Hero System Equipment Guide now available

[Jason S.Walters 344]

HERO System Equipment Guide 6th Edition has been made available via print on demand from One Book Shelf (DriveThroughRPG, RPGNow, and their related websites). So if you never managed to get one of the small number of this title we originally printed, you can pick one up now.

 

Note: This is something of a pilot program by those of us at Hero Games. It doesn't cost a lot to set up many of our titles this way, and we would like to make some currently out-of-print books available. We'll watch for a month or so and see what happens. If we make some money, we'll make it our policy to make books available when we sell through a print run. If we don't, then we won't.

 

"The Management"

[pruttm 54]

Very exciting!

[PaycheckHero 61]

Anyone have an idea of what the binding quality is like these days on a print-on-demand book?

[Jason S.Walters 344]

The quality is good. RPGNow is using Lightening Source for their printing, and we've used it at Blackwyrm for years with success. Also, we ordered a copy of each book from RPGNow and had Ruben (our layout guy) inspect them. He's approved them, so we're confident that the quality is up to snuff.

 

"The Management"

[Narf the Mouse 146]

The only problem with this cunning plan is, I already have those.

[Christougher 184]

What the Mouse said.  This is an awesome idea!  While this specific book is not on my list, I support the idea.

 

Chris.

[Kaze9999 131]

Oh! Wish list time? Advanced Players' Handbook One anybody? 

[Nadrakas 109]

Just purchased.  Thank you for POD.

 

~ Nadrakas

[Jason S.Walters 344]

This seems to be going well guys. We've made more than we spent setting up the books as POD, so I think we can safely call the idea a "not failure" at this point. Thank you for your support.

 

"The Management"

[Nadrakas 109]

This seems to be going well guys. We've made more than we spent setting up the books as POD, so I think we can safely call the idea a "not failure" at this point. Thank you for your support.

 

"The Management"

Glad to participate.

 

~ M

[Nadrakas 109]

The quality is good. RPGNow is using Lightening Source for their printing, and we've used it at Blackwyrm for years with success. Also, we ordered a copy of each book from RPGNow and had Ruben (our layout guy) inspect them. He's approved them, so we're confident that the quality is up to snuff.

 

"The Management"

I've bought some POD books from RPGNow before.  I've been impressed with the quality.  Both my wife and I are very pleased that we can get the HS Equipment Guide and HS Martial Arts on POD.

 

Thanks!

 

~ M

[Narf the Mouse 146]

This seems to be going well guys. We've made more than we spent setting up the books as POD, so I think we can safely call the idea a "not failure" at this point. Thank you for your support.

 

"The Management"

Good; I was worried with the relative lack of responses here.

[Nadrakas 109]

This seems to be going well guys. We've made more than we spent setting up the books as POD, so I think we can safely call the idea a "not failure" at this point. Thank you for your support.

 

"The Management"

:thumbup: :thumbup: :thumbup: :thumbup:

 

You have my Vote! 

 

~ M

[Narf the Mouse 146]

:thumbup: :thumbup: :thumbup: :thumbup:

 

You have my Vote! 

 

~ M

And my Asks!

[Nadrakas 109]

I received the Hero System Equipment Guide, along with the HERO System Martial Arts, yesterday afternoon.  I've gone over them both and I am very please with the High Quality of both products.  The binding is very good, and the text is very legible with no sign of smudges (I've seen this in other PODs in the past...but not from RPGNow...).  Overall, I am VERY Pleased!

 

Thank You for providing this as a POD!

 

 

~ Nadrakas

[Narf the Mouse 146]

On second thought, if you put the Bestairy in hardcover and fixed up the table of contents, I'd buy it again. My softcover is showing signs of starting to fall apart, and a few of the entries are wrong.

[Gwarh 2]

Just came across this thread and am really glad to see you're testing these waters out (HERO Games).

 

I also was hesitant at first to try the print on demand service at RPGNow/DriveThruRPG. But the soft cover and hard cover books I've bought are of great quailty. You can't really tell the difference from a store bought book IMO.

 

I'm off to order both books right now. 

 

Please add the new "Ultimate Skill" to the print on demand service as well :-)

[IndianaJoe3 675]

Please add the new "Ultimate Skill" to the print on demand service as well :-)

 

Hero System Skills is the update of The Ultimate Skill. I expect they will add it to the POD list as soon as they sell out of physical copies. (The differences are quite small, from what I've heard.)

[Kaze9999 131]

Oh! Wish list time? Advanced Players' Handbook One anybody? 

 

Anybody? What's out of print in 6e? Advance Player's Handbook I is next, right? 

[Narf the Mouse 146]

So, any news? Hopefully two months means this isn't "bugging".