Steve 862 Posted March 23 Report Share Posted March 23 Western Hero: Rough and Ready Roleplaying - Hero System (General) - HERO Games It arrived in the store a few days ago, but I didn't see an announcement yet. Duke Bushido 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
DreadDomain 145 Posted March 23 Report Share Posted March 23 Also on Drivethru with a POD option. No preview unfortunately. Island of Destroyer still does not have a preview either. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Christopher R Taylor 4,392 Posted March 23 Report Share Posted March 23 I got no announcement Dang I wish Hero was better with publicity. Its worth a LITTLE bit of budget. Hell I would do my part for free if they'd let me know Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Steve 862 Posted March 23 Author Report Share Posted March 23 I did think it was a little strange that it's been out since the 18th but not mentioned, so I thought I'd better announce it. I've finished skimming through the book, and it's pretty good. The added Talents and modified combat rules are interesting. It's a genre book with a modified form of the core rules included, a bit like how Lucha Libre Hero was done. At 276 pages for the PDF, it's a good deal at $15. Ninja-Bear 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
HeroGM 360 Posted March 25 Report Share Posted March 25 I posted about it on Twitter. Now rather it takes off from there who knows. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Jhamin 237 Posted March 25 Report Share Posted March 25 On 3/23/2021 at 4:55 PM, Steve said: I did think it was a little strange that it's been out since the 18th but not mentioned, so I thought I'd better announce it. I've finished skimming through the book, and it's pretty good. The added Talents and modified combat rules are interesting. I'm liking what I've seen skimming through it, although I think some of the reference info is a little suspect. The floorplan for a farmhouse includes a kitchen island and two interior bathrooms, which I'm not sure is 100% period assault and BigJackBrass 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Steve 862 Posted March 27 Author Report Share Posted March 27 Weird. Still no mention of this book on the main page, but the Celtic Hero Bestiary is now announced. It makes me wonder what other new things might be getting added to the store but not announced. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Derek Hiemforth 538 Posted March 27 Report Share Posted March 27 I learned about it (and bought it) due to Hero Games announcing it on Facebook Wednesday, March 24. Ninja-Bear 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
HeroGM 360 Posted March 28 Report Share Posted March 28 5 hours ago, Steve said: It makes me wonder what other new things might be getting added to the store but not announced. I picked up several fantasy hero for 6th PDFs last week and don't recall them being mentioned unless it was quite awhile ago. One was a list if Paladin spells. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Spence 1,516 Posted March 28 Report Share Posted March 28 1 hour ago, Derek Hiemforth said: I learned about it (and bought it) due to Hero Games announcing it on Facebook Wednesday, March 24. I heard about it via a post in the Western Hero 6th edition thread back on Tuesday. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
HeroGM 360 Posted March 28 Report Share Posted March 28 On topic. I rate it 5 starts. Has everything I'd want in a Western rpg plus some. I may go back and see if I still have my old Boot Hill stuff for extras. I'm happy with it though Christopher R Taylor 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Spence 1,516 Posted March 28 Report Share Posted March 28 5 hours ago, HeroGM said: On topic. I rate it 5 starts. Has everything I'd want in a Western rpg plus some. I may go back and see if I still have my old Boot Hill stuff for extras. I'm happy with it though And how many stops? On a serious note, it is definitely on target and a great book. In addition to Boothill, Chaosium's Down Darker Trails and Shadows Over Stillwater are also great resources. While CoC is a horror RPG, DDT can easily be played non-horror and Chaosium does good background work. Steve, Christopher R Taylor and HeroGM 3 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
HeroGM 360 Posted March 29 Report Share Posted March 29 Well it was the telegraph age. Now mix western with the windening gyre. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Steve 862 Posted April 2 Author Report Share Posted April 2 It’s finally, officially announced! Spence 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Derek Hiemforth 538 Posted April 2 Report Share Posted April 2 17 minutes ago, Steve said: It’s finally, officially announced! The same day I received my hardcopy book in the mail. 😆 Christopher R Taylor 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Carl Chmielewski 0 Posted April 2 Report Share Posted April 2 Do we have a hardcover option available? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Christopher R Taylor 4,392 Posted April 3 Report Share Posted April 3 No, but its under 200* pages, so soft cover should work fine edit: *300 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Derek Hiemforth 538 Posted April 3 Report Share Posted April 3 15 minutes ago, Christopher R Taylor said: No, but its under 200 pages, so soft cover should work fine Mine is 270 pages (counting a trio of blank pages at the end). Softcover is still fine... just wondering if I got an unusual copy or something Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Christopher R Taylor 4,392 Posted April 3 Report Share Posted April 3 I was guessing while away from my work computer, so its under 300 Shouldn't have needed padding, though, that's frustrating. I had it perfectly divisible by 4 when I sent it to Hero; they must have added a page somewhere. Hope it didn't throw off the table of contents. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Derek Hiemforth 538 Posted April 3 Report Share Posted April 3 10 minutes ago, Christopher R Taylor said: I was guessing while away from my work computer, so its under 300 Shouldn't have needed padding, though, that's frustrating. I had it perfectly divisible by 4 when I sent it to Hero; they must have added a page somewhere. Hope it didn't throw off the table of contents. I got the POD from DriveThruRPG, so if Hero did a print run, then that's not the one i got. The extra pages were all at the end, so they couldn't have thrown off the TOC. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Mightybec 570 Posted April 6 Report Share Posted April 6 Just bought my copy. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Duke Bushido 3,166 Posted April 7 Report Share Posted April 7 Holy crap! It's a ghost! Mightybec 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Spence 1,516 Posted April 8 Report Share Posted April 8 Got mine today. Now I have to find time to actually read it.... Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Duke Bushido 3,166 Posted April 8 Report Share Posted April 8 Working on that myself. I want to see if I have any questions for Christopher about it, as I would like to do a review and have that information available when I do. Spence 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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