Western Hero is a 1991 role-playing supplement for "Hero System" published by Hero Games/Iron Crown Enterprises.
Contents.
"Western Hero" is a supplement in which adventures can be run using the style of Western films or using historical recreation.
Publication history.
Shannon Appelcline noted that after "Hero System" was published as a universal game system, full genre supplements were released, "The new genres included "Ninja Hero" (1990), "Western Hero" (1991), "Cyber Hero" (1993) and "Horror Hero" (1994). Matt Forbeck's "Western Hero" was a notable experiment among these releases because it was a near copy of the "Rolemaster" genre book "Outlaw" (1991). By this time ICE was no longer publishing the dual-statted "Campaign Classics" but they still made this final attempt to share resources between the two games."
Reception.
Sean Holland reviewed "Western Hero" in "White Wolf" #29 (Oct./Nov., 1991), rating it a 2 out of 5 and stated that "Overall, I found that while "Western Hero" was strong on roleplaying and adventuring, it suffers from a great lack of historical research which ultimately cripples even its attempts at pure escapist Western adventures."
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