
Each AP represents not one specific value, but a range of values.
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The system does sacrifice some detail in favor of speed and ease of play. Likewise, a few simple formulas included on the screen make it easy to determine how long it takes to travel any given distance at any given speed. So 5 APs is twice the distance of 4 APs and four times the distance of 3 APs.Īn easily referenced benchmark ruler on the GM screen makes "winging it" both easy and logically consistent. And each AP value is worth double the value preceding it. Distance, time, weight, intelligence, strength, density, charisma.everything. Everything in the game is measured in APs. As quickly as you can say "Battleship", the required number to be rolled for success is located and play proceeds.Īt the heart of the game is the exponential AP (Attribute Point) framework, which earned the system the nickname MEGS (Mayfair's Exponential Gaming System). Using these tables, the GM (Game Master, the player who acts as "referee") compares and cross references the stats of one character with the appropriate defensive stat of the character or object they are trying to damage or effect. Running vertically along the left edge and horizontally along the top are sequential ranges of numbers. But that's not to say it is "rules lite" or without an exhaustive structure with which to build and populate detailed worlds.Ĭentral to DC Heroes are two tables. The system is more about story and action than about stats and mechanics. (True, the first edition came with some reference cards and 2D cardboard character standups, but who used those?) Just rulebooks, dice and your imagination. No miniatures, cards or extra fluff to buy. I didn't discover the game until about 1996, when it turned up like buried treasure in the back of a "hole in the wall" comic shop.ĭC Heroes is from the old-school of RPGs. Each point you have is a chance to win so check out the widget again to see if there are other ways you can increase your chances.The first paper and pencil role-playing game I ever played was the first edition of the DC Heroes RPG, published by Mayfair Games in 1985. To win Fable: Blood of Heroes log into the widget below (so we can contact the winner), answer the poll question and earn an entry point.
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When someone tries to burn down the Cock and Bard inn, four Heroes find themselves hastily thrown together, chasing outlaws through sewers, storming a riverboat full of smugglers, and placing their trust in a most unlikely ally. The city of Brightlodge is awash with Heroes from every corner of Albion, all eager for their next quest.

So why have the bards begun singing of them once more? For Fable newcomers and dedicated fans alike, Blood of Heroes delves into a never before glimpsed era, telling the tale of a band of adventurers who come together to defend a kingdom in desperate need. Heroes are thought to be gone from the land. Geek Native has a copy of the book to giveaway. Last year Titan Books and author Jim C Hines teamed up to produce the official companion novel.

It’s not too late for you to have a piece of Fable Legends, though. Worse than that the whole studio, Lionhead, is to close and jobs are at risk. The bad news is that Microsoft has cancelled their plans to release Fable Legends.
