Hero Lab to Support Margaret Weis Productions RPGs

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Lone Wolf Development today announced an agreement-in-principle which will allow its revolutionary Hero Lab software to support the Cortex System Roleplaying Game rules from Margaret Weis Productions. Currently used as the engine for the Serenity and Battlestar Galactica RPGs, the Cortex System is also slated to be used for a variety of other projects by Margaret Weis Productions in the very near future.

Rob Bowes, President of Lone Wolf Development, said, “When we released Hero Lab last year, we already had our ‘short list’ of companies whose products we knew we had to support, and MWP was obviously on that list. We’re very excited to show players of Cortex System games what Hero Lab has under the hood.”

“Lone Wolf Development has an impressive history of delivering incredibly powerful software that really lets players explore the rules and play their style of game,” said Jamie Chambers, Vice President of Margaret Weis Productions. “Since Cortex is an extremely versatile system, we’ve always known that any electronic support for the game would have to be equally versatile, and Hero Lab is able to handle anything that our designers can throw at it.”

While specific dates have not yet been announced, the Cortex System data files have been tentatively scheduled for a Spring 2008 release.

About Lone Wolf Development, Inc. – Lone Wolf Development was founded in 1994 by Rob Bowes as a software consulting firm. In 1998, the company released its first self-published software product, Army Builder, which almost immediately became the gold standard of miniatures game software. In 2002, the company unveiled Card Vault, which applied Army Builder’s point-and-click construction technology to collectible card and collectible miniature games. Hero Lab retails for $29.99 US, and is available from leading hobby retailers, as well as online at www.wolflair.com.

About Margaret Weis Productions - New York Times best-selling author Margaret Weis continues to lead her company into carefully selected ventures in book and game publishing. The company has enjoyed great success and won multiple awards including an Origins Award (Gamer’s Choice for Best Role Playing Game in 2006) and the Gen Con EN World Awards (Best Production Values). Recent successes include the Serenity Role Playing Game and the Paths of Doom series of adventure fiction. The company will be releasing the Battlestar Galactica RPG in September 2007. Margaret Weis Productions, Ltd. is based in Lake Geneva, Wisconsin, the birthplace of hobby roleplaying games.

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I for one am glad to hear it.

From my experiences with Army Builder, Hero Lab is exactly what rpg'ers have been needing for a long time. And with the backing of Wolf Lair's long existing line of quality I can't wait to see what it does for the Cortex System.