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Classic Enemies
''Classic Enemies'' is a supplement published by Hero Games/Iron Crown Enterprises (I.C.E.) in 1989 for the 4th edition of the superhero role-playing game '' Champions''. Publication history ''Classic Enemies'' is a 112-page softcover book edited by Scott Bennie, with a cover by George Pérez, and illustrations by Pat Zircher and Mark Williams. Contents ''Classic Enemies'' contains detailed descriptions and game statistics for over 80 supervillains. Each has an individual illustration. Most of the villains appeared first in '' Enemies'', ''Enemies II'', or ''Enemies III''. The supervillain prison of Stronghold is also described. Reception In the October 1990 edition of ''Dragon'' (Issue 162), Allen Varney Allen Varney (born 1958) is an American writer and game designer. Varney has produced numerous books, role-playing game supplements, technical manuals, articles, reviews, columns, and stories, as well as the fantasy novel ''Cast of Fate'' ( TSR, ... gave a thumbs up, say ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hero Games
Hero Games (''DOJ, Inc dba Hero Games'') is the publisher of the Hero System, a generic roleplaying rules set that can be used to simulate many different genres, and was the co-developer of the '' Fuzion'' system. History In 1981, George MacDonald and Steve Peterson, from San Mateo, California, printed 1,000 copies of a 64-page rulebook for '' Champions'', their super-hero role-playing game, to take to a Bay Area gaming convention. It sold very strongly, enough to form a company, Hero Games. Later, the pair recruited Ray Greer as their sales and marketing partner. In the following years, the company published two more editions of ''Champions'', two dozen adventures, and several self-contained role-playing games using the ''Champions'' core rules as a universal role-playing system: '' Danger International'', '' Justice, Inc.'', '' Robot Warriors'', '' Fantasy Hero'', and '' Star Hero''. The games were very compatible, but each differed slightly, using new rules or costs. H ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Iron Crown Enterprises
Iron Crown Enterprises (ICE) is a publishing company that has produced role playing, board, miniature, and collectible card games since 1980. Many of ICE's better-known products were related to J. R. R. Tolkien's world of Middle-earth, but the ''Rolemaster'' rules system, and its science-fiction equivalent, ''Space Master'', have been the foundation of ICE's business. History Early years and ''Rolemaster'' Pete Fenlon was running a six-year ''Dungeons & Dragons'' campaign set in Middle-earth while he was attending college in the late 1970s, when he started developing unique house rules with S. Coleman Charlton and Kurt Fischer (game designer), Kurt Fischer. When most of them graduated from the University of Virginia in 1980, they wanted to make a business out of their special game rules, so they founded Iron Crown Enterprises (ICE), named after a regalia from Middle-earth. Aside from Fenlon and Charlton, ICE originally included Rick Britton, Richard H. Britton, Terry K. Amthor, Bru ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |