# HERO System Rulesbook Fourth Edition

HERO System Rulesbook Fourth Edition is a board game.

- **Year published:** 1990
- **Categories:** Core Rules (min needed to play)
- **Mechanics:** Skill Based (buy or gain skills), Point Based (allocate points to get skills, powers, etc), Dice (Primarily d6), Attribute/Stat Based (STR, CON, PER, etc), Hex-based (uses hex terrain for move/combat)
- **Owned by:** 1 Ludoya players

**Designers:** Steve Peterson, George MacDonald (I), Rob Bell (I)

**Artists:** John Stracuzzi, George Pérez

**Publishers:** Hero Games

## Links

- [This page](https://www.ludoya.com/games/hero-system-rulesbook-fourth-edition)
- [HERO System Rulesbook Fourth Edition in the Ludoya app](https://app.ludoya.com/g/hero-system-rulesbook-fourth-edition)
- [BoardGameGeek entry](https://rpggeek.com/rpgitem/45583)

_Data from Ludoya, updated 2026-10-31. Ratings, ownership and play counts are Ludoya's own._