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Another bundle - Heroes System 5E Megabundle
https://bundleofholding.com/presents/Hero5EMega
This new HERO System 5E Megabundle offer presents a colossal array of rulebooks and supplements that use the 2004 Fifth Revised Edition ("FRED") of the all-encompassing HERO System from Hero Games. Across four decades the endlessly flexible HERO System remains a standard for adventures of larger-than-life characters in a consistent rules framework. Designed by George Mac Donald, Steve Peterson, and Ray Greer, the HERO System debuted nearly 40 years ago in the first edition of one of the earliest superhero RPGs, Champions (1981). In the next decade the early Heroes adapted the system for fantasy, science fiction, pulp, and every other genre. Later the small company licensed the property to Iron Crown Enterprises, where for a time the Hero line editor was newcomer Monte Cook. After ICE ceased operations, Hero Games fell dormant, until the owners used its assets as collateral to fund a short-lived e-publishing distributor called Cybergames. In 2001 -- in fact, 19 December 2001, 20 years ago almost to the day from this offer's launch -- longtime Hero freelancer Steven S. Long joined with a group of investors, "Defenders of Justice," to purchase the Hero assets and form Hero Games anew. One of Long's first projects as line developer was HERO Fifth Edition (2003), quickly followed by FRED and, over the next five years, more than 100 supplements and scenarios -- millions of words annually, a one-person output rarely matched in the field's history.
The Bundle of Holding has presented FRED and its voluminous support line in no less than seven past offers, yet never managed to encompass the whole era. This new HERO 5E Megabundle fills the gaps, adding the Star and Pulp Hero 5E lines, Ninja and Post-Apocalyptic Hero, and a few key supplements we never found room for -- all told, it's 6,800 pages of HERO material. Of 35 titles in this offer, 16 are new to the Bundle of Holding.
We provide each title complete in .PDF. Like all Bundle of Holding titles, these ebooks have NO DRM (Digital Restrictions Management), and our customers are entitled to move them freely among all their devices.
Ten percent of each purchase (after gateway fees) goes to these HERO System offers' pandemic-related charity,Direct Relief. Direct Relief sends protective gear and critical care medications to health workers, with emergency deliveries to medical facilities across the US and to regional response agencies across the world.
The total retail value of the titles in this HERO 5E Megabundle is US$339. Customers who pay just US$29.95 get all sixteen titles in our Hero 5E Core Collection (retail value $176.50) as DRM-free ebooks, including FRED (and Sidekick); the Bestiary, Combat Handbook, Equipment Guide, and Vehicle Sourcebook for 5E; all seven genre toolkits (Fantasy, Star, Pulp, Post-Apocalyptic, Ninja, Urban Fantasy, and Lucha Libre Hero); and the Resource Kit and Map Archive.
Those who pay more than the threshold (average) price, which is set at $39.95 to start, also get our entire Bonus Collection with nineteen more titles worth an additional $162.50, including nine Fantasy Hero 5E supplements, five Star Hero 5E sourcebooks, four Pulp Hero books, and You Gotta Have Character.
There are going to be more offers for this system's 5th edition in the very near future.
Hero System has been around for a VERY long time and is still one of the better ways to handle the complexities of superheroes - it isn't necessarily the best game around for the adventures of relatively normal people, for that I'd probably prefer Basic Role Playing or GURPS, but it does a pretty good job of being a good all-rounder. You're getting a lot for your money here, and if you like the system at all you'll probably want a lot of the supplements.