Champions Universe
Champions Universe is a supplement published by Hero Games/Iron Crown Enterprises in 1992 for the superhero role-playing game Champions.
Contents
Champions Universe is a 186-page softcover book written by Monte Cook and 95 other authors, with illustrations by Storn Cook and Scott Heine. The book is a compilation of background information about the Champions universe. Material covered includes:- timelines
- unusual places of the world
- brief outlines of major magicians and high technology agencies
- a summary of alien races
- the Paranormal Registration Act
- updates of the Champions super-team
- thumbnail sketches of the world's main organizations and media groups
- new villains
- a glossary of characters
Reception
Sean Holland reviewed Normals Unbound in White Wolf #35, rating it a 3 out of 5 and stated that "Overall the Champions Universe supplement is quite useful to a Champions gamemasters, especially ones who have not created a Champions Universe of their own."In the September 1993 edition of Dragon, Allen Varney thought this book "succeeds fairly well", although he noted "shaky spelling and grammar." But Varney questioned the utility of the book: "While reading this book I kept asking, 'What does this accomplish? Who needs it?' If you already have a campaign, much of this book becomes redundant. If you can’t devise a campaign world of your own, the material here seems too sketchy to help much and not thought through." He concluded, "Even if you do need a pre-fab super campaign, Champions Universe won’t fill the role without other supplements to prop it up."
Reviews
- ''Pyramid''