Review: Melior Via – Substitute (Hope Preparatory School)

Hope Preparatory School: Substitute Substitute is an adventure for the superhero setting Hope Preparatory School (powered by ICONS) written by Scott Schletz and published by Melior Via. By Aaron T. Huss Substitute is the first adventure module for the Hope Preparatory School (HPS) setting for ICONS, depicting teenage super-beings and their life as students at HPS. Following in the footsteps of the...

Review: Melior Via – Orientation (Hope Preparatory School)

Hope Preparatory School: Orientation Orientation is a superhero adventure module for Hope Preparatory School (powered by Icons) written by John Dunn and published by Melior Via. By Aaron T. Huss Orientation is an introductory adventure module for the Hope Preparatory School (HPS) setting for ICONS. HPS is a school dedicated to the gifted and filled with high-school age kids who attend school just...

Review: Melior Via – Freshman Handbook (Hope Preparatory School)

Hope Preparatory School: Freshman Handbook Freshman Handbook is the Hope Preparatory School superhero setting guide for ICONS written by John Dunn and Jennifer Harding and published by Melior Via. By Aaron T. Huss Freshman Handbook is the core setting guide to the Hope Preparatory School setting for ICONS. It starts with the characters entering Hope Prep as freshmen before they are anywhere close...

Review: Adamant Entertainment – ICONS

ICONS ICONS is a complete superhero system written by Steve Kenson, Gareth-Michael Skarka, Walt Ciechanowski and Morgan Davie and published by Adamant Entertainment. By Aaron T. Huss ICONS is a rules-light superhero system based off the FUDGE and FATE systems. It is a success ranking system where the dice become modifiers to a character’s Abilities instead of the character’s Abilities...

Designer’s Diary: Melior Via – Hope Preparatory School

Hope Preparatory School Hope Preparatory School is a setting for ICONS and Mutants & Masterminds and published by Melior Via. By John Dunn Welcome to the nineteenth Designer’s Diary, a regular column where designers are given the opportunity to take readers on an in-depth ride through the design and development process of their system, setting, or product. If you’d like to share your product...