DC Heroes Role-Playing Game
DC Heroes 1st Edition Box Cover
Designer(s)	Greg Gorden (3rd Ed.)
Publisher(s)	Mayfair Games
Publication date	1985 (1st Ed.) 1989 (2nd Ed.) 1993 (3rd Ed.)
Genre(s)	Superhero
System	Mayfair Exponential Game System

DC Heroes is an out-of-print superhero role-playing game set in the DC Comics universe, published by Mayfair Games. The game is unrelated to the West End Games DC Universe game, except in that both were licensed products set in the same fictional universe. Image File history File links DC_Heroes_First_Edition_Box_Cover. ... Mayfair Games is a publisher of board and roleplaying games in the US and UK. They also license German-style board games and publish them in English, most notably the Settlers of Catan series licensed from Kosmos. ... Superman and Batman, two of the most recognizable and iconic superheroes. ... The Mayfair Exponential Game System or MEGS is a rules system developed for tabletop role-playing games. ... Superman and Batman, two of the most recognizable and iconic superheroes. ... A role-playing game (RPG) is a type of game in which players assume the roles of characters and collaboratively create narratives. ... DC Comics is one of the largest American companies in comic book and related media publishing. ... Mayfair Games is a publisher of board and roleplaying games in the US and UK. They also license German-style board games and publish them in English, most notably the Settlers of Catan series licensed from Kosmos. ... West End Games is a company that makes role playing games. ...

Gameplay

The game system in DC Heroes is sometimes called the Mayfair Exponential Game System (or MEGS). DC Heroes uses a logarithmic scale for character attributes. The scale allows characters of wildly different power levels to co-exist within the same game without one completely dominating a given area. For example, although Superman is orders of magnitude stronger than Batman, Batman is capable of surviving a straight brawl with Superman for a short period. Conflicts are resolved using an Action Table and two ten-sided dice. Hero Points allow player characters to influence Action Table Results. A noteworthy concept from the game is gaming comic book subplots as an end unto themselves, rather than just padding between superheroic brawls. The Mayfair Exponential Game System or MEGS is a rules system developed for tabletop role-playing games. ... It has been suggested that this article or section be merged into Attribute (RPG). ... Superman is a fictional character and superhero of DC Comics who first appeared in Action Comics #1 in 1938 and is considered the first character to embody the particular combination of traits that characterize the modern superhero. ... The DC Comics superhero Batman (originally and still sometimes referred to as the Batman or the Bat-Man) is a fictional character who first appeared in Detective Comics #27 in May 1939. ... Typical role-playing dice, showing a variety of colors and styles. ... This article or section should include material from Playable character A player character or playable character (PC for short) is a fictional character in a game, usually a role-playing game (RPG), that is controlled by one of the players. ... A subplot is a series of connected actions within a work of narrative that function separately from the main plot. ...

Editions

The first edition was published in 1985. During the same time-frame, DC released its twelve-part "maxi-series" Crisis on Infinite Earths, which dramatically reshaped the DC universe. The timing resulted in both Silver Age and pre-Crisis writeups being included alongside new, post-Crisis versions of the characters. Crisis on Infinite Earths was a twelve-issue comic book limited series (identified as a 12 part maxi-series) and crossover event, produced by DC Comics in 1985 in order to simplify their fifty-year-old continuity. ... The DC Universe (DCU) is the fictional shared setting where most of the comic stories published by DC Comics take place. ... Showcase #4 (Oct. ...

The second edition, published in 1989, incorporated material from the Batman Role-Playing Game and the Superman Sourcebook. These materials included rules for advantages, drawbacks, and gadgetry. The DC Comics superhero Batman (originally and still sometimes referred to as the Batman or the Bat-Man) is a fictional character who first appeared in Detective Comics #27 in May 1939. ... Superman is a fictional character and superhero of DC Comics who first appeared in Action Comics #1 in 1938 and is considered the first character to embody the particular combination of traits that characterize the modern superhero. ...

The third edition, published in 1993, further refined the rules by revamping the point costs of various abilities.

Publications

Between 1985 and 1993, Mayfair published the following core rulebooks (or boxed sets), adventure modules and sourcebooks:

Two books, Moonshot (238) and Strangers in Paradise (239) contained both modules and sourcebooks. The Batman-Role Playing Game (299), meanwhile, was a stand-alone game.

Planned but never published were a Sandman sourcebook (262), a Flash sourcebook (266), and a fourth volume of Who's Who in the DC Universe (268). For unknown reasons, no publication was ever designated number 236. The Sandman, in comic books, refers to several different fictional characters: DC Comics, 1940s -- The Sandman. ... Barry Allen as the Flash. ...

Blood of Heroes

The rights to the Mayfair Exponential Game System were eventually sold to another company, Pulsar Games, which later released the Blood of Heroes role-playing game. Blood of Heroes is largely derived from the third edition of DC Heroes, but without a similar license to use DC Comics' intellectual property. Instead, DC-brand characters were replaced with new characters created specially for the Blood of Heroes universe. The Mayfair Exponential Game System or MEGS is a rules system developed for tabletop role-playing games. ... hi your dead ...

External Links

• DC Heroes Yahoo Group
• Writeups.org – large database with thousands of character writeups for MEGS
• Character Index – MEGS statistics for and general information on DC universe characters
• DC Character Builder – character creation software