JohnTaber Posted July 22, 2005 Report Share Posted July 22, 2005 Before Adventurers Club and Digital Hero there were Hero Newsletters! Never heard of them?!? Well you can download them from my website! Go to the File Downloads page. Here is a link to John's Hero HQ. There are four newsletters, an old letter from the original Steve at Hero (aka Steve Peterson), and an old mailer. They are all worth a chuckle or two. The prices on the mailer are great! FYI. I asked Steve and Darren...they said it was ok for me to post these. Enjoy! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fitz Posted July 22, 2005 Report Share Posted July 22, 2005 Re: Old School Hero Newsletters Hur! Yay old-school! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Desmarais Posted July 23, 2005 Report Share Posted July 23, 2005 Re: Old School Hero Newsletters Before Adventurers Club and Digital Hero there were Hero Newsletters! Never heard of them?!? Well you can download them from my website! Go to the File Downloads page. Here is a link to John's Hero HQ. There are four newsletters, an old letter from the original Steve at Hero (aka Steve Peterson), and an old mailer. They are all worth a chuckle or two. The prices on the mailer are great! FYI. I asked Steve and Darren...they said it was ok for me to post these. Enjoy! A surreal stroll down memory lane. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tech Posted July 23, 2005 Report Share Posted July 23, 2005 Re: Old School Hero Newsletters Before Adventurers Club and Digital Hero there were Hero Newsletters! Never heard of them?!? Well you can download them from my website! Go to the File Downloads page. Here is a link to John's Hero HQ. There are four newsletters, an old letter from the original Steve at Hero (aka Steve Peterson), and an old mailer. They are all worth a chuckle or two. The prices on the mailer are great! FYI. I asked Steve and Darren...they said it was ok for me to post these. Enjoy! Cool! I'm one of the proud to still have the original newsletters. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Labrat Posted July 23, 2005 Report Share Posted July 23, 2005 Re: Old School Hero Newsletters Good God, you rock! You know what is the most bizarre part of this nostalgic piece? The type font used in the newsletter looks exactly the the type font used for Champions 1 ed. Props, props and more props. Thou hast been duly rep't. ...seeing Dove's name again. Oy. That reminds me, what the heck is an 'Airacobra' anyway? Was he a flying martial artist? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hugh Neilson Posted July 23, 2005 Report Share Posted July 23, 2005 Re: Old School Hero Newsletters Cool! I'm one of the proud to still have the original newsletters. I had Vol 1 #2, and Vol 2, #1-2 (maybe a third? I'd have to check my books). Anyone know how many were published in aggregate? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SleepyDrug Posted July 24, 2005 Report Share Posted July 24, 2005 Re: Old School Hero Newsletters Awesome, While you are archiving,....i'm wondering if you have copies of the pre-1999 Digital Hero stuff that was hosted here. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve Long Posted July 24, 2005 Report Share Posted July 24, 2005 Re: Old School Hero Newsletters what the heck is an 'Airacobra' anyway IIRC it's the name of a World War II-era airplane. A quick stroll through Google or Wikipedia would probably turn up more info. I don't know what the character's powers were, though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aylwin13 Posted July 24, 2005 Report Share Posted July 24, 2005 Re: Old School Hero Newsletters Steve is exactly right. This is an Airacobra. I got nothin' on the character, though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnTaber Posted July 25, 2005 Author Report Share Posted July 25, 2005 Re: Old School Hero Newsletters While you are archiving' date='....i'm wondering if you have copies of the pre-1999 Digital Hero stuff that was hosted here.[/quote'] Can you give me more detail? Do you mean the stuff Dave M did in a previous life? That stuff was not hosted here. It was on his site...and I think it is still there. FYI. I ran the Checkered Demon BBS for a few years. (A Hero focused BBS that was pre-web explosion.) This gave me a good chance to collect a lot of material (official and not) from the old Hero stalwarts. If folks think this stuff is fun I can dig through my records and pull out more material. I will clear everything that I post with Steve, Darren, and the author...if I can find him/her. I know I have some great stuff from Scott Bennie's old campaign. I also have just about everything that was on the old Red October BBS. Are folks interested? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Teflon Billy Posted July 25, 2005 Report Share Posted July 25, 2005 Re: Old School Hero Newsletters Of course we're interested. D'uh, who are we to pass up more retro-Hero stuff. If it isn't too much trouble for you, that is. TB Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zornwil Posted July 25, 2005 Report Share Posted July 25, 2005 Re: Old School Hero Newsletters Excelent, thanks! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mattingly Posted July 25, 2005 Report Share Posted July 25, 2005 Re: Old School Hero Newsletters Can you give me more detail? Do you mean the stuff Dave M did in a previous life?No, before I started the online magazine here at Hero, Bruce Harlick used to occasionally post fan articles in HTML, under the website section known as Digital Hero. And, no, I'm afraid I don't have archives of that, either. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
digital_lorax Posted July 25, 2005 Report Share Posted July 25, 2005 Re: Old School Hero Newsletters As far as Airacobra and his lack of powers, there was a contest to design his powers at one point, if I recall correctly. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Killer Shrike Posted July 25, 2005 Report Share Posted July 25, 2005 Re: Old School Hero Newsletters The 1984 setting mentioned in the 1st newsletter sounds like an adventure I sent Dave Mattingly for Digital HERO based around a dimension where the dystopian Hegemony of Vinland rules supreme. Anyone have more information on it? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnTaber Posted July 26, 2005 Author Report Share Posted July 26, 2005 Re: Old School Hero Newsletters Airacobra is Mike Gray's character. (Mike did layouts for the first Viper book along with some other older D&D stuff as I recall.) I'll get in touch with Bruce or Ray to see if I can gather more info on Airacobra. Re: Older Digital Hero stuff. I'll also hit up Bruce on this stuff as well. He might have it archived or something. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Desmarais Posted July 26, 2005 Report Share Posted July 26, 2005 Re: Old School Hero Newsletters Awesome, While you are archiving,....i'm wondering if you have copies of the pre-1999 Digital Hero stuff that was hosted here. Pre-1999? I assume you mean the "weekly" freebie articles that ran on the Hero Games website from Jan 1999 until Jan 2001. I have all but six of these (accidents happen) - what are you looking for? Here's what I have: 19990107 Arcane Avenues - Jaster's Dust and Powder Emporium (Rob Bose).htm 19990121 Arimite Knife-Fighting (Rolans Volz).htm 19990121 College of Air Magic (Robert J. Hall).htm 19990121 It's Not The Fall That Kills You (Kevin Wiley).htm 19990128 College of Animal Powers (Robert J. Hall).htm 19990128 Translational Fantasy Not Just Another Fantasy Campaign (Curtis Gibson).htm 19990218 Crimson Skies A Game of Aerial Combat (Molotov).htm 19990218 Fencing Unbound (John Cunningham).htm 19990310 Converting Spell Colleges to Multipowers (Robert J. Hall).htm 19990319 Unknown Eagles Fuzion and Crimson Skies (Brian Isikoff).htm 19990401 College of Animation (Robert J. Hall).htm 19990401 I'll Stop The World (John R. Jacobs).htm 19990415 Digest of Magical Armor (Robert J. Hall).htm 19990427 Arcane Avenues - Jurzon's Jars (Robert Bose).htm 19990427 Conjuration Multipower Framework (Robert J. Hall).htm 19990511 College of Illusionists (Bobert J. Hall).htm 19990511 McQuark's Corner - Going On a Trip (Patrick E. Bradley).htm 19990813 Gestalt (Scott Bennie).htm 19990817 Computers and Netrunning (Brian King, Robert Kown, Steve Deutsch Jr., Gary Townsend, and Chris Lincon).htm 19990824 Shou Zhan Chaun Temple (Bryan Salois).htm 19991107 Shou Zhan Knight Training (Bryan Salois).htm 19991127 Force Fields Enhanced (W. Jason Allen).htm 19991210 Setting Our Sights On Aiming (Dwayne L. Leonard).htm 20000129 Weapons Training in the Martial Arts (Bryan Salois).htm 20000226 Scenario Design for Champions (John Stevens).htm 20000325 Stun Multiples Refigured (W. Jason Allen).htm 20000401 Absorption Modified (Dallas Earl).htm 20000415 Elemental Damage Reduction (W. Jason Allen).htm 20000430 On Killing Attacks and STUN Multiples (Michael Kirkley).htm 20000508 Power Versatility in the Hero System and Fuzion (Don).htm 20000521 Arcane Avenues - The Point and Shaft (Bob Rose).htm 20000604 A Power Pool-Based Magic System for Fantasy Hero 1 (Keith Curtis & Paul Clark).htm 20000611 A Power Pool-Based Magic System for Fantasy Hero 2 (Keith Curtis & Paul Clark).htm 20000618 A Power Pool-Based Magic System for Fantasy Hero 3 (Keith Curtis & Paul Clark).htm 20000625 Arcane Avenues - Zifern's Fine Furnishing (Bob Rose).htm 20000806 The Flavor of the Game (John Stevens).htm 20001023 Broken Kingdoms Map (Jason Tondro).bmp 20010102 Presence The New Multipower Slot Every Mentalist Needs.htm Here's what I'm missing: 04/15/99: Dr. McQuark: Out of the Vault (Patrick Bradley) 03/10/99: Arcane Avenues: The Red Gryphon (Rob Bose) 01/17/99: Creation Workshop/Creator Help Files 01/17/99: Magical Rings (Bob Hall) 01/07/99: Kanquan (Roland Volz) 01/07/99:College of Dueling Wizards (Bob Hall) With appropriate permission (from the Hero folks) I'd post these up on web site. Alternatively, if the Hero folks would post them themselves I'd gladly forward copies to Ben. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnTaber Posted July 26, 2005 Author Report Share Posted July 26, 2005 Re: Old School Hero Newsletters Re: Old Hero Stuff From The Site. AH...that stuff! I remember that stuff now. Re: Airacobra. He was played by Mike Gray. Sadly Mike passed away several years ago. Here is information from Bruce on Airacobra... Aircobra was the Guardian's maintance man. As I recall, he had stolen some cool high tech suit from the air force or army or something like that. He could fly, make big fog banks (darkness) and might have even had an attack. He was an occasional player in the Guardians game. Re: Old Hero Crud. I talked with Ray and I might be able to get some stuff that was never released or was pulled from an older product. If I can get some of this stuff I'll get copies then see if it is ok to post. Hang in there gents... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zornwil Posted July 27, 2005 Report Share Posted July 27, 2005 Re: Old School Hero Newsletters Seriously, rep isn't enough, this is an excellent effort, regardless of what may occur. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SleepyDrug Posted July 28, 2005 Report Share Posted July 28, 2005 Re: Old School Hero Newsletters Pre-1999? I assume you mean the "weekly" freebie articles that ran on the Hero Games website from Jan 1999 until Jan 2001. I have all but six of these (accidents happen) - what are you looking for? It would be cool to post all that, but i was thinking of the weekly freebie stuff from prior to the redesign of the website in '99 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BNakagawa Posted July 30, 2005 Report Share Posted July 30, 2005 Re: Old School Hero Newsletters I remember a game that Mike Gray ran called BARFH, which stood for Bay ARea Fantasy Hero. He took a map of the bay area and ran a fantasy hero game set here. There were two competing schools of magic, one set in Palo Alto and one set in Berkeley. It was pretty strange. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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