tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4764158821384594980.post7628755347266208962..comments2024-03-29T08:12:28.476-04:00Comments on Age of Ravens: History of Superhero RPGs (Part Ten: 2008)Lowell Francishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02359280169506945906noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4764158821384594980.post-1000648642927983212019-06-14T21:45:38.452-04:002019-06-14T21:45:38.452-04:00I found Hideouts & Hoodlums here in 2008! It&#...I found Hideouts & Hoodlums here in 2008! It's true that a rough draft -- a beta version, if you will -- was circulating as early as 2008, but it was well into 2009 before any of the core rulebooks were ready for sale. Anyway, thank you for covering it. Succinct, but accurate!Scotthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07175512698266614039noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4764158821384594980.post-43509103055553202762014-05-08T05:43:29.700-04:002014-05-08T05:43:29.700-04:00Awesome installment.
Great insight on the importa...Awesome installment.<br /><br />Great insight on the importance of the Enemies books as paralleled with the 'ecology of the X' approach of the Monsters in D&D.<br /><br />I picked up the Adventures into Darkness, but -- like you -- wasn't confident I could work it into a campaign. Glad to hear of your success. Did you post about it here on your blog?Alex Osiashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14851139031311819958noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4764158821384594980.post-53266897617271087222014-05-07T22:33:06.247-04:002014-05-07T22:33:06.247-04:00I just stumbled upon your blog, and I want to than...I just stumbled upon your blog, and I want to thank you for your comprehensive rundown of various Super Hero role playing games. I've been out of the hobby for many years, but my interest was D&D for fantasy and Hero for everything else. <br /><br />When my gaming group discovered Hero, we just assumed it was the only Comic Book rpg on the market. This was way back in the early 80s when D&D and Traveler comprised probably 95% of the hobby. I wonder how different things might have been if we had seen Villains and Vigilantes first. Back then there was zero advertising, so if you didn't see it on the shelf, it didn't exist. That's an interesting point, isn't it, just much much influence local comic book shops had on the hobby/industry. There really were the gate keepers.<br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4764158821384594980.post-36088364073254652482014-05-07T19:46:44.884-04:002014-05-07T19:46:44.884-04:00Teenagers from Outer Space predates GURPS Supers &...Teenagers from Outer Space predates GURPS Supers 'School of Hard Knocks'. As a matter of fact, it predates GURPS Supers.<br /><br />TFOS was released in 1987. GURPS Supers in 1989.<br />Adam Dicksteinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04840144928096089178noreply@blogger.com