SirKerry Posted September 17, 2007 Report Share Posted September 17, 2007 Would anyone be interested in an official licensed Hero Alliance Sourcebook for HERO System/Champions? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ParagonAlpha Posted September 17, 2007 Report Share Posted September 17, 2007 Re: Hero Alliance Sourcebook? As in the late 80's, comic book published in black and white? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SirKerry Posted September 17, 2007 Author Report Share Posted September 17, 2007 Re: Hero Alliance Sourcebook? As in the late 80's' date=' comic book published in black and white?[/quote'] Yep, and but there were also some issues published in color. Here's the Wikipedia page for them: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hero_Alliance Kerry Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clonus Posted September 17, 2007 Report Share Posted September 17, 2007 Re: Hero Alliance Sourcebook? As in the late 80's' date=' comic book published in black and white?[/quote'] Late 80s yes, but all the issues I saw were in colour. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aylwin13 Posted September 17, 2007 Report Share Posted September 17, 2007 Re: Hero Alliance Sourcebook? That would be very cool (and retro). I'd like to see the write-ups on the Alliance. I saw your thread on the Justice Machine sourcebook. I'm thinking that maybe you could to both of these in the same book. I'm not sure that either of these groups would have enough material to fill a book on their own. Now I'm going to have to go dig out my JM and Alliance issues and reread them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Balabanto Posted September 17, 2007 Report Share Posted September 17, 2007 Re: Hero Alliance Sourcebook? The Alliance does. THere are twelve major characters or so, and each background is about three to five typed pages, so it's worth 64 pages WITHOUT Villains. Plus, doing this without a Sepulchre adventure is a crime. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
casualplayer Posted September 17, 2007 Report Share Posted September 17, 2007 Re: Hero Alliance Sourcebook? Shame Bart Sears would be out of your price range for some interior art. Maybe a cover? Didn't Ron Lim do some work for this series? If you end up with reproduction rights to the art from the series, this'll be an awfully pretty book. The series had that almost-but-not-quite-Watchmanesque imbalance of power between Victor and everyone else. Hmmm, could be an odd world to run and play in, but no different that playing in DC with Supes and the people who kick the kryptonite out of the room. I would say "yes, I would buy it" for NPCs that I can plug into my own games and information on Boston to use for gaming, which I would hope you would include. In case I don't find the other thread, I say "yes" to Justice Machine also, in their own book. No need to Parallel Park. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Captain Liberty Posted September 17, 2007 Report Share Posted September 17, 2007 Re: Hero Alliance Sourcebook? I'll chime in with assents for both Justice Machine and Hero Alliance. Don't quite agree with the Watchmen-esque characterization of the characters. There were many with very interesting powers, though Victor was certainly the Superman of the setting. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SirKerry Posted September 17, 2007 Author Report Share Posted September 17, 2007 Re: Hero Alliance Sourcebook? I saw your thread on the Justice Machine sourcebook. I'm thinking that maybe you could to both of these in the same book. I'm not sure that either of these groups would have enough material to fill a book on their own. Now I'm going to have to go dig out my JM and Alliance issues and reread them. They'll be seperate books (Justice Machine actually already had a 128 pager I think done for it as a Heroes Unlimited sourcebook years ago). There's plenty of material for a good size sourcebook especially with included adventures. Kerry Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SirKerry Posted September 17, 2007 Author Report Share Posted September 17, 2007 Re: Hero Alliance Sourcebook? Shame Bart Sears would be out of your price range for some interior art. Maybe a cover? Didn't Ron Lim do some work for this series? If you end up with reproduction rights to the art from the series, this'll be an awfully pretty book. The license includes reproduction rights for all of the published artwork including the Bart Sears stuff. Kerry Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
casualplayer Posted September 17, 2007 Report Share Posted September 17, 2007 Re: Hero Alliance Sourcebook? I'll chime in with assents for both Justice Machine and Hero Alliance. Don't quite agree with the Watchmen-esque characterization of the characters. There were many with very interesting powers' date=' though Victor was certainly the Superman of the setting.[/quote'] Don't get me wrong; my favorite characters were the power-sharing siblings. Victor was just vastly more powerful than anyone else on the roster. Takes a rare group of gamers to play that type of disparity, but can work well as gueststars in a game. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doctor Agenda Posted September 17, 2007 Report Share Posted September 17, 2007 Re: Hero Alliance Sourcebook? Would anyone be interested in an official licensed Hero Alliance Sourcebook for HERO System/Champions? Yeah, I liked those guys! