Midnight Heroes: Mystical Superhero Roleplaying

Mystical superhero roleplaying powered by Fate!

They say that the world ended. That the entire omniverse was eaten up and everyone died, but that the heroes dragged us back from the precipice and saved everything. Again. The truth is somewhere close to that. As Reality heals, the fact that the universe died and was reborn slowly fades from the minds of most people. Memories realign to the truth that this is the world that has always existed and that the death and destruction that came before is just a dream that few remember. This new pattern of reality is not yet set, however, and is open to tampering and manipulation. Ancient gods, demonic powers, and new cults all seek to shape Reality to suit their own ends. Against these threats stand the Midnight Heroes – crusaders of myth and magic who stand in the shadows and face the darkness.

Midnight Heroes is a role-playing game of mystical superheroes powered by the Fate gaming engine. Set in a world recovering from a great omniversal disaster, players are mages, investigators, and magical vigilantes dedicated to defending fragile Reality as new threats arise from dark realms and old menaces are reborn in strange new forms.

• Inspired by magical superhero comics and movies such as Dr Strange,
• Hellblazer/Constantine, Justice League Dark, Spawn, and Moon Knight.
• Powered by the flexible and group-driven Fate system. The worlds of superhero comic-books are flexible and evolving, and Fate allows for easy customization for an individual group.
• While the basics of the setting and lore of the world are outlines, the final shape of the setting is formed by decisions made at the table, making this an ideal game for new gamers.
• Part of a growing line of compatible and combinable standalone games covering a variety of superhero genres and character types.

Christopher Helton is a blogger and cultural commentator who has previously written for pop culture websites such as Bleeding Cool and EN World. Introduced to comics before they could even really read and to roleplaying by D&D in 1979, they have sought to combine these two great loves ever since. Christopher has worked on games from companies such as Outland Entertainment, Battlefield Press, and Gallant Knight Games. Their now infrequently updated blog can be found at dorkland.blogspot.com.