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Hero Games Discussion Boards - Discussion, Free
Lively discussion on all things pertaining to Hero System (and some that aren't!). The primary focus is on the super-hero genre, but all genres are open for discussion.
(Added: 2004-07-28, 9928 hits)
Rating: 4.61/10 from 11 votes. [Rate It]

Wild Talents Axes Of Design - Software, Free
A utility for creating and saving "four color" (red, gold, blue, black) superhero game design parameters, based on Ken Hite's axes of design for superhero settings, taken from Wild Talents.
(Added: 2011-03-12, 6465 hits)
Rating: 7.66/10 from 6 votes. [Rate It]

Hero Machine - Software, Free
HeroMachine is a Flash-based web applet that allows you to dynamically create a customized character portrait.
(Added: 2002-09-01, 3812 hits)
Rating: 7.07/10 from 18 votes. [Rate It]

John Desmarais' Cardboard Heroes - Accessories, Free
Heroes and villains from the Superman and Batman cartoons, suitable for printing out and folding into tiny character stand-ups.
(Added: 2004-08-03, 2623 hits)
Rating: 2.33/10 from 3 votes. [Rate It]

Hero System Cheat Sheet - Games, Free
Hero System task resolution is not difficult. If you can make a bowl of cereal, you can play Hero System. This one-page cheat sheet will get you up and playing Hero like a pro.
(Added: 2005-03-31, 2609 hits)
Rating: 7/10 from 3 votes. [Rate It]

D6 Powers - Games, Commercial
D6 Powers Revised and Expanded is a D6 compatible rule book that allows players to create heroic characters with fantastic powers. Learn more about new and revised super powers, expanded special abilities, gadget creation, advantages, and disadvantages for use in any D6 game.
(Added: 2010-06-20, 2457 hits)
Rating: 7.5/10 from 2 votes. [Rate It]

Law and the Multiverse - Articles, Free
If there's one thing comic book nerds like doing it's over-thinking the smallest details. Here we turn our attention to the hypothetical legal ramifications of comic book tropes, characters, and powers. Just a few examples: Are mutants a protected class? Who foots the bill when a hero damages property while fighting a villain? What happens legally when a character comes back from the dead?
(Added: 2010-12-12, 2360 hits)
Rating: 5/10 from 1 votes. [Rate It]

Marvel Saga Powers by Trump Suit - Games, Free
Marvel Super Heroes Adventure Game SAGA system powers, sorted by attribute trump suit.
(Added: 2001-12-04, 2329 hits)
Rating: 5.7/10 from 7 votes. [Rate It]

Hero System Rules FAQ - Articles, Free
This page contains questions and clarifications about the HERO System 5th Edition rules. The answers given here are official changes and/or additions to the 5th Edition rules.
(Added: 2004-07-28, 2185 hits)
Rating: 4/10 from 2 votes. [Rate It]

Tales From Night City - Inspiration, Free
Night City was a Champions PBEM game Brandon Blackmoor ran during the mid-1990s (1993-1997, give or take a bit). Maybe you will find it entertaining, or perhaps useful.
(Added: 2004-10-03, 2172 hits)
Rating: 5.98/10 from 7 votes. [Rate It]

Women in Refrigerators - Inspiration, Free
Not every woman in comics has been killed, raped, depowered, crippled, turned evil, maimed, tortured, contracted a disease or had other life-derailing tragedies befall her, but given this list (originally compiled by Gail Simone), it's hard to think up exceptions.
(Added: 2001-11-22, 2140 hits)
Rating: 8.33/10 from 3 votes. [Rate It]

Tees N Things - Accessories, Commercial
A great selection of superhero and video game tees from Superman and Batman to Resident Evil and Super Mario Brothers.
(Added: 2005-10-20, 2129 hits)
Rating: 8.39/10 from 5 votes. [Rate It]

Seanbaby's Super Friends Page - Inspiration, Free
The Super Friends somehow stayed alive for 10 years by hiring people who could talk to fish, match a cape to their underwear, and turn into a bucket of water. Here you can get started reliving your childhood, see things you never noticed, learn how to incorporate the Super Friends into your binge drinking.
(Added: 2001-08-20, 2081 hits)
Rating: 8.15/10 from 6 votes. [Rate It]

Killer Shrike - Games, Free
A collection of Hero System resources for a variety of genres, particularly supers, "Dark Champions", and fantasy.
(Added: 2004-08-03, 2062 hits)
Rating: 8.38/10 from 10 votes. [Rate It]

The 250 Point Project - Games, Free
Champions writeups of your favorite heroes, built as close to 250 points as possible. All of these characters are usable as backup PCs, or as antagonists that the heroes have a reasonable chance of defeating. Where's the fun in fighting the Fantastic Four if they are going to take you out in Segment 3?
(Added: 2001-08-25, 2052 hits)
Rating: 4.49/10 from 4 votes. [Rate It]

Four Colors al Fresco - Games, Free
Four Colors al Fresco: A Roleplaying Game of Pulp-Style Superheroes in an Alternate Renaissance. Released under the Creative Common Attribution-ShareAlike license by The Impossible Dream.
(Added: 2001-08-27, 2042 hits)
Rating: 6.07/10 from 11 votes. [Rate It]

Martyrs and Madmen - Games, Free
Source material and character write-ups for the Marvel Super Heroes Adventure Game, using the SAGA system. Three years, and going strong.
(Added: 2001-09-03, 2005 hits)
Rating: 7/10 from 4 votes. [Rate It]

Unbreakable - Inspiration, Commercial
Quite possibly the best "realistic" superhero movie ever made. How would a normal man react to the discovery that he isn't normal at all? An excellent work that completely avoids the campiness one normally finds even in otherwise-serious superhero movies.
(Added: 2001-09-10, 1992 hits)
Rating: 6.59/10 from 5 votes. [Rate It]

Icons OGL - Games, Free
The Open Gaming Content from Icons. Obvious misspellings and punctuation errors have been corrected, but no other revisions have been made.
(Added: 2011-09-06, 1118 hits)
Rating: 7.5/10 from 2 votes. [Rate It]

Mutants & Masterminds Character Builder - Software, Free
A LibreOffice spreadsheet intended to facilitate creation of Mutants & Masterminds characters. It may or may not work with Excel if converted to that format from within LibreOffice.
(Added: 2015-03-03, 884 hits)
Rating: 8.89/10 from 12 votes. [Rate It]

Urban Heroes - Games, Commercial
A consciousness-blowing tabletop RpG about superheroes, conspiracy theories, physics and the contemporary pop culture.
(Added: 2014-04-24, 749 hits)
Rating: 6.49/10 from 4 votes. [Rate It]

G-Core - Games, Commercial
G-Core is a simple set of rules for use in any genre. Spawned and updated for the modern gamer, G-Core roots come from the original Marvel Superheroes Role-Playing Game or more famously known as FASERIP. This ISN'T the original FASERIP nor is it a product of Marvel Comics, but it is 99% compatible with it.
(Added: 2014-04-18, 593 hits)
Rating: 5/10 from 1 votes. [Rate It]