Golden Heroes

Infobox RPG
title= Golden Heroes


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designer= Simon Burley, Peter Haines
publisher= Games Workshop
date= 1982 "(amateur)"
1984 "(Games Workshop)"
genre= Superhero fiction
system= Custom
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"Golden Heroes" is a superhero role-playing game that was originally written and published on an amateur basis in 1982. Games Workshop then published a more complete version in 1984. It was written by Simon Burley and Peter Haines and was illustrated by a group of artists who were working for "2000 AD" at the time.

The game was published in a box, the rules books features fake bar codes and Comics Code approval badges.

The character generation system involves players rolling completely random characters. A character can only keep his full set of powers if he can justify them all in a plausible origins story. The system really strives to recreate comics, with the actions occurring in "frames" and a lot of classic comics assumptions being written into the rules.

The game is also now known as "Squadron UK". A basic version is available for free and the full rules are sold in PDF format.

External links

* [http://squadronuk.co.uk/ "Squadron UK" Homepage]