Alliances (Champions)

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Alliances is a supplement published by Hero Games in 1997 for the superhero role-playing game Champions.

Publication history

Hero Games published the Champions superhero role-playing game in 1981. They later supported the Fuzion rules system used in Champions with two supplements: Alliances (1997) and Bay City (1997). These two were the only books published for use with the Champions Fuzion system.{{Cite book|author=Shannon Appelcline|title=Designers & Dragons: The '80s|publisher=Evil Hat Productions|year=2014| isbn=978-1-61317-081-6}}{{rp|140}}

Alliances details five organizations, including a summary of their history, and the facilities owned by each. The organizations include:

  • The Arcadian Academy (a superhero training school)
  • the Guard (a paramilitary organization)
  • Oddyssey Research Centre (specializing in the development of robots and time machines)

The book also includes a number of short adventure hooks.

Reception

In the February 1998 edition Dragon (Issue #244), Rick Swan found the adventure hooks "intriguing", but warned that the book wasn't for everyone: "If you’re a light-‘n’-easy Legion of Super Heroes kinda guy, Alliances is right up your alley. But if you’re the grim-‘n’-gritty Image Comics type, this’ll seem about as interesting as a compendium of daycare centers."{{cite journal|last=Swan|first=Rick|authorlink=Rick Swan| date=February 1998 |title=Roleplaying Reviews|journal=Dragon|publisher=TSR, Inc.|issue=244|pages=104}}

Reviews

  • Backstab #8{{Cite web|url=https://archive.org/details/backstab-magazine-french-08/page/n39/mode/2up|title = Backstab Magazine (French) Issue 08}}

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