Rating: [ 7.58 / 10.00 ]
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Pulp Hero is Hero Games' genre sourcebook for none other than the pulp genre, particularly the sort with lost temples, two-fisted adventurers and all that jazz.
The meat of the book is exhaustive examination of the evolution of the pulp genre, including how and to what end stories were written and printed, tropes and all that, plus how character traits can be translated into HERO terms, resulting in fun powers like Getta Load'a Her! and I Know How to Do That.
The meat of the book is exhaustive examination of the evolution of the pulp genre, including how and to what end stories were written and printed, tropes and all that, plus how character traits can be translated into HERO terms, resulting in fun powers like Getta Load'a Her! and I Know How to Do That.
Notes on This Edition
This is the regular, paperback edition. A limited run of a hardcover edition was printed for the book's initial release at GenCon.Game Editions | [ Add Edition | Edit Edition ] |
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Selected RPGnet Reviews | [ See 5 Reviews | Link 1 Possible Reviews ] |
| Rating | User | Summary |
| 4 + 5 | James Gillen | Pulp HERO. "Snakes... why'd it have to be snakes?" [ Read Review ] |
| 5 + 5 | Reminobles | Pulp Hero. The most useful Pulp RPG supplement currently on the market. [ Read Review ] |
Selected User Comments | [ See 22 Ratings | See 7 Comments | Add Rating ] |
| Rating | User | Comments |
| 10 / 10 | BigJackBrass | Without doubt the most exhaustive gaming treatment of pulp evr. Thankfully it's also very, very good indeed. Even if you don't play Hero you need this book if you have the slightest interest in pulp gaming. Simply breathtaking. The hardcover version is not terribly well bound and the experiment seems not to have been extended, as subsequent copies were all in paperback. |
| 7 / 10 | DrFaust | Has a ridiculously complete timeline of the pulp era. However, the text often overly dry and reserved when it would be better suited by a more bombastic, active treatment of the topic. |
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