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Six shooters, wild wranglers, evil outlaws, noble braves, railroad heists, dry gulches, gold rushes, and more: all at your fingertips and ready to go! If you've been wanting to play a Wild West campaign, then you've come to the right place, pardner.
Western Hero contains everything you need to have a rough and ready roleplaying experience. Packed with resources, information, and tools to build characters, create scenarios, and run a game using the Hero System 6th Edition, you can get your Cowboy On from character creation to combat and beyond, with a full campaign setting to get you started. Designed for play between the first Pony Express in 1860 until 1901 when Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid were finally killed, this book covers the whole range of Western frontier games for players and GMs alike.
So come off the range, tie your horse to the hitching post, saunter through the batwing doors, and order a round of rough and ready fun with Western Hero!

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Timothy Peter F August 08, 2022 5:14 am UTC
Could you set up a preview?
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Allan P October 07, 2021 6:23 am UTC
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I assume it’s self contained and does not need another rules book?
Any future expansions to expect?
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Christopher R T October 10, 2021 5:47 am UTC
Yes it is self contained, it has all you need to play a frontier campaign

There is one adventure out in addition to all the the scenarios and two adventures in the WH book as well
https://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/352056/The-Taming-of-Tascora
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Ed M April 07, 2021 9:17 pm UTC
I see that this book is also available in the HERO Games Store. What's the different between the POD here and the book at the HERO Games Store? Please let me know.
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Christopher R T April 16, 2021 12:02 am UTC
To the best of my knowledge they are the same product.
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Ed M May 26, 2021 6:12 pm UTC
Thanks. I went ahead and ordered the book from HERO Games and yes, they are the same product, although I recommend ordering the POD through DriveThru as DriveThru ships books faster and packages books better than HERO Games.
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Richard B April 02, 2021 12:05 am UTC
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Hi! How much has changed, in terms of content, for this new version? Is it just updating of rules, or are there new scenarios or other stuff? Thanks!
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Christopher R T April 02, 2021 4:35 am UTC
The rules are updated to 6th edition, but also there's a lot of new campaign content such as an extensive section on horses, western background, a rebuilt Deadwood campaign with a period-accurate map and characters, events, etc. The adventure section has been expanded with more scenarios, and some parts like the bestiary were taken out, as that's covered better elsewhere. Some period-appropriate martial arts were added, a lot of new frontier-specific talents, added, etc.

The sample NPCs, particularly historic figures, are available as a free download at the Hero Games website (along with some fictional frontier figures).

https://www.herogames.com/files/file/500-the-greatest-guns-who-never-were/
https://www.herogames.com/files/file/504-the-greatest-guns-of-history/
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Richard B April 08, 2021 5:43 pm UTC
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Thanks for the update! I have a physical copy of the 4e book.
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Michael H March 27, 2021 2:49 am UTC
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The PDF has no bookmarks.
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Michael H April 07, 2021 7:52 pm UTC
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I received by POD copy today and it looks really good! I will write up a full review, but I wanted to mention a problem with the POD:

There's something going on with added spaces in some of the headings. It is most noticeable on pages 111-112 (Ten Tips for Good Play), and is also frequent on pages 218-230, but I noticed occasional instances elsewhere. The headings have added spaces in the words, seemingly at random. (Example: on page 223 I see "2 4 . F i l l m ore's P h oto S tu di o".) On page 112 it is so bad that the text overprints and becomes unreadable. Note that this problem does NOT appear in the PDF, only in the POD sold by drivethrurpg.

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Kris M December 18, 2021 6:39 am UTC
Has anyone reached out to you? Or do you, or anyone, know if the issue has been fixed? Was thinking of buying this with some Christmas funds.
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Michael H November 14, 2023 8:33 pm UTC
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Sorry for the v-e-r-y slow response. The formatting issues have been resolved as far as I can tell. There are still no bookmarks (other than five "blank page" entries).
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