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.
HJP has just finished the contract to Bring Elemental Clash a TCG game developed by Andreas Propst and will be producing the TCG this coming year. We will have more information coming along as we get more details but find more information over at http://elementalclash.com/
Heroic Journey Publishing is proud to announce that it has recieved approval on a Fantasy Setting using the newly opened Fantasy Craft Rules set. This OGL system uses a similar mechanics as the famous Spycraft books.
Visit www.crafty-games.com for more info on Fantasy Craft.
Check back here for updates as they happen on this exciting new setting.
Why?? Because coming this Fall/Winter is a new Product Line from Heroic Journey Publishing which is going to be Pathfinder compatible. The Official press release will be coming out soon but I am so excited about this new line I wanted to Tell you about it now.
Places of Power
Places of Power from Heroic Journey Publishing is an exciting new line of fantasy supplements which take your adventures into mystical, holy, and deadly sites of great power. From wizards towers in the plains of hell to dragons’ caverns to the final place of magical artifacts which will affect the lives they touch, these supplements offer GMs and players alike fantastic new realms to explore.
Each book is easy to drop into any fantasy setting and provide all of the tools GMs and players need to play them. Included with every location is the it and how it came to be powerful, the dangers that lurk in the place of power, and the riches that lie within. These wondrous locations are a great way to start a campaign or to enrich an existing one!
Have you always wanted to have something you create in an RPG book? Would you like your character to join the canon of characters in your favorite system/setting, well now it can? Heroic Journey Publishing is going to give you your chance!
Here is what we are looking for. We want interesting characters who fly interesting space ships. Your crew and Ship can now be immortalized in the pages of the Upcoming Spaceship book. What we need from you is 250-750 words describing your character and your ship and we will accept art as well, though this not not necessary. Winners will have their characters written into the setting and made a part fo the book, they will also recieve an autographed copy of BHB by several members of he creative team.
For Immediate Release
BOUNTY HEADS INVADE INDIEPRESSREVOLUTION.COM
March 3, 2009 St. Paul, MN
The revolution has come. The worst scum the universe has even known have found a new home on the Internet at www.indiepressrevolution.com. The good news for gamers is that starting today, these villains can be captured by buying a copy of Heroic Journey Publishing’s Bounty Head Bebop from the Indie Press Revolution website.
Bounty Head Bebop is the far modern game of criminals and the bounty hunters who catch them. It uses the Inverted 20, or i20, system for a rules quick game of cinematic action in a universe filled with bad guys, big guns, feng shui powers, and cybernetics. It’s not for the faint of heart, but it is the game for those looking to make crime pay.
Also, exclusive to Indie Press Revolution, Heroic Journey Publishing is going to release Bounty Head Bebop: Ghost in the Machine, the first adventure for Bounty Head Bebop. This book is a good sized adventure that forces characters to confront a ghost who haunts their spacecraft. There’s only one problem. They don’t know their ship is haunted until they find themselves in deep space and under attack.
Brennan Taylor, co-founder of Indie Press Revolution, is excited about adding Bounty Head Bebop to his site’s already impressive collection of titles. “I was intrigued when I got a look at BHB, and after I read through the game I knew it would be a great addition to our lineup at Indie Press Revolution.”
Herioc Journey Publishing’s owner, Mark Reed, is looking forward to being able to offer his products on Indie Press Revolution. The site has a great reputation as the destination for carrying quality games and Reed knows it will lend greater exposure to his product.
The core Bounty Head Bebop book will be available in print and BHB: Ghost in the Machine will be available as a PDF download from IndiePressRevolution.com. Bounty Head Bebop will be priced at $24.99 and BHB:Ghost in the Machine will retail for $3.99.
Bounty Head Bebop, Bounty Head Bebop: Jacked Up! and the free download Bounty Head Bebop will continue to be available for purchase at RPGNow.com and from the Heroic Journey website (www.heroic-journey.net.)
