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Post Posted: Fri Sep 01, 2006 1:34 pm 
 

Hiya - just wondered what the worth was of a couple of TASK FORCE GAMES books...

1. Central Casting : Heroes of Legend
2. Central Casting : Heroes From the Future

Did they do any others like this because I think they're great for backgrounds ?
  

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Post Posted: Fri Sep 01, 2006 2:13 pm 
 

celmive wrote:Hiya - just wondered what the worth was of a couple of TASK FORCE GAMES books...

1. Central Casting : Heroes of Legend
2. Central Casting : Heroes From the Future

Did they do any others like this because I think they're great for backgrounds ?


They did a Dungeons book and I possibly another Heroes book (think titled Heroes of Tommorrow). There is at least 2 printings of Heroes of Legend.

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Post Posted: Fri Sep 01, 2006 3:19 pm 
 

Thanks for that :) Would love to find the Dungeons books if its half as good as the others....
  

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Post Posted: Fri Sep 01, 2006 5:24 pm 
 

celmive wrote:Thanks for that :) Would love to find the Dungeons books if its half as good as the others....


Update as I've actually searched for these:
Central Casting: Heroes Now! (1991)
http://www.pen-paper.net/rpgdb.php?op=s ... ookid=1114

Central Casting: Heroes For Tomorrow (1989)
http://www.pen-paper.net/rpgdb.php?op=s ... ookid=2952

Heroes of Olympus
(A Box Set)

Central Casting: Dungeons
http://www.rpg.net/news+reviews/reviews/rev_708.html

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Post Posted: Fri Sep 01, 2006 5:35 pm 
 

Just checked its the Heroes of Legend & Heroes For Tomorrow that I have...

The others are going on a wants list   :)

Thanks again... Now anyone know what I would expect to pay for them ?
  

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Post Posted: Fri Sep 01, 2006 5:40 pm 
 

celmive wrote:Just checked its the Heroes of Legend & Heroes For Tomorrow that I have...

The others are going on a wants list   :)

Thanks again... Now anyone know what I would expect to pay for them ?


if youre selling, they are worth £5, if i am selling they are worth £500 :)

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Post Posted: Fri Sep 01, 2006 5:47 pm 
 

celmive wrote:Just checked its the Heroes of Legend & Heroes For Tomorrow that I have...

The others are going on a wants list   :)

Thanks again... Now anyone know what I would expect to pay for them ?


Central Casting: Dungeons I got for $20, I've seen some of the Central Casting Books go for a little less and a lot more depending on the bidders.

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Post Posted: Fri Sep 01, 2006 5:48 pm 
 

killjoy32 wrote:
if youre selling, they are worth £5, if i am selling they are worth £500 :)

Al


Hum, reminds me of some other sellers :wink:

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Post Posted: Fri Sep 01, 2006 5:52 pm 
 

Plaag wrote:
Hum, reminds me of some other sellers :wink:

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lol :D

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Post Posted: Sat Sep 02, 2006 9:32 am 
 

http://www.afterglow2.com/Product/Task.htm

Ian's site has a pic of the Dungeons Book.

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Post Posted: Mon Sep 04, 2006 6:18 am 
 

celmive wrote:Did they do any others like this because I think they're great for backgrounds ?


I used Heroes of Legend for some time to give Original D&D (hey, we Italians are a traditionalist and conservative bunch  :D  - for example, it seems that Vampire The Masquerade is still much more popular and requested than Vampire the Requiem here...) characters a deep background. It gave a very interesting background, albeit the procedure was quite time consuming and so made me very loath to kill PCs after all that work. Players sometimes loved it ("you are from a very rich family, your starting money is x10") or hated it ("you have been cursed - twice" and I'm not kidding...). I sold it after seeing how high was the price for it and I switched to CoC instead (no worry about backgrounds here, given the high nmortality rate  :wink: ).
  
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