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The name "RC Universe" comes from two basic sources. The obvious one is reminiscent of the term a major comic book publisher uses to refer to the universe where its stories take place. And, for the record, my comic collection has more titles from that publisher than any other. The other part comes from where most of my original players and I were matriculating nineteen years ago. It was Rockford College, in Rockford, Illinois. It was cute, it fit, my game-mastering mentor did the same thing when he was at Augustana College, and it was more group-oriented than "Earth-K". It may not be so meaningful now, but it is good to hold onto your roots. At least that's what the players who didn't go to Rockford tell me. |
| The RC Universe is set in the present; give or take a few weeks. However, time passes slower here than in the real world. We have adopted a policy of using "comic book time". Characters age slowly, and major events are referred to as being a number of years ago, rather than a specific date. The face of politics has changed. Technology has changed. Monorails run across the landscape next to superhighways carrying solar powered cars. But, of course, the major difference is that metahumans and trained paranormals choose to wear gaudy costumes and try to change the world. |
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Many people have run several RCU campaigns over the years. My own is the "anchor" - the Champions of Justice, which is run both face-to-face and PbEM. My friend Jim Caswell has run quite a few RCU campaigns over the past decade, and for the RCU pretty much is my right hand. Our friends, Doug Zeitlin, Neil Lindgren, Andy Fox, and Jason Hobbs have all been major contributors as well. This website is an over view of that world and, eventually, to all of the campaigns. I'm proud of the work that we've done. I've had a lot of fun, and I feel safe in saying that the others have too. So come on in, the water is fine. |
And another big thank you to Matt, my brother and a fine role player, whose technical expertise, willingness to teach, and overall gererosity make this website possible. This is a huge co-operative effort. Every person who has played in any of the campaigns detailed here has added significantly to the RC Universe. It is appreciated.
Please excuse the mess as we are in a constant state of updating. If you have any questions or comments, please contact either Jim at Jim@RCUhero.net or me at Kenn@RCUhero.net. Welcome, we're glad to see you. |
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Kenn Hallaron
a.k.a. Kenn, the Continuity Cop
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Salutations. The RC Universe is a role-playing environment. More specifically, it is a shared campaign world for a number of super hero style campaigns using the Hero System (formerly known as "Champions") from Hero Games; we're middway through a conversion from fourth to fifth editions. There have been several campaigns set in this world; many of them table-top, but some that are play by e-mail games as well. There have been games set in the RC Universe for nearly two decades now.
