Greetings once again!
Fellow citizens, a listener pointed out something important to us recently: we talk about Rifts a lot. But what about the other games within the Megaverse? Well, to that I say, look, up there in the sky! It's a bird! It's a plane! No! It's Heroes Unlimited!
Heroes is probably one of the first systems most Palladium gamers learned, and it's still one of the most popular—and for good reason. And with the current environment regarding superheroes at box offices everywhere, the system has the potential to take itself to new heights!
But naturally, we can't shut ourselves up there. Another question we wanted to answer in this episode is what to do about one-off adventures; that is, for those of you just coming into the RPG world, an adventure you run in a single session. A lot of people have trouble thinking of a "small campaign" to create, because they think they're wasting a good storytelling opportunity. Well, Nathan will set you straight this week. He's run a lot of one-off adventures, and knows what he's talking about. If you're keen to learn how to make the most out of your superpowers, how to run better one-offs or to combine the two and make the most out of your superpowered one-offs, have a listen!
Carry on, citizens.
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Nice episode! Heroes Unlimited was my first Palladium game and it's still my favorite today. I like to consider all of Palladium's game lines and books to be potential sourcebooks for my Heroes Unlimited game. I convinced my current gaming group to let me run a campaign and so far it's been a success. About half of them are still hapily using the pregens I gave them! Century Station is such an amazing sourcebook for this game - I always overlooked it but it's really packed with seeds for all kinds of stories and adventures.
ReplyDeleteI volunteered to run a few games at the Open House as well but I haven't fleshed them all out yet. You guys brought up some interesting points about one-shots that have me reconsidering how I'm going to structure my Heroes Unlimited adventure. It may not have enough action up-front to really grab players.
I was surprised though - the way episode 15 was released made me think that episode 16 was going to be the second part to that podcast. I'm not complaining mind you, just remarking.
This episode was fun discussion. I love the one nighter and HU2. I get to do one this weekend so wish me luck.
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