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doctor Agenda Posted September 17, 2007 Report Share Posted September 17, 2007 Re: Hero Alliance Sourcebook? They'll be seperate books (Justice Machine actually already had a 128 pager I think done for it as a Heroes Unlimited sourcebook years ago). There's plenty of material for a good size sourcebook especially with included adventures. Kerry Correct on the JM HU book, I've got that one. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clonus Posted September 17, 2007 Report Share Posted September 17, 2007 Re: Hero Alliance Sourcebook? The license includes reproduction rights for all of the published artwork including the Bart Sears stuff. Kerry Ah, so big slices of cheesecake. Cool. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Desmarais Posted September 17, 2007 Report Share Posted September 17, 2007 Re: Hero Alliance Sourcebook? Ah' date=' so big slices of cheesecake. Cool.[/quote'] Cheesey slices of what? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clonus Posted September 17, 2007 Report Share Posted September 17, 2007 Re: Hero Alliance Sourcebook? Cheesey slices of what? I recall three different characters who fought in their lingerie. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Captain Liberty Posted September 18, 2007 Report Share Posted September 18, 2007 Re: Hero Alliance Sourcebook? Now I am definitely looking forward to the sourcebooks. Bart Sears earned his cheesecake chops on those books. Realistically, I don't think the licenses are worth much as licenses, per se. After all, neither series managed to hit the big time. But the artwork alone is worth something, and the worlds and metaplots were very interesting. I've used variations on the Hero Alliance theme several times in campaigns. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SirKerry Posted September 18, 2007 Author Report Share Posted September 18, 2007 Re: Hero Alliance Sourcebook? Ah' date=' so big slices of cheesecake. Cool.[/quote'] Yes, but not as much as an AC Universe/Femforce Sourcebook that's being discussed. Kerry Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aylwin13 Posted September 18, 2007 Report Share Posted September 18, 2007 Re: Hero Alliance Sourcebook? They'll be seperate books (Justice Machine actually already had a 128 pager I think done for it as a Heroes Unlimited sourcebook years ago). There's plenty of material for a good size sourcebook especially with included adventures. Kerry I stand (or sit, actually) corrected. I didn't know about the prior book, and it's been decades since I've read the source material. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
casualplayer Posted September 18, 2007 Report Share Posted September 18, 2007 Re: Hero Alliance Sourcebook? Yes, but not as much as an AC Universe/Femforce Sourcebook that's being discussed. Kerry Sheesh. What's next? DNAgents? Malibuverse? There's only so many of us 35-45 year old comic guys out there. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sketchpad Posted September 18, 2007 Report Share Posted September 18, 2007 Re: Hero Alliance Sourcebook? A Malibuverse game would rock! As would Wagner-verse and Invincible one Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Captain Liberty Posted September 18, 2007 Report Share Posted September 18, 2007 Re: Hero Alliance Sourcebook? The same people who did Hero Alliance also did another series that only lasted two issues. The basic idea was that the Mob had gotten organized and assassinated every hero around. The heads of the Eastern and Western mobs kept trophy rooms of the uniforms, as the bodies were stripped and dumped in dumpsters so no martyr cults could form. The story followed a small group of heroes who stole the costumes back and operated as all of their assassinated fellow heroes. Of course, after showing a bunch of heroes getting killed, all of whom were the fairly standard WASP characters, the group of heroes who assemble include a black basketball player, about 7 feet tall. For some reason, the costumes fit him, and no one figured out that the former white heroes had been replaced by one overly tall black hero. Lots of holes, but an interesting concept. The various ways the Mob managed to trap and kill the original heroes were interesting, too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alric Posted September 18, 2007 Report Share Posted September 18, 2007 Re: Hero Alliance Sourcebook? Yes, but not as much as an AC Universe/Femforce Sourcebook that's being discussed. Kerry I would love a good Femforce Sourcebook! One of my favorite "good girl art" titles. But for uber-cheesecake I gotta go for Jim Balent's "Tarot". Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SirKerry Posted September 18, 2007 Author Report Share Posted September 18, 2007 Re: Hero Alliance Sourcebook? Sheesh. What's next? DNAgents? Malibuverse? There's only so many of us 35-45 year old comic guys out there. THUNDER Agents, possible. DNAgents, maybe. Malibuverse, unlikely as Marvel owns it and I ain't got pockets that deep. Kerry Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SirKerry Posted September 18, 2007 Author Report Share Posted September 18, 2007 Re: Hero Alliance Sourcebook? The same people who did Hero Alliance also did another series that only lasted two issues. The basic idea was that the Mob had gotten organized and assassinated every hero around. The heads of the Eastern and Western mobs kept trophy rooms of the uniforms, as the bodies were stripped and dumped in dumpsters so no martyr cults could form. The story followed a small group of heroes who stole the costumes back and operated as all of their assassinated fellow heroes. That would be Power Factor. Kerry Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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