This page will detail information on the various Cartoon Action Hour products.

 

Cartoon Action Hour

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Cartoon Action Hour - ZMG 6000 - 192 page book - $24.95. PDF - $12.50.

192 pages of jampacked '80s action cartoon RPG goodness! This book has flexible rules to create your favorite '80s action cartoon characters and shows - or make up your own. In addition to normal character creation rules, you'll get separate rules for creating robots that transform, animal companions, and vehicles. You'll get lots of examples, too! Included are rules for spell clusters, goons, merging robots, etc. You'll get tips on running a pilot episode, a movie version of your series, heck, you can even roleplay the after-show message! We also give you 5 ready-to-run series and 20+ series seeds. And wait, there's more! You'll also get the Series Book, Iconia, detailing the world of Warriors of the Cosmos, a He-Man-like world complete with stats for the main heroes and villains, templates to create your own heroes, an 11-episode guide to start adventuring right away, and much more. You can get a free taste of the rules and the world of Iconia with these free demos!

Cartoon Action Hour is available as a printed 192 page book, which retails for $24.95 - you can order this directly from Z-Man Games or your favorite retailer. Also, Cartoon Action Hour is available as a PDF for $12.50 on DriveThruRPG.com!

 

After These Messages #1

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After These Messages... - Issue 1 - 45 page PDF - $5.00.

The first issue of the official Cartoon Action Hour e-magazine is ready to give fans a heaping dose of cartoon RPG goodness! The premiere issue of After These Messages... contains 45 pages of articles about Cartoon Action Hour, including GM tips and tricks, articles on new character creation methods and how to convert your favorite cartoon to Cartoon Action Hour, new rules for space combat, and a totally new series called 'Galactic Heroes', which is where Kargorr made his animated debut. You can purchase this issue through RPGnow.com, or with the PayPal button below. You can see a free demo (the "Fighting the Good Fight" article) here!

Darkness Unleashed - ZMG 6001 - 64 pages - $16.95.

Darkness Unleashed is the Series Book devoted to the 'Dark Brigade' series. The Dark Brigade is a military outfit whose archenemy is the Brotherhood of Death - a group comprised of vampires, werewolves, ghouls, zombies, and other monsters. Their goal is to make slaves of humanity. There are other groups that show up from time to time to shake things up. EVE X is a group of miliant women who mostly help the Dark Brigade, but sometimes gets in the way. For the baddies, the Order of Charr dukes it out with both the Dark Brigade and the Brotherhood of Death. The Order consists of evil sorcerers, mummies, and other esoteric creatures of the undead world.

This book is packed with hero and villain stats, modern weapon stats (as well as those weapons and gear unique to the series), vehicles, description of the main groups, an episode guide, new SAs, and even the starting adventure "The Eye of the Nile" (run at Origins 2003)!

 

Metal Wars

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Metal Wars - ZMG 6002 - 64 pages $16.95.

This Transformers-like show depicts the ongoing fight between Transbots and Warbots, and the human corporations that have sided with each faction. Most of the robots transform into mighty vehicles (fighters, tanks, etc.). Can the heroic Transbots fight both the evil Warbots and the growing anti-robot hysteria?

Metal Wars is full of stats for the heroic Transbots and the villanous Warbots, a whole chapter on how to flesh out the optional GTR rules for any giant robot series, GM help on running the genre, a series of episode seeds, and even a full adventure to get you started! Featuring artwork from Geoff Senior (from the original Marvel Transformers comic in the 80s) and Dennis Chacon (from the new Dreamwave Transformers comic)!

After These Messages... - Issue 2 - 34 page PDF - $5.00.

The second issue of the After These Messages... takes us to the wild west... in space! This 34 page issue focuses on The Outlaws of Skull Gulch, a sci-fi western series mentioned in the original Cartoon Action Hour book. Besides a heap of western goodness, issue 2 also has Transbots knockoffs, information on modern vehicles, random character creation, and the latest installment of GM help in "Behind the Screen". You can purchase this issue through RPGnow.com, or with the PayPal button below.

 

Star Warriors

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Star Warriors - ZMG 6003 - 64 page PDF (3.34megs).

Space opera hits the small screen! The heroic Star Warriors fight to protect the Universe League from the evil Lord Zarnon, his hencemen, and his legions of Cybertroops! Strap on your laser pistol and hop into your starfighter to help protect the universe!

Star Warriors contains everything that you expect from our Cartoon Action Hour Series Books - information on the Star Warriors cartoon, full writeups on the major characters (both the heroic Star Warriors and Lord Zarnon's minions), a chapter of player advice (including a revision and expansion of the space combat rules first featured in After These Messages Issue #1), GM tips on running the space opera genre, a series of episode seeds, and more!