''Robot Warriors'' is a

role-playing game A role-playing game (sometimes spelled roleplaying game, RPG) is a game in which players assume the roles of player character, characters in a fictional Setting (narrative), setting. Players take responsibility for acting out these roles within ...

published by

Hero Games Hero Games (''DOJ, Inc dba Hero Games'') is the publisher of the Hero System, a generic roleplaying rules set that can be used to simulate many different genres, and was the co-developer of the ''Fuzion'' system. History In 1981, George MacDon ...

in 1986.

Description

''Robot Warriors'' is a system of science-fiction giant-robot rules, based on the

Hero System The ''Hero System'' is a generic role-playing game system that was developed from the superhero RPG ''Champions''. After ''Champions'' fourth edition was released in 1989, a stripped-down version of its ruleset with no superhero or other genre ...

. The rulebook covers robot construction and battle rules, robot-pilot (i.e., human) character creation, combat, and skills. The game includes guidelines for campaigns, how the technology works, sample robots and characters, and an introductory scenario.

Publication history

''Robot Warriors'' was designed by

Steve Perrin Stephen Herbert Perrin (January 22, 1946 – August 13, 2021) was an American game designer and technical writer/editor, best known for creating the tabletop role-playing game ''RuneQuest'' for Chaosium. Early life and education Perrin earned a ...

and

George MacDonald George MacDonald (10 December 1824 – 18 September 1905) was a Scottish author, poet and Christian Congregational minister. He was a pioneering figure in the field of modern fantasy literature and the mentor of fellow writer Lewis Carroll. I ...

, with illustrations by Jim Holloway, and was published in 1986 by

and

Iron Crown Enterprises Iron Crown Enterprises (ICE) is a publishing company that has produced role playing, board, miniature, and collectible card games since 1980. Many of ICE's better-known products were related to J. R. R. Tolkien's world of Middle-earth, but the ''Ro ...

as a 160-page book. ''Robot Warriors'', by Steve Perrin, was the sixth RPG by Hero Games.

References

{{reflist Hero System Mecha role-playing games Role-playing games introduced in 1986 Science fiction role-playing games