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3 unusual facts about Hero Games


Champions Online

On February 28, 2008, Cryptic announced they had purchased the entire Champions intellectual property, licensing the rights to publish the 6th edition back to former owner Hero Games.

Harbinger of Justice

Adventurer's Club, the Hero Games house publication, published a series of cartoons by Chris Avellone satirizing the Harbinger.

Hero Games

In 1981, George MacDonald and Steve Peterson, from San Mateo, California, printed 1000 copies of a 64 page rulebook for Champions, their super-hero role-playing game, to take to a Bay Area gaming convention.


James Cambias

His first role playing book was published by Iron Crown Enterprises in 1994, and he has written or contributed to books for Last Unicorn Games, Hero Games, and Steve Jackson Games, including the Star Trek role-playing game (Last Unicorn), GURPS Mars, Star Hero, and GURPS Space.

John and Laura Lakey

They have also produced artwork for other games including Hero System (Hero Games), Vampire: The Masquerade (White Wolf), and the live-action role-playing game Mind's Eye Theatre (White Wolf).


see also

Hero System

In 2001, a reconstituted Hero Games was formed under the leadership of Steven S. Long, who had written several books for the earlier version of the system.

Scott Sigler

Scott Sigler, Phil Masters, Dean Edgell, Dana Edgell (1991) Champions Presents #1 ISBN 1-55806-123-1 Hero Games