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'''''Dark Champions''''' is a game published by [[Hero Games]] using its [[Hero System]] rules to simulate the action-adventure genre.

|title= Dark Champions

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|designer= [[Steve Long (game designer)|Steven S. Long]]

|publisher= [[Hero Games]]

|date= [[2004]] (2nd edition)

|genre= [[Action film|action]]-[[Adventure film|adventure]], modern

|system= [[Hero System]]

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'''''Dark Champions''''' is a game published by [[Hero Games]] using its [[Hero System]] rules to simulate the action-adventure genre.

When the original ''Dark Champions'' book was published in the early 1990s, its focus was on dark vigilantes in a [[superhero]] or quasi-superhero setting, focusing on adventures similar to those of [[Batman]], the [[Punisher]], and others. The edition provoked some controversy upon its release because of an emphasis on The [[Harbinger of Justice]], an extraordinarily powerful and murderous vigilante who was the setting's signature character.

The second edition, published in 2004, emphasizes general [[Action film|action]]-[[Adventure film|adventure]] scenarios such as one might find in the adventures of [[James Bond]], [[Lara Croft]], [[The A-Team]], the [[Die Hard]] and [[Lethal Weapon]] movies, and so forth, though costumed vigilantes are still considered a subgenre (given detail in a supplement, ''Dark Champions: The Animated Series''). Harbinger still appears but is somewhat de-emphasized.

Dark Champions also introduced the [[Hudson City]] campaign setting, which has been expanded with further supplements.