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Champions and Millennium City sourcebooks in this week's Bundle of Holding

Time for me to dig deep into the backstory and get some reading done...

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  • bulgarexbulgarex Posts: 2,310 Arc User
    edited January 2016
    Anyone not already in the know should be aware of what's actually related to the setting before purchasing this bundle. HERO System Fifth Revised Edition and HERO System Sidekick are nothing but the game-mechanic rules for the PnP game -- they have no setting information. HERO System Resource Kit is a set of PnP game aids, such as a Game Master's Screen and cutout miniatures. The Champions genre book does include the backgrounds of the Champions hero team, and a few of the official villains; but it's mostly advice for how to emulate the superhero genre for tabletop role playing, generally and for Hero System in particular. However, Champions Universe is all about the setting, and what it describes matches up at least 90% with the official setting post-Cryptic purchase of the IP. (Although the latest edition of Champions Universe is more up-to-date, incorporating the additions and modifications by Cryptic.)

    OTOH the higher-threshold bundle is chock-full of Champions Universe materials, most of which have not been superseded by later publications or Champions Online. Conquerors, Killers, and Crooks , VIPER: Coils of the Serpent , Millennium City, Champions Battlegrounds, Everyman , Stronghold , Millennium City University , and Stronghold Files Volume 1 all deal with people, things, and events which are part of the official setting.
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