Champions is a very old-school, very cruncy game and it shines at it! Sometimes you don't want narrative adventures and storyteller fiat telling you that you saved the city. Sometimes you want that special power modifier you bought for your character to save the day or the fact that your forcefield protects you from mental attacks to be the difference between victory and defeat! Hero does all this in spades, but with all the customization and moving parts that let you build the character you want, it can be intimidating to get started.

Champions Begins is an excellent introduction to Champions, the Superheroic RPG built in Hero system. It starts out with the simple mechanics and layers on more complex aspects of the system over time, letting players adjust to Champions' complexity bit by bit without getting overwhelmed.

A great into to a venerable game system!

Excellent idea! I think this is exactly the direction that Champions should go. I really like the Chapters with the advancement of each character and their write-ups. I really like the concentration on the abilites by moving the math to later. There might be a danger that dependent players may never pick up how to generate a character, but honestly, those folks may never learn well anyway. It's better, in my opinion, to get people playing. If they are excited, they will be much more open to learning the system. Some of the organization, layout, use of graphics and writing need to be polished, but having said that, the core idea is dynamite.

What a wonderful way to start playing HERO System! You get everything you need to learn the system and start playing at the amazing low price of FREE! Well worth checking out, even if you're just curious about this amazing system.

So. Many. Mistakes! Did no one proofread this before it was published?

This is an amazing product. It's like Hero Sidekick plus Hero Basic next step tool. Well done...