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NEW: Which games should Hero Lab support? (A-M)

Which game systems would you most like to see supported by Hero Lab?

  • Call of Cthulhu

    Votes: 83 18.9%

  • Cthulutech

    Votes: 43 9.8%

  • d6 System (West End Games)

    Votes: 68 15.5%

  • d20 Modern

    Votes: 92 20.9%

  • d20 System Epic Support

    Votes: 55 12.5%

  • d20 System mechanics (starting point for other d20 games)

    Votes: 95 21.6%

  • Dark Heresy

    Votes: 125 28.4%

  • Eclipse Phase

    Votes: 79 18.0%

  • Exalted

    Votes: 122 27.7%

  • Hollow Earth Expedition

    Votes: 29 6.6%
  • Total voters
    440
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I'd love to see support for the new Star Wars RPG line from Fantasy Flight Games: Edge of the Empire, Age of Rebellion, and Force and Destiny.

This system is one of the most popular games going at the moment.
 
9littlebees said:
I'd love to see support for the new Star Wars RPG line from Fantasy Flight Games: Edge of the Empire, Age of Rebellion, and Force and Destiny.

This system is one of the most popular games going at the moment.
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I wish it was more popular in my area. A few people bought EotE and did enjoy the beginner game, but then it kind of faded away. The Age of Rebellion is still being talked about, but not EotE. Except to comment on what they liked about the rules. Personally I think it is because they went with the outlaw theme first which is the staple of 99% of the settings out there and may be losing its appeal. If you have been playing some version of a bounty hunter for the last decade it can get old.

I would LOVE to see FFG supported by the time AoR releases. I have some ideas for a campaign. Every time I mention the concept I have gotten great feedback and people who want to play it now....
 
I actually wouldn't mind seeing either some Eclipse Phase support, or renewed support for World of Darkness/The God Machine Chronicles.

Dark Heresy wouldn't be bad, but there are already a ton of character generators for it out there. Furthermore, they're pretty deep into development of Dark Heresy 2nd Edition, so a lot of things may change soon.

GURPS would be cool, but that seems like a monster to tackle.
 
Vaneheart said:
I actually wouldn't mind seeing either some Eclipse Phase support, or renewed support for World of Darkness/The God Machine Chronicles.

Dark Heresy wouldn't be bad, but there are already a ton of character generators for it out there. Furthermore, they're pretty deep into development of Dark Heresy 2nd Edition, so a lot of things may change soon.

GURPS would be cool, but that seems like a monster to tackle.
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Well, Steve Jackson already sells a chargen program. Admittedly HL would be a bit more intuitive, but I'm pretty sure they still want to sell their own software as opposed to licensing with a third party.

The same thing with Champions/Hero System, which already has a graet hargen program.

A few things I personally would like to see include a very simple Fate hack to cover the Accelerated Edition (instead of a skill pyramid you move around the numbers for six Approaches, like how Clever, Careful or Forceful you are).

13th Age would be interesting, as would Dungeon World/Apocalypse World. And my feelings about the reverse-engineers old-school games, ambivalent through they are, seem to include the idea that good chargen software would help a GM of something like Lamentations of the Flame Princess immensely.
 
MPHopcroft said:
Well, Steve Jackson already sells a chargen program. Admittedly HL would be a bit more intuitive, but I'm pretty sure they still want to sell their own software as opposed to licensing with a third party.

The same thing with Champions/Hero System, which already has a graet hargen program.

A few things I personally would like to see include a very simple Fate hack to cover the Accelerated Edition (instead of a skill pyramid you move around the numbers for six Approaches, like how Clever, Careful or Forceful you are).

13th Age would be interesting, as would Dungeon World/Apocalypse World. And my feelings about the reverse-engineers old-school games, ambivalent through they are, seem to include the idea that good chargen software would help a GM of something like Lamentations of the Flame Princess immensely.
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I don't like the hero generator for Hero System, Hero lab could do a much better job
 
Like Hero System, the hard part is trying to convince SJG that they should switch to Hero Lab from their existing character generator program, which I suspect is highly unlikely.
 
charlieluce said:
Like Hero System, the hard part is trying to convince SJG that they should switch to Hero Lab from their existing character generator program, which I suspect is highly unlikely.
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The sad part is that the open-source and free GCS already outclasses SJ Games' GCA for most uses (as well as being more stable), and its last release was Jan 2011.

GCS has had a supposed new version "in progress" for years now, but I've as of yet never seen any real indication that it will ever actually happen, and the last data update to GCS is almost a year old at this point.
 
I am surprised there isn't Legend of the 5 Rings (L5R) already! It's very highly rated and I would love to use Hero Lab with my Phoenix Character!
 
I don't see any ICE (Iron Crown Enterprises) games listed. They are HARP (Fantasy and SF), Rolemaster (new ed currently in beta), and a few others. There is another game I may start playing called Victoriana (d6 system). I just downloaded Hero Lab and have not been able to figure out how to add a new system as of yet (I created a new thread under the authoring kit thread). Are there any tutorials for adding games with different stats and other things that aren't yet supported by Hero Lab? I really need something like this now, otherwise there would be no reason for me to have purchased Hero Lab and may have to ask for a refund.

Bruce
 
Madmaxneo said:
I don't see any ICE (Iron Crown Enterprises) games listed. They are HARP (Fantasy and SF), Rolemaster (new ed currently in beta), and a few others. There is another game I may start playing called Victoriana (d6 system). I just downloaded Hero Lab and have not been able to figure out how to add a new system as of yet (I created a new thread under the authoring kit thread). Are there any tutorials for adding games with different stats and other things that aren't yet supported by Hero Lab? I really need something like this now, otherwise there would be no reason for me to have purchased Hero Lab and may have to ask for a refund.

Bruce
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Just in case you weren't aware, ICE has a program for HARP and HARPSF and a version for Rolemaster in the works (or out I don't follow RM much these days).
 
Are you saying ICE is developing something for Hero Lab? This would be the first I have heard of it. I know they have some other things in the works using other programs for Rolemaster but nothing associated with Hero Lab or HARP. They do have autoharp which doesn't work very well and the actual character sheet kind sucks IMHO. It's not dynamic enough for me. It would be nice if one could edit the program to include their own character sheet layout or even change things around like add new skills and so on. They should have included a sheet that at least looks like the original. Just saying.

Bruce
 
No I was referring to AutoHarp. Not the best CG program ever written but not the worst either. They have improved it since its initial release but a Hero Lab version would be much nicer. It does beat doing it by hand though. ;)
 
IMHO Autoharp isn't worth the price one pays for it. Yeah the base program is free but all the important add-ons cost from $10 to $20 a piece. Which is expensive for a single game and can add up to a lot more over time. If you wanted all the latest character info for HARP you would have to spend a total of $40 so far (three products). And again that is for a single game. Plus you can't change or add any new skills outside the ones in the updates. So not worth it in the least.
As far as doing it by hand, I think that would be better than autoHarp IMHO.
Bruce
 
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