Posts from [DEVELOPMENTS] - Heroes is not only a game, but also a book!

Long ago, I played this game for the first time... and simply got hooked: I would rush home from school as fast as possible to find out how one campaign or another would end!!! I also loved recreating scenes from the game in my mind. Later, I tried to write a novella (about the game, naturally), but since I lack perseverance, the venture failed somewhere after 10 pages of text...


And now I have found those who share my interest in Heroes. I intend to write a book and, of course, I would like to secure your help and support!

I will use an old title - Beyond the Mountains.

This book is not about a single hero, but about the entire HUGE WORLD OF HEROES!

If anyone has suggestions regarding the plot, which races to include, or which units - then write me!!!!

What makes an RPG not a book?;)

An RPG is more of a question-and-answer format than a book; moreover, the ideas are scattered and very specific and concise.

Ahem... May I add a word? Thank you. As an aspiring science fiction writer, I would like to see what you have written so far :o. It's still interesting ;) I have written far more than one, or even ten stories, so I can offer some good advice... In general, if it's not too much trouble, please send me your drafts :D.

Unfortunately, all I have are drafts – handwritten! But I can briefly outline the main idea: The book is written as a diary, initially from the perspective of a single character, a dwarf. However, as the book progresses, the dwarf sacrifices himself. Because Alvin, once a great mage and now a Necromancer, was cursed by his brethren (who, by that time, were not as well-versed in black magic). He rises 400 years after his death, having learned the meaning of magic and remembering his past life. He creates a Golem, imbuing it with the soul not of a simple warrior, but of Gaish, the greatest and most ruthless tyrant in the history of the world (by the way, I don't know what to call this world!). Alvin raises thousands of warriors (in short, he creates an empire called the NECROMANCERs), and joins forces with vampires, etc. So, the Golem turns out to be a Blood Titan (mages had never done this before; Titans didn't exist!). This Titan was impervious to arrows, swords, or magic. But there was a legend that somewhere in the mountains, there was a ruined tomb of the stingy dwarf, Hekin, who possessed a magical pickaxe capable of destroying anything, but in exchange for the owner's soul (if you strike with the pickaxe even once, you will become so greedy that you will go to the mountains and endlessly chip away at the walls until your strength fails you). What did the dwarf do? But his father was a miner and rarely saw the light of day; he always wanted to know what was beyond the mountains, but never found out. His son also hadn't been beyond the mountains and decided to fulfill his father's wish to cross the mountains and record everything he saw. Dying after one of the battles, he passes the book on to a HUMAN, and a new chapter, a new story begins, also with a war between the alliance (humans, mages, elves, dwarves) and the union of dark forces (Necromancers, Orcs (possibly Orcs will be neutral), Inferno). That's it.

{EK, regarding "RPG is not a book" But look at it from a broader perspective, a broader perspective!!! Don't focus on specific heroes... Take the IDEA-PLOT (and you'll get a great book:):):) Like the late Salvatore's book about "The Dark Elf")

This is quite challenging; everyone writes about something different, has their own perspective, and their own wisdom. The answers are scattered, and many write from an ideal (noble) point of view – not to steal, to help the weak, to save positive heroes, and to kill only negative ones. You need not only to imagine yourself in the hero's place but also to think about what you would do if this were not a book or a game, but real life in the world of heroes.

Jack, I agree with you. Write about the heroes and the world of heroes, not about THEIR RPG. Lately, I've been visiting the portal and seeing ONLY RPGs!!!! It feels like people have forgotten about the heroes altogether. Maybe we should change the website:mad: :mad: :mad:.

I had some ideas, yes. Just recently, I had a brilliant one. I forgot it, though. :(

Anyway, I support the idea, although I don't really like writing a lot myself – I'd rather contribute ideas...

It's difficult to extract anything from an RPG without participating in it. For an outsider, reading more than 20 pages of text that they don't fully understand can be challenging. Moreover, there are usually around 3 groups of players, each writing at their own convenient time, which can lead to inconsistencies, making it even harder to navigate and find any worthwhile ideas. An RPG is more like a collection of unexpected and logical solutions to various situations that arise from, let's say, collective creativity.
An RPG on a portal is a text-based game, primarily interesting for its participants, but it's not a book.

I support the idea! Well done! If you want to draw inspiration from something, I can give you a book based on the game Heroes 3...
Gurova Alexandra - Heroes of Might and Magic, if you decide to, let me know.

I can also offer some advice, if needed. :)

I plan to start writing as soon as I finish my exams, but beforehand, I'd like to gather some ideas. If anyone has any suggestions, please share them.

Well, firstly, the idea of writing a book about the ENTIRE world in general, in my opinion, is very complex. You'll inevitably have to introduce several main characters.
It seems to me that it's better to write about local, small events that influence the global ones...

regarding the wording of the topic itself, let's reason logically...
What are heroes if not an EPIC (and those who disagree can fight through the entire campaign as a PEASANT against the AZURE DRAGONS:mad:), so... Heroes are an EPIC, and an epic is a genre of literature (any textbook on this very literature for 9th grade). Therefore, the game has always been a gamification of numerous fantasy novels...
I have another question: would it be possible to write such a book that could later be used to create a film script??? by the way, would you go to see such a MOVIE????