Heroes of Olympus
(1981)
Who is this game suitable for?
Suitable for ages 12 and up. You can play with 1 to 36 players.
For the pros among you, the following mechanics can be decisive: Bias, Dice Rolling, Events, Grid Movement, Hexagon Grid, Line of Sight, Movement Points, Role Playing, Scenario / Mission / Campaign Game, Solo / Solitaire Game, Three Dimensional Movement, Variable Player Powers und Variable Set-up...
Game Data
| Average time to play: | 360 |
| Minimum age: | 12 |
| Number of players: | 1 - 36 |
| Publisher: | Task Force Games |
| Designers: | B. Dennis Sustare |
| Artists: | R. Vance Buck, Rodger B. MacGowan, Chris White (I) |
| Mechanics: | Bias, Dice Rolling, Events, Grid Movement, Hexagon Grid, Line of Sight, Movement Points, Role Playing, Scenario / Mission / Campaign Game, Solo / Solitaire Game, Three Dimensional Movement, Variable Player Powers, Variable Set-up |
A game set in Ancient Greece, complete with all the gods and fantastic monsters. Playable as an RPG, a wargame, and/or a boardgame. It includes background on gods, limited magic (from gods or magic places), sample races, and pre-generated characters from the Argonauts (the game is clearly aimed at reproducing the feel of the movie Jason and the Argonauts). It uses a skill-based system, with point-bought character creation. There are three combat systems: Noble (i.e. dueling), Melee, and Naval. They are fairly complex, although Melee is fairly fast.
(Entry extracted in part from the RPG Encyclopedia, http://www.darkshire.org/~jhkim/rpg/encyclopedia/)
There was a second edition in 1983. This was identical to the first edition with the exception of these changes: the box was deeper and had different cover art, a blank character sheet was included, a Different Worlds article reprint ("Thieves of Sparta," on integrating the game with Thieves' World) was included, and a pack of miniatures (a ship and three figures) was included.
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Heroes of Olympus
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