''Cardboard Heroes'' is a line of
miniatures published in 1980 by
Steve Jackson Games
Steve Jackson Games (SJGames) is a game company, founded in 1980 by Steve Jackson, that creates and publishes role-playing, board, and card games, and (until 2019) the gaming magazine ''Pyramid''.
History
Founded in 1980, six years after the c ...
. An extension, ''Cardboard Heroes Champions Set 3: Enemies'', was published in 1984.
Contents
Denis Loubet
Denis Loubet is an artist who has worked on several pen-and-paper role-playing games and video games, including the MMORPG ''Ashen Empires''.
Career
Loubet designed a set of miniatures called ''Cardboard Heroes'' (1980), a set of full-color cardb ...
designed a set of miniatures called ''Cardboard Heroes'' (1980), a set of 40 full-color 25mm cardboard figures for use in fantasy roleplaying games, published by
Steve Jackson Games
Steve Jackson Games (SJGames) is a game company, founded in 1980 by Steve Jackson, that creates and publishes role-playing, board, and card games, and (until 2019) the gaming magazine ''Pyramid''.
History
Founded in 1980, six years after the c ...
(SJG).
''Cardboard Heroes Champions Set 3: Enemies'' includes cardboard miniatures for 36 villains taken from ''
Enemies I'' and ''
Enemies II
Enemies or foes are a group that is seen as forcefully adverse or threatening.
Enemies may also refer to:
Literature
* ''Enemies'' (play), a 1906 play by Maxim Gorky
* '' Enemies, A Love Story'', a 1966 novel by Isaac Bashevis Singer
* '' Enemi ...
'', adventure scenarios published in ''
Space Gamer
Space is the boundless three-dimensional extent in which objects and events have relative position and direction. In classical physics, physical space is often conceived in three linear dimensions, although modern physicists usually consid ...
'' and ''Champions'' adventures published by Hero Games, and from the front of the ''Champions'' box.
Reception
Martin Feldman reviewed ''Cardboard Heroes'' in ''
The Space Gamer
''The Space Gamer'' was a magazine dedicated to the subject of science fiction and fantasy board games and tabletop role-playing games. It quickly grew in importance and was an important and influential magazine in its subject matter from the la ...
'' No. 38.
Feldman commented that "they are beautiful, they are inexpensive, and if you like them and have no objection to cardboard, they are certainly worthwhile."
Craig Sheeley reviewed ''Cardboard Heroes Champions Set 3: Enemies'' in ''
The Space Gamer
''The Space Gamer'' was a magazine dedicated to the subject of science fiction and fantasy board games and tabletop role-playing games. It quickly grew in importance and was an important and influential magazine in its subject matter from the la ...
'' No. 73.
Sheeley commented that "''Enemies'' is a great set. ''Champions'', being a movement game, needs representative counters for the heroes and villains, and the three dozen in the first ''Cardboard Heroes'' pack weren't enough. If you play ''Champions'', or ''any'' superhero game using markers, this set is a must."
Reviews
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Different Worlds
''Different Worlds'' was an American role-playing games magazine published from 1979 to 1987.
Scope
''Different Worlds'' published support articles, scenarios, and variants for various role-playing games including ''Dungeons & Dragons'', '' Ru ...
'' #22 (July, 1982)
See also
*
List of lines of miniatures
Following is a list of lines of miniatures, produced by various companies for use with role-playing game
A role-playing game (sometimes spelled roleplaying game, RPG) is a game in which players assume the roles of player character, characters ...
References
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External links
* Richard Day, Bruce Cassick (eds)
"Steve Jackson Games" ''The Armory's Buyers Guide To Fantasy Miniatures'', vol. 1, iss. 1, Roy Lipman, Summer 1983. Includes illustrations of figures.
Champions (role-playing game)
Miniature figures