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Giant-Size Icons: Evil Rising

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This Evil Unleashed

Evil Rising is a collection of seven exciting adventures for Icons Superpowered Roleplaying, introducing heroes to a variety of villains and their sinister schemes:

  • Grudge Match: The heroes come between to destructive powerhouses before they can destroy downtown.
  • Danger in Dunsmouth: Horror in a seaside town as a trio of witches see to raise an ancient monster from the deep.
  • Jailbreak! A test of a new super-prison becomes a death-trap at the hands of the Killer Gamemaster.
  • Murder of Crowes: The mysterious murder of a rural teenager leads to a spree of sinister attacks.
  • The RetConQuest: Heroes in an alternate timeline need to learn their true identities and overcome a villain who has changed history.
  • The Sidereal Schemes of Dr. Zodiac: Can the heroes prevent Dr. Zodiac from assembling the full power of all twelve of the Zodiac Gems?
  • The Skeletron Key: The theft of a military super-weapon leads the heroes to discover an even greater threat.

Hours of excitement and adventure as your Icons heroes overcome the threat of Evil Rising!

Get Evil Rising now at DriveThruRPG!

Stone of Shaitan

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The Mysterious Ship, the Mist-Shrouded City

The cargo ship Stone of Shaitan may be involved in smuggling illegal goods—and something far more sinister. When heroes investigate the disappearance of the ship’s crew, they discover clues to a mysterious cult, occult secrets, a being known only as “The Old Fellow,” and a scheme to loose eldritch horrors upon the world!

Stone of Shaitan stands on its own or can be a “sequel” of sