Mission Statement for "HeroPress - The Knight City Chronicles": To provide an online storytelling experience that is a fusion of Buffy The Vampire Slayer and the myths of HP Lovecraft with the sensibilities and plotting of Marvel comics.
Last night while pondering over the seeming lack of interest in the new HeroPress, I came up with the above "mission statement" - because it dawned on me that maybe I hadn't explained my intentions with the game clearly enough. I know Clare gets it - as her support shows - but perhaps I had led other people to believe that the game was going to be pure superheroes (like the old HeroPress).
It is possible to play low-level superheroes in the new game (what are Buffy and Angel if not superheroes sans cape and mask?), and I would encourage people to explore the idea of creating characters inspired by such luminaries as Stephen Strange, Iron Fist, Daredevil, Luke Cage etc (ironically, the 'Marvel Knights' character stable). But the new HeroPress allows for so much more - from Jack Bauer security/military types to film noir private eyes, from Lovecraftian academics to tough-as-nails survivors and plucky investigative journalists.
As I've said before, I see this as a new HeroPress for the 21st Century - with postal communication replaced by electronic trickery - and so the setting and background has morphed with the times, but (hopefully) all the original features are still there ... waiting for players to uncover them and enjoy.
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