[TML] Traveller Hero

[Zane H. Healy]

At 9:50 PM +0100 8/15/07, MJ Dougherty wrote:
>I've never played HERO. The guys who are doing it are big fans though. It
>looks good, though I can't comment on the conversion from HERO to TRAVELLER
>because I've never actually played HERO.

HERO is a very nice system, if you have the time to learn the rules, 
and are able to play it frequently enough to remember the rules. 
I've only ever used it for Superhero games (Champions).  It and GURPS 
remind me of each other, you can use them to do pretty much anything 
you want.

Both have the same problem, they are two complex for me to use any 
more.  I'm lucky to get in 3-6 sessions per year of the campaign I'm 
running, and have had year long gaps.  I'd have to relearn the rules 
every time I turned around.  This is why everything I run from now on 
will most likely use the BRP system.

HERO games has done some very nice books that can be used with other 
systems with a little work.  I suspect a majority of the copies of 
Pulp HERO were sold to people that don't play using the HERO system. 
It is an absolutely *FANTASTIC* supplement, and so is their book on 
locations for a pulp game.  I suspect that copies of the Star HERO 
material might be worth picking up for use in Traveller.  From where 
I'm sitting having a HERO version of Traveller is great news.

		Zane


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