magnon Posted January 30 Report Share Posted January 30 I have a small group of players who have voiced a willingness to try it out. I played older Champions and the original Fantasy Hero back in the late 80's or early 90's, the players have never used Hero System. So which would you recommend for us? FH or FHC? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sketchpad Posted January 30 Report Share Posted January 30 If you're thinking of using the latest edition, Fantasy Hero Complete is your pony. The current Fantasy Hero still needs the rule books, which can be difficult and pricey to find. FHC is a one and done book that includes rules and genre info. Alcamtar 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
magnon Posted January 30 Author Report Share Posted January 30 Sounds like what I need. I have 5e hardcover but I'm not sure where my 6e is an all-in-one is best. Thank you. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DentArthurDent Posted January 30 Report Share Posted January 30 If you’re interested in having the Core Ruleboks: Personally, I prefer the pdf’s with bookmarks and search features. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Christopher R Taylor Posted January 30 Report Share Posted January 30 I recommend Fantasy Hero Complete, because it has all the rules you need without the vast amount of examples, background, campaign concepts, etc that the full FH gives you. If you need ideas and tips on how to run a fantasy game as well as a huge amount of thoughts on fantasy, gaming in a setting, the kinds of fantasy games there are, creatures, spells, magic items, etc, Fantasy Hero works. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GDShore Posted January 30 Report Share Posted January 30 Besides, if you played original FH you likely already have those ideas and other knowledge. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Man Posted January 30 Report Share Posted January 30 Did FHC ever get revised? The lack of proofreading was hard to miss in my hardcopy. Duke Bushido 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Duke Bushido Posted January 31 Report Share Posted January 31 Another vote for FHC here, but I have to say that I vote that way specifically because you said this: 21 hours ago, magnon said: I have 5e hardcover And because you have played 4e FH. You have everything you need for setting detail, building wrapons, races, equipment, etc. FHC gives you a solid distillation of the current rules and just enough genre trappings to make what you already have one-hundred percent useful with the latest rules. DentArthurDent 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
magnon Posted February 1 Author Report Share Posted February 1 Thanks for all the input folks. I'll get the FHC for now and pick up the FH and HS6e later. My wife accuses me of being addicted to buying gaming material. But I only have two book cases full of gaming material so that can't be true. L. Marcus and pawsplay 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lord Liaden Posted February 1 Report Share Posted February 1 How big are the book cases? Christopher R Taylor 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GDShore Posted February 1 Report Share Posted February 1 Mine are 2.5 m tall the same long and I have 3, one of which is half full of war games. I once thought I would collect all of the different RPG's in existence, when I exceeded 100 games I ceased to do so. assault 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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