happen at this time.

[MareNovum]

Thank you for your reply: I didn't realize that Hero was down to just one person. I know that many of the campaigns I cited were managed by one or two people (sometimes with corporate support, sometimes not).

 

I'm still a big fan of Champions, though, and that won't change.

Has anyone played any Hero-based systems on-line? If so, I'd love to hear your thoughts and feedback on it (if this doesn't belong in this thread, please feel free to move it elsewhere).

 

Thanks!