The forces of evil are at it again. The Hackers are sabotaging power plants. The mafia is rebuilding. Master Thieves are stealing the world’s precious artwork. Gangs are taking over new turf. Evil geniuses are trying to take over the world. Who will stop them? Perhaps you, just Everyday Heroes
In the Spring, black-owned game publisher Evil Genius Productions is launching a modern-day roleplaying game called Everyday Heroes - based on the d20 Open Gaming License and the Fifth Edition System Reference Document - to create a fresh take on a twenty-year-old game.
The d20 Modern tabletop roleplaying game, one of the first and most popular RPGs set in the present day, was released two decades ago.
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d20 Modern was designed by Bill Slavisek, Jeff Grubb, Rich Redman, and Charles Ryan; and Jeff Grubb has joined Evil Genius Production’s design team to create the new Everyday Heroes game.
“It’s exciting to revisit the d20 system I helped design 20 years ago,” said Grubb. “How we think about game design has evolved significantly so this is a great opportunity to bring concepts of the ‘d20 Modern’ game into the Fifth Edition era for today’s players.”
Like its spiritual successor, Everyday Heroes starts with key d20 Modern elements such as the basic classes - the strong hero, the fast hero, the tough hero, the smart hero, the dedicated hero, and the charismatic hero - but builds on this convention by introducing several new subclasses, a new wealth system, and a fully revamped chase mechanic.
Grubb continued: “Our goal is to use d20 Modern as inspiration, not duplication.”
The legendary game designer is joined by fellow d20 Modern producer Stan! Brown and veteran game designer Steve Miller.
The legendary game designer is joined by fellow d20 Modern producer Stan! Brown and veteran game designer Steve Miller.
These stalwarts of the gaming industry have worked on some of the most iconic role-playing settings ever released, including Forgotten Realms, Dragonlance, Ravenloft, Marvel Superheroes Roleplaying Game, and the Star Wars: The Roleplaying Game by West End Games.
And they have teamed-up with two upcoming game designers, Chris Ramsay and Sigfried Trent.
“It’s an amazing experience to work alongside Jeff Grubb and other developers on the Everyday Heroes game,” said Trent. “Jeff is a real hero of mine and an expert in game design.”
Everyday Heroes is currently in development and will be released through Kickstarter later this year.
To learn more about this release, visit www.evilgeniusgaming.com.
And they have teamed-up with two upcoming game designers, Chris Ramsay and Sigfried Trent.
“It’s an amazing experience to work alongside Jeff Grubb and other developers on the Everyday Heroes game,” said Trent. “Jeff is a real hero of mine and an expert in game design.”
Everyday Heroes is currently in development and will be released through Kickstarter later this year.
To learn more about this release, visit www.evilgeniusgaming.com.
As I mentioned on Facebook, this is a game I'm definitely interested in. If I do pick it up, I could see me using it for a street level vigilante game somewhere between Batman and the Netflix Marvel stuff.
ReplyDeleteAs soon as they got in touch with me and asked me to promote the game, I knew this would be right up your street.
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