Alien Wars: A Sourcebook for Star Hero

by Allen Thomas

The second of our setting books for Star Hero describes the 24th century, when Humanity fought a terrible and destructive war against the alien Xenovores who threatened its very existence. In detailing the history, technology, ships, and people of this time and place, Alien Wars also examines the subgenre of "military SF," providing ideas and suggestions for simulating it in HERO System terms.

Genres: Role Playing Games

192 pages, Paperback

Published December 1, 2003

Reviews

[Jörg Schumacher · Rating 5 out of 5]

This is Hero Games Supplement to play military science fiction with the Star Hero Rules. It covers the almost 100 years war between humans and xenovores, that brings humanity to the brink of extermination. Be at the forefront when there are the first sigthings of this new alien species or secure the retreat from worlds overwhelmed by the bio-engineered war beasts of the xenovores or drive the attack to the xenovore centralworld to end this war.
The book gives you a history of the 23rd century, maps of the known galaxy, the organisation of the human military, ordonance and spacecrafts and tons of ideas to play during the alien wars either as a soldier in the gritty fighting in the trenches of some beleaguered world, carry out a black op against adverse political fractions in the united earth' space or dogfight the invading xenovore fleet.
Allen Thomas writes roleplaying supplements that read like novels and whenever I read in this book, I start imagening new adventures in space.