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 INDIE PRESS REVOLUTION
Indie Press Revolution (IPR) is a radical new way of selling RPGs and RPG-related products. Founded by Ed Cha of Open World Press and Brennan Taylor of Galileo Games, IPR is a “direct sales first” network of quality creator-publishers. That means IPR only carries the best of the best in the indie press selling directly to the customer first.
http://www.indiepressrevolution.com
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Press Contact for Heroic Journey Publishing:
Chris Perrin
BHB has officially started shipping out. Still waiting on the first order to come in but I shipped out the copies I am contractually obligated to send out. It also includes the review copies to IPR so look for BHB there soon. Also I have been informed that my printers catalog (which includes BHB now) is available at Amazon.com but it may take a while for it to cycle itself on there.
Good news for BHB fans across the pond. I am paperwork away from getting UK wholesale distribution which means that a sister printer in the UK will have access to the digital files and allow for hopefully cheaper shipping fees. I am trying.
Anyways also be on the look out for the “New Year New Career in Bounty Hunting” sale which will be going on soon. BHB for $10, can’t beat that. Sale should start in the next week or so and run for about a week or so. WIll have more posted when I get closer to launching that sale.
Thats about it for now. On a personal note things may slow down a bit I started a 60 hour work week and that doesn’t include my time in the HJP offices nor my tiem over at Kore RPG. I will post soon on updates for HJP products coming out as well as BHB development.
Hope everyone has been having a good End of the year Holiday’s. I know I have. I’ve been taking some time off as it were for family and friends, but I am still here and getting things done. As of today BHB is at the printer and I am awaiting a proof to show up in my mail box. Once approved BHB will be available in print form…
Thatas the big news and I will be back soon with additional news on when and where you can get BHB.
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For Immediate Release
November 23, 2008 (St. Paul, MN) – The Universe is a dangerous place, filled with criminals of every shape, size, and specialty. Smugglers, gun runners, thieves, murders, and worse are choking society and making it hard for law abiding citizens to go to work and live their lives. But what do you care? You’re not a law abiding citizen. You’re a bounty hunter.
Get ready as Heroic Journey Publishing releases Bounty Head Bebop, a Far modern science fiction game about the universe’s worst bounties and the bounty hunters who catch them. Using a modified version of the OGL D20 ruleset called the Inverted 20 or I-20 system, Bounty Head Bebop is a fast paced game with an emphasis on cinematic, high action role playing.
“The system integrates well with a cinematic flair while being somewhat familiar to more traditional gamers,” said Mark Reed, founder of Heroic Journey Publishing. “It feels like a quality hybrid game, something that isn’t overly rules light, but definitely rules quick.”
The game supports a number of different play styles with rules for psychics and space combat included. Bounty Head Bebop also comes with a large number of weapons, skills, and edges for players to choose from so that they can make each character and their gear unique. There is also a sample adventure included in the book to get gamers up and running quickly.
Initially, Bounty Head Bebop will be released as a PDF available for purchase from RPGNow and other One Book Shelf sites. Within the next few weeks, Heroic Journey Publishing will have a print copy version of Bounty Head Bebop. “The PDF is coming out first because we switched printers at the last minute. The price per book was much lower and it will actually make the quality of the book much better I believe,” Reed said.
Read more about Bounty Head Bebop at http://www.bountyheadbebop.com or purchase it at RPGNow.com.
ABOUT HEROIC JOURNEY PUBLISHING
Bounty Head Bebop is the first game to be published by Heroic Journey Publishing, a publishing company set up by Mark Reed and Zac Ashmore 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 www.heroic-journey.net.
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Press Contact
Chris Perrin
Hey Cowboys & Cowgirls,
On a short vacation until Wednesday. The book is looking good. I am about a third of the way done with the layout and so far the response from the early treatments has been positive. So we are moving forward with certain designs. I have laid the ground work for an early release at The Source here in the Twin Cities. Still not set in stone but there is interest. My current plans is a full PDF & POD availability by early December, with the book available in limited Print release in Mid November at The Source and possible select Store in the US. Maybe. Head on over to The Comlink for new maps, NPC Ideas and other Bounty Head Bebop downloads.