Welcome to the Mecha Quickstart Guide! Mecha is a role-playing game of action-packed mecha anime. This quickstart guide gives you everything you need (except friends and dice) to play out the ?rst episode of your own mecha anime series. The full Mecha rulebook includes many more rules, options, and settings, but by the time you play through the episode in this booklet you should have a pretty good taste of what the full game is like.
You can Now get the MECHA-Quickstart rules here.
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Heroic Journey Publishing to Publish/Distribute Mecha
March 15, 2010
St. Paul, MN Heroic Journey Publishing is proud to announce that it has completed an agreement to publish Mecha, an exciting new anime Mecha-style role playing game designed by Chris Perrin. Originally, this property was to be published by Red Moon Medicine Show whose founder, Clint Krause, is credited with playtesting the game and helping to develop the setting entitled “Steel Gunner: Destiny Tomorrow,” the setting used in it’s Quickstart guide. The agreement includes the sale of existing intellectual property from Red Moon to Heroic Journey.
The decision came amidst a flurry of activity on the part Red Moon Medicine Show, which currently has two games in development. One is an original action-oriented science fiction intellectual property, the other a licensed property based on a popular computer game. Because of these two works, Heroic Journey was ultimately tapped to publish Mecha so that Krause would have the time he needed to produce those games and so Mecha would be produced in time to be published during con season.
“It’s bittersweet,” said Perrin. “Clint really helped Mecha grow into what it is and I want to make sure he gets the credit he’s due, but at the same time I’m really excited to see his next games get published.”
As of today, Red Moon’s website redmoonmedicineshow.com will no longer feature Mecha art and will stop offering the Mecha Quickstart, an introductory scenario and basic set of rules for Mecha. Both of the art and the introductory game will be available on Heroic Journey’s website heroic-journey.net.
“MECHA is a great game, and I’m glad that it’s found a good home at Heroic Journey,” Krause said.
Despite the fact that both companies are working feverishly to publish new games, future collaborations are likely for the two game companies. At least one such project is already in the works.
ABOUT HEROIC JOURNEY PUBLISHING
Bounty Head Bebop is the first game to be published by Heroic Journey Publishing, a company dedicated to helping game designers. They offer a full suite of editing, graphics, illustration, and layout services to any game creator who needs help and advice publishing their game. Read more about the company at http://www.heroic-journey.net.
ABOUT RED MOON MEDICINE SHOW
Red Moon Medicine Show is the new game publishing imprint of designer Clint Krause. Clint’s previous games include: Don’t Walk in Winter Wood, Roanoke, Urchin, The Bizenghast Adventure Game, and Empire of Dust.
Red Moon’s flagship game line, Unity Underground, is currently under development. See more at www.redmoonmedicineshow.com
What you do: Design a Fully playable Role Playing Game based around the concept of “Human Augmentation” This can be through any means you feel would make a great setting. You may use any OGL system currently available or create your own system. If you choose to use d20 as your system we ask you be creative as to make the system stand out by creating variations to the system.
What we will do: There are 2 rounds to this contest. The first round will be open to all participants and will last approximately 2 months. After the deadline we will take several weeks to review the submissions and announce the 3 finalists. The Finalists will then have an additional month to fine tune their entry based on comments and critiques by the Heroic Journey Publishing Staff.
Disclaimer: The writer will own all IP information but HJP will be in legal control of all entrants from the time of submission to the announcement of a winner. All non winning Designs Intellectual Property will then transfer back to the original owners once the contest is over. The winning Design Intellectual Property will remain under the control of HJP based upon the contract signed by the winner. The terms of the contract will become the terms between the winner and HJP with HJP controlling the Intellectual property with the designer owning it. The terms of the contract will include compensation for the Owner during the length of the contract with HJP based on a revenue sharing plan. The Winner will also be allowed to develop the line further with HJP for the term of the contract. Current HJP Employees and Contract holders are ineligible to enter.
I am so very excited that Bounty head Bebop was nominated for a Indie RPG Award. There is a ton of awesomness to be found in each other nomination so I am sure it will be a difficult and close victory for whoever wins.
Check out the list here Indie RPG Awards
There has been a lot going on which has kept me from updating. I have been working on much in the wayof business and it has required a step back so the Company can take huge leaps forward.
First Heroic Journey Publishing has Become Heroic Journey Publishing Inc. this took up most of April and May to do all the while I was continuing to promote BHB. This also means I have a new business partner who has come aboard to help me in producing more in house games and product lines.
First let me introduce Chris Perrin as part owner and my business partner. He brings a ton of creativity and a strong work ethic. He has the ability and quality to help HJP grow beyond a simple print house and into a solid gaming company which is still devoted to helping unpublished game developers and authors get published.
Next I can say we are currently working on 4 new product lines some of which will be released this year. We will have official PR on those projects as they get done but they are big projects and they take up a lot of my time coordinating their work. This is what I can say. One product line will be OGL/Pathfinder and one will be a Fate Based Cthulhu inspired game which I have started a development blog over at www.cthulhu-calls.com . The other two I can not say anything about do to some agreements I still need to finalize.
Speaking of those agreements I have been working very hard to come to a few partnerships with a couple other companies which will be a very good thing for Heroic Journey Publishing. One of them we are about to release the info on but we have to wait another week or so before we can. I really want to tell you becasue it is very cool.
That is it for now. Looking back over the last 3 or so months it excites me to see what the future holds. We had a solid Origins showing as limited as it was, but we should be more of a presence at Gen Con with IPR having our book, Bounty Head Bebop. Sales have been strong so far and we are hoping that we can sell out at Gen Con. There are 6 events being ran at Gen Con and I plan on having a HJP rep wandering the halls with some free swag (a quick adventure perhaps) to give out.
I will have more later I promise
Bounty Head Bebop PDF will be going on Sale Starting Tuesday 1/13 and be available for $10 for a short time. Run over to RPGNow and pick up a copy. Also remember you can order it in Print.
OK this is the unofficial official announcement of BHB in Print. We still have one small revision on the cover which is being worked on and should be finished by Monday. Which means I am going to start taking orders on this Now. If you click on the HJP Print Catalog page you can purchase BHB using Pay Pal or click BHB Print Edition. We will have a more formal Press RElease probably next week… But Feel free to start buying…
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Faster than a bounty fleeing Pluto, Heroic Journey Publishing is proud to release Bounty Head Bebop: Jacked Up! the first supplement for Bounty Head Bebop The Role Playing Game. Bounty Head Bebop: Jacked Up! lets the good guys be better and the bad guys even more crooked with new rules for cybernetics and cyber implants.
Players and game masters alike will have lots of new edges and flaws when building their characters and NPCs and lots of new powers to make catching bounties easier.
Speaking through his new cyber-loudspeaker, Heroic Journey founder Mark Reed expressed his excitement over Bounty Head Bebop: Jacked Up! “Jacked UP is our first supplement to Bounty Head Bebop and I am happy to see this continuation of the series, plus it adds really cool cybernetic rock n’roll to an already jam session of greatness.”
Also, part of Heroic Journey Publishing’s weapon of choice when it comes to games has been putting together attractively laid out books with brilliant artwork. Though only a 9-page PDF, Bounty Head Bebop: Jacked Up! continues this trend with a stunning cover and good art throughout.
Find out more about Heroic Journey Publishing at http://www.heroic-journey.net/ and more about Bounty Head Bebop at http://www.bountyheadbebop.com/
ABOUT MARK REED
Reed is a professional layout and design artist and a long-time player of role playing games. He has done layout on several of Atlas Games’ Northern Crown D20 product line and has done playtesting for them as well. Reed has been a podcaster since 2006 and is now a member of Kore New Media.
ABOUT HEROIC JOURNEY PUBLISHING
Bounty Head Bebop is the first game to be published by Heroic Journey Publishing to help game designers. They offer a full suite of editing, graphics, illustration, and layout services to any game creator who needs help and advice publishing their game. Read more about the company at http://www.heroic-journey.net.
Buy Jacked Up at RPGNow
Good day all. I hope you had a great Turkey day and are gearin up for the rest of the Holiday season. As for us here at Heroic Journey Publishing things are looking better then we can have hoped.
Bounty Head Bebop is selling well. We are waiting on the reviews to start being posted but we are encouraged by some of the early initial responses to the book. I am also excited by some of the people who will be reviewing the book. I will let you guys know when they start dropping.
BHB: Cybernetics. This PDF product will be available soon I am just waiting on art to finish the product. This pdf will be around 10 pages and will add special optional rules to allow cybernetics into Bounty Head Bebop. I am excited by the initial art as well.
BHB Hexslingers: This is a upcoming larger RUle book filled with optional rules to add Magic to your Setting if you want. This is going to be out early next year, as is BHB:Starships a collection of cool unique ships, plus rules to create your own.
We have several full adventures planned for the upcoming year 4-6 in all. Look for them to be released throughout the first half of next year. Also with BHB look on our Website for adventure seeds to start appearing soon. Plus starting soon will be your favorite Bonnie & Clyde Show giving you a list of the universes scum on some of your favorite podcasts.
On the Not Bounty Head Bebop front, we are working on a second line of RPGs with a very talented writer. Things are still under wraps a bit but I have a feeling this will be a great new game coming out in the first quarter of next year.
Thats about it for now. Thank you to all of you who have bought Bounty Head Bebop already and a Big thank you to all the fans who have given us a chance. Please go check out our forums for all sorts of free goodies and a chance to share your adventures across the universe.
At this point, the group has been chasing after Genny Putkof, a thief of milk purification products. No one knows where she is, but they know her brother is a Redjack, a member of a street gang in the city-state of Little Jersey on Mars.
After interrogating a goon and leaving him in a bad situation, the gang goes to the Interstellar House of Pancakes in Redjack territory. Here the bounty hunter draws bad attention to himself by wearing rival gang colors while the kid makes friends by giving out gift cards. This leads to the group splitting again. The kid and the bounty hunter follow the Redjacks so they can find their hideout’s location.
After they discover the location of the hideout, the group is attacked by another gang called the Steel Rats. However, the gangers quickly realize they have more to gain from being allies with the player characters than enemies, especially because the Redjacks are looking to put a beat down on the Steel Rats.
Also, to continue the theme of characters and their side businesses, the gun smuggler realizes he can make a lot of money by enlisting the gangers to sell for him. Capitalism at its finest.
The Steel Rats and the player characters go to the appointed place to fight with the Redjacks. However, almost instantly, the psychic and the bounty hunter locate Wingman, Genny’s brother. Using a little Luck, the kid maces and captures Wingman and the group escapes the combat right as the Steel Rats use grenades to make the streets run red with Redjack blood.
After a brief persuasion with fists, Wingman is convinced he needs to give up the location of his sister, which turns out to be a local strip club. Despite the sizeable bounty placed on her head, she decides not to run and goes with the group, who are now far, far, far richer than when they started.
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One of the interesting things about the session is that later, one of the players described the Bounty Head Bebop system as “Its not rules light per se, more like Rules Quick” which publisher Mark Reed felt described the system perfectly.
Another Quote came after the game… “As a point of gaming: I am traditionally known for hating to roll up new characters…. Last night in fairly short time I was able to gen a character that was both useful and fun. To me, and my style of playing, that says a lot” - From one of the Players