[PR] UNIgames Releases Living Legends Superhero RPG

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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

AUSTIN, TX, June 22, 2005

UNIgames has just published Living Legends, the new superhero
role-playing game from writer/artist Jeff Dee.

Living Legends is the sequel to Villains & Vigilantes, one of the
industry's earliest superhero role-playing games. Living Legends
features point-based character creation with the option of random
generation, over 80 unique super powers with an extensive array of
enhancement and limitation options, and a fast paced and playable game
system. The 160-page book includes a beautiful color cover and black &
white interior illustrations by Jeff Dee.

"Living Legends uses a different game system than V&V, but continues the
V&V world setting and characters," said Mr. Dee from his office in
Texas. "That's why we're calling it a 'sequel'. I'm thankful for the
support of the V&V fan community over the years, without whom this new
game would not have been possible."

In less than 48 hours, Living Legends has risen to become the best
selling superhero RPG product on RPGNow.
(http://www.rpgnow.com/product_info.php?products_id=4978&).

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UNIgames is the design studio of Jeff Dee, co-creator of the Villains &
Vigilantes superhero RPG and illustrator of many early products in the
gaming industry, and 'Manda, co-creator of the Furcadia online
role-playing game.

http://www.io.com/unigames/unigames.html

For more information, contact:

Jeff Dee, c/o UNIgames
unigames@io.com

 

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On Wed, 22 Jun 2005 09:23:31 -0500, Jeff Dee <antix@io.com> wrote:

>FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
>
>AUSTIN, TX, June 22, 2005
>
>UNIgames has just published Living Legends, the new superhero
>role-playing game from writer/artist Jeff Dee.
>
>Living Legends is the sequel to Villains & Vigilantes, one of the
>industry's earliest superhero role-playing games. Living Legends
>features point-based character creation with the option of random
>generation, over 80 unique super powers with an extensive array of
>enhancement and limitation options, and a fast paced and playable game
>system. The 160-page book includes a beautiful color cover and black &
>white interior illustrations by Jeff Dee.
>
>"Living Legends uses a different game system than V&V, but continues the
>V&V world setting and characters," said Mr. Dee from his office in
>Texas. "That's why we're calling it a 'sequel'. I'm thankful for the
>support of the V&V fan community over the years, without whom this new
>game would not have been possible."
>

Bah. It's design driven. Way to jump on the bandwagon guys.

 

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On Wed, 22 Jun 2005 18:33:17 GMT, rgorman@telusplanet.net (David
Johnston) wrotCRIVE_E

>
>Bah. It's design driven. Way to jump on the bandwagon guys.

Because we all love playing the hero whose sole power is "High Range
Radio Hearing"...through a device.

The villains in my game quailed in fear at the mention of...Walkman
Man!


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"I've heard of this thing men call 'empathy', but I've never
once been afflicted with it, thanks the Gods." Bruno The Bandit
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> Bah. It's design driven. Way to jump on the bandwagon guys.
>

Yeah. If its anything like the playtest files I saw long long ago, I'm kinda
meh about it. None of the charm or style of V&V....;/

 

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On Wed, 22 Jun 2005 14:54:32 -0400, Lizard <lizard@mrlizard.com>
wrote:

>On Wed, 22 Jun 2005 18:33:17 GMT, rgorman@telusplanet.net (David
>Johnston) wrotCRIVE_E
>
>>
>>Bah. It's design driven. Way to jump on the bandwagon guys.
>
>Because we all love playing the hero whose sole power is "High Range
>Radio Hearing"...through a device.

What I love as a GM is randomly rolling up villains. For players the
answer was simple. Roll up three characters, take the one you like
best. Or just pick your powers from the list.

Note, incidentally, that you couldn't actually roll up a character
like that. The best you can do is Heightened Senses and you could
create a pretty damn amazingly formidable character with nothing but
Heightened Senses since there was no limit except the gm's tolerance
to the bonuses you could get from HS.

 

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>Note, incidentally, that you couldn't actually roll up a character
>like that. The best you can do is Heightened Senses and you could
>create a pretty damn amazingly formidable character with nothing but
>Heightened Senses since there was no limit except the gm's tolerance
>to the bonuses you could get from HS.


Er...in V&V that is.

 

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Jeff Dee <antix@io.com>
wrote on Wed, 22 Jun 2005 09:23:31 -0500:
> FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
> AUSTIN, TX, June 22, 2005
> UNIgames has just published Living Legends, the new superhero
> role-playing game from writer/artist Jeff Dee.
[...]
> http://www.io.com/unigames/unigames.html

Congratulations, Jeff! When will a printed version be available
(either through RPGNow or whatever other source)? And how's the quality
of the RPGNow print-on-demands?

--
<a href="http://kuoi.asui.uidaho.edu/~kamikaze/"> Mark Hughes </a>
"Punch, he kills and looks to me... I cannot help you, Punch; you are
half-crazed." "No, no, no, Punch is fully crazed. He is a sociopath. He can
do anything because he feels nothing. Mr. Punch is a winner." -Colin Miller

 

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David Johnston <rgorman@telusplanet.net>
wrote on Wed, 22 Jun 2005 18:33:17 GMT:
> On Wed, 22 Jun 2005 09:23:31 -0500, Jeff Dee <antix@io.com> wrote:
>>FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
>>AUSTIN, TX, June 22, 2005
>>UNIgames has just published Living Legends, the new superhero
>>role-playing game from writer/artist Jeff Dee.
> Bah. It's design driven. Way to jump on the bandwagon guys.

If you'd spent even 10 seconds looking at the demo PDF, you'd see that
while it's mostly point-buy, it also has random-roll tables.

I don't even know where to start with this. If you're going to lie
without bothering to do the slightest trace of research, why go for
something so trivial as character creation, why not accuse it of being
written entirely in Ancient Greek, or of being printed (electronically!)
on the flayed skins of human babies?

Also, you might want to talk to someone (offline, in person, not here)
about your... overly-focused... aversion to point-buy systems--despite
them being a newfangled fad of a mere 28 years or so, they're not likely
to go away. You'll probably have to get over it sooner or later.

--
<a href="http://kuoi.asui.uidaho.edu/~kamikaze/"> Mark Hughes </a>
"Punch, he kills and looks to me... I cannot help you, Punch; you are
half-crazed." "No, no, no, Punch is fully crazed. He is a sociopath. He can
do anything because he feels nothing. Mr. Punch is a winner." -Colin Miller

 

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On 27 Jun 2005 04:55:34 GMT, Mark 'Kamikaze' Hughes
<kamikaze@kuoi.asui.uidaho.edu> wrote:

>David Johnston <rgorman@telusplanet.net>
>wrote on Wed, 22 Jun 2005 18:33:17 GMT:
>> On Wed, 22 Jun 2005 09:23:31 -0500, Jeff Dee <antix@io.com> wrote:
>>>FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
>>>AUSTIN, TX, June 22, 2005
>>>UNIgames has just published Living Legends, the new superhero
>>>role-playing game from writer/artist Jeff Dee.
>> Bah. It's design driven. Way to jump on the bandwagon guys.
>
> If you'd spent even 10 seconds looking at the demo PDF, you'd see that
>while it's mostly point-buy, it also has random-roll tables.

Obviously it takes more than ten seconds. Can you randomly generate
characters from start to finish?

>
> Also, you might want to talk to someone (offline, in person, not here)
>about your... overly-focused... aversion to point-buy systems--despite
>them being a newfangled fad of a mere 28 years or so, they're not likely
>to go away. You'll probably have to get over it sooner or later.

I have six design driven superhero games.

 

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David Johnston <rgorman@telusplanet.net>
wrote on Mon, 27 Jun 2005 05:15:09 GMT:
> On 27 Jun 2005 04:55:34 GMT, Mark 'Kamikaze' Hughes
> <kamikaze@kuoi.asui.uidaho.edu> wrote:
>>David Johnston <rgorman@telusplanet.net>
>>wrote on Wed, 22 Jun 2005 18:33:17 GMT:
>>> On Wed, 22 Jun 2005 09:23:31 -0500, Jeff Dee <antix@io.com> wrote:
>>>>FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
>>>>AUSTIN, TX, June 22, 2005
>>>>UNIgames has just published Living Legends, the new superhero
>>>>role-playing game from writer/artist Jeff Dee.
>>> Bah. It's design driven. Way to jump on the bandwagon guys.
>> If you'd spent even 10 seconds looking at the demo PDF, you'd see that
>>while it's mostly point-buy, it also has random-roll tables.
> Obviously it takes more than ten seconds. Can you randomly generate
> characters from start to finish?

Look at the table of contents. Stats, skills, powers, all have random
tables. READ, man, *READ* before you say these things!

>> Also, you might want to talk to someone (offline, in person, not here)
>>about your... overly-focused... aversion to point-buy systems--despite
>>them being a newfangled fad of a mere 28 years or so, they're not likely
>>to go away. You'll probably have to get over it sooner or later.
> I have six design driven superhero games.

Good for you! I have three random-roll superhero systems on my
shelves, and could probably find more. So what? Your reaction is still
excessive.

--
<a href="http://kuoi.asui.uidaho.edu/~kamikaze/"> Mark Hughes </a>
"Punch, he kills and looks to me... I cannot help you, Punch; you are
half-crazed." "No, no, no, Punch is fully crazed. He is a sociopath. He can
do anything because he feels nothing. Mr. Punch is a winner." -Colin Miller

 

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Mark 'Kamikaze' Hughes wrote:
> Jeff Dee <antix@io.com>
> wrote on Wed, 22 Jun 2005 09:23:31 -0500:
>
>>FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
>>AUSTIN, TX, June 22, 2005
>>UNIgames has just published Living Legends, the new superhero
>>role-playing game from writer/artist Jeff Dee.
>
> [...]
>
>>http://www.io.com/unigames/unigames.html
>
> Congratulations, Jeff! When will a printed version be available
> (either through RPGNow or whatever other source)?

Today! I'm about to post a press release about it.

> And how's the quality of the RPGNow print-on-demands?

Honestly? I hear good things, but I can't say for sure until I get mine.
I was hoping to receive it in the mail today (sob!).

-Jeff Dee
UNIgames

 

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About the same as books produced throughough the last decade, and including
this year through regular printing depending on the quality of the beginning
document--not full color spritzed best of the industry, but very nice.

> Honestly? I hear good things, but I can't say for sure until I get mine.
> I was hoping to receive it in the mail today (sob!).
> \


Patience.
Patience!
At least your not waiting for a layout person to finish while your frothing
at the bit!

 

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Sidhain wrote:
> About the same as books produced throughough the last decade, and including
> this year through regular printing depending on the quality of the beginning
> document--not full color spritzed best of the industry, but very nice.

Yep, I just got my first copy in the mail, and it's terrific. I'd have a
hard time telling this apart from any store shelf mass produced book.

>>Honestly? I hear good things, but I can't say for sure until I get mine.
>>I was hoping to receive it in the mail today (sob!).

> Patience.
> Patience!
> At least your not waiting for a layout person to finish while your frothing
> at the bit!

Hah! If that was the problem, at least I could yell at him to go faster ;-)

But it's cool, I'm all beter now.

-Jeff Dee
UNIgames