Dateline Montreal, Canada – August 27th, 2012
ZENITH COMICS TO SHEPPARD SUPERS!
Effective immediately, Zenith Comics has purchased the exclusive rights and intellectual property to “Supers! The Comic Book Roleplaying Game” from Beyond Belief Games.
Simon Washbourne, creator of Supers! and owner of Beyond Belief Games had this to say;
“I’m pleased to have signed the deal with Andrew & Walt. These guys have shown the desire and commitment to continue the development and expansion of the SUPERS! line, to build on what I started and establish SUPERS! as one of the major super hero role playing games on the market.”
Part of what Simon refers to is Zenith Comics plans to not only continue to offer the original game up for sale, but to create a Revised Edition, soliciting input from the fans of Supers! itself. Furthermore, Simon Washbourne will be acting as an Executive Producer to the creative team, steering his creation as new ideas improve and expand upon what he created. To which he said;
“I won’t be stepping away from SUPERS! – in fact, I will be taking on a ‘hands on’ position to ensure that the SUPERS! line remains true to my original vision. Zenith Comics wants to keep the current fan base happy and reach out to new gamers who may not yet have realized what a great game they have been missing out on. I’m sure they will succeed in this and I’m happy SUPERS! is in the right hands to move the line to greater heights.”
Zenith Comics and Hazard Studio (the official RPG arm of Zenith Comics) have a solid track record of working together and producing such hit lines as “Supervillains!” and “Type Casting” for other famous super heroic games.
“The time had come not only for Zenith Comics to have its own game,” says Zenith Editor-in-Chief Andrew Collas, “but to have a game system that exemplifies fast paced comic book action, not one that gets bogged down in number crunching and minutia. Supers! was that perfect system for me. I fell in love with it the moment I countered a power blast with my eye-beams!”
While Zenith Comics has not revealed the long term plans at present, roster books, adventures and an eventual Narrators Guide are all on the drawing board.
So stay tuned fans and as always BE HEROIC!
- Zenith Comics
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“Zenith Comics to *Shepherd* Supers!”
(Sorry)
Need to put info on this site about how to buy the SUPERS! game, I found out it was still available by total chance in a guy’s forum signature actually, on the BASH! forum.
Need a “Hazard Studios” link and explanation. (if you go to Hazard Studios website you can follow a link to drivethru rpg and buy the pdf.)
Also if you search for SUPERS! on drivethru rpg it doesnt come up, Not sure how that can be fixed, but it led me to believe SUPERS! was no longer available until I stumbled upon the link.
Also at cubicle7 it looks like SUPERS! wont be printed anymore. News about any future plans by Hazard/Zenith to offer a print version would be good for fans and interested people.
I like the game a lot, this post is meant to be helpful, not complaining.
/cheers