Character du Jour: Doctor Oculus
“I remember,” the old man uttered, breaking the silence of the dust laden room, “he was always such a clumsy boy, forever bumping and bashing into furniture and bookshelves. But …
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Lets build a superhero
It’s time to take another trip into the wonderful world of ICONS! I am going to build a new superhero completely from scratch using nothing but pen, paper and a …
Read MoreHuge news: Adamant’s New “App-Pricing” Model
Just before Christmas, the good folks at Adamant Entertainment dropped the price of all their PDF products to just $1. Considering these are the guys who released the utterly lovely …
Read MoreCaptain London
From the Short & Sweet Department: Here’s Captain London’s stats for ICONS, all primed and ready for play. For comparison purposes he weighs in at 60 points, more than the …
Read MoreLazy building Icon City
There’s a fine art to being a LazyGM. It takes hard work & dedication – and throws them out the window. The true LazyGM instead uses that most limitless and …
Read MoreIt’s the end of the world as we know it
….. and I feel fine. Just five short sessions to go in our Endday Campaign, and it will all be over. Literally over, because that’s when the world ends. Sorry …
Read MoreCombining Risus and ICONS: I got your awesome mixed in my awesome
Risus is great. ICONS is great. So what happens if we combine the two? The usual rule is that Cool Isn’t Additive – you can’t make something already cool even …
Read MoreGalactus versus Thor! An ICONS sample combat
Last time I presented a sample superhero combat on my humble blog, it was for Mutants & Masterminds, and intentionally street-level in style. This time around, let’s ramp up the …
Read MoreBuilding Iron Man: a Marvel to ICONS conversion
Just to get more of a handle on ICONS‘ power levels, I converted Iron Man over from the Classic Marvel RPG. Here’s how it went. If you want to follow …
Read More10 Things to like about the ICONS RPG
1. Beer & Pretzels superhero role-playing I don’t mean that this is a game about Beer & Pretzels in the same way that D&D is about Dungeons & Dragons (though …
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