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Re: Heroes (1979)
« Reply #15 on Feb 7, 2011, 10:16am »

Anyone know anything more about this game? I'm working on an OD&D hack with a very similar premise and I'd like to know a bit more about this one.

What's a typical session like? How is advancement handled? That sort of thing.

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Re: Heroes (1979)
« Reply #16 on Feb 7, 2011, 7:29pm »

Put me on the list of people who would love to see a reprint (or even a PDF); this looks fantastic!

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Re: Heroes (1979)
« Reply #17 on Feb 19, 2011, 6:36pm »

Add me too.

It sounds great.

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Re: Heroes (1979)
« Reply #18 on Feb 21, 2011, 12:13am »

Not sure what happened to the OP, but they're obviously having fun (and still playing).

Who needs Monsters! Monsters! when you have Humans! Humans!?

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Re: Heroes (1979)
« Reply #19 on Feb 26, 2011, 11:12am »

d**n, I'd love to see a reprint of this. I've been unsuccessfully looking for a copy for ages.

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Re: Heroes (1979)
« Reply #20 on Mar 16, 2012, 6:29am »

Hi… first, please allow me to introduce myself… I am Dave Millward, author of the original Heroes RPG.

I am currently engaged in reviewing the original rules for Heroes, with a view to initially publishing Edition 1.1, together with a set of Combat rules. If this is a success, I am thinking about a 2nd Edition and various expansion sets.

If you are interested, please drop me an e-mail and let me know what you think…

Dave Millward… e-mail: exscolari@gmail.com

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Re: Heroes (1979)
« Reply #21 on Mar 16, 2012, 6:53am »

Ah the gods have smiled on us, this is fantastic news Dave. I've been procrastinating making the attempt to contact you and had managed to track down that email address from one of your websites, although it appeared you hadn't been active online for some years.

We live in exciting times with self-publishing so much easier now - desktop publishing, print on demand, ebooks, etc., all making this a new era. Also, online communities and blogs make it much easier to enlist volunteers for such things as proofreading and playtesting.

Given that your game Heroes has been known to sell for up to $200 (although thankfully I bought my copy for much less), it would be great to see the game republished with you getting the profits, instead of it being locked up in a small number of private collections. Even more exciting is your plans for revising and maybe even expanding the game.

I'll certainly be sending you an email.

Dave Macauley

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Re: Heroes (1979)
« Reply #22 on Mar 16, 2012, 7:56am »

I've been looking for a copy for a long while without success, and would love to see a reprint

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Re: Heroes (1979)
« Reply #23 on Mar 16, 2012, 8:25am »

Fond (if gory) memories of this one!

Add me to the reprint camp, please!

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Re: Heroes (1979)
« Reply #24 on Mar 16, 2012, 8:46am »

I have no idea about the game but I would buy a copy if they were made available.

Edit to add: e-mail sent, as requested. Oops.

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Re: Heroes (1979)
« Reply #25 on Apr 11, 2012, 1:37pm »

I imagine everyone interested in this project has contacted exscolari already, but just in case. Here is a snippet from the e-mail he sent out regarding this work.

The general idea is to continue development of the tactical skirmish rules and continue play-testing both these and Heroes itself, with a view to publishing Heroes 1.1 around September 2012.

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Re: Heroes (1979)
« Reply #26 on Apr 11, 2012, 3:39pm »

You, Cameron, just reminded me to email him!

Thank you...

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Re: Heroes (1979)
« Reply #27 on Apr 11, 2012, 4:18pm »

You're welcome, but I must confess my post was a bit self-serving ... I calculate the more people interested in the revision? The faster he'll work!

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Re: Heroes (1979)
« Reply #28 on Apr 15, 2012, 3:03am »

I don't think Dave will mind me telling you this.

We were play testing yesterday and the pre production run of the rules are now sitting in front of me and looking good! Proof reading and a little bit of tidying up of the page layouts is all that is needed now.

Theoderic "the butcher", a serf from the empire, even survived but things were looking dodgy for the group when I had to leave for home as a local lord was a little miffed with us for nicking 15 mules off a merchant.

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Re: Heroes (1979)
« Reply #29 on Apr 15, 2012, 5:20am »

Thanks for the update, Bob!

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