| Designer(s) | Simon Burley, Peter Haines |
|---|---|
| Publisher(s) | Games Workshop |
| Publication date | 1982 (amateur) 1984 (Games Workshop) |
| Genre(s) | Superhero fiction |
| System(s) | Custom |
Golden Heroes is a superhero role-playing game that was originally written and published on an amateur basis in 1982. Games Workshop then published a more complete version in 1984. It was written by Simon Burley and Peter Haines and was illustrated by a group of artists who were working for 2000 AD at the time.
The game was published in a box, the rules books features fake bar codes and Comics Code approval badges.
The character generation system involves players rolling completely random characters. A character can only keep his full set of powers if he can justify them all in a plausible origins story. The system really strives to recreate comics, with the actions occurring in "frames" and a lot of classic comics assumptions being written into the rules.
The game is also now known as Squadron UK. A basic version is available free and the full rules are sold in PDF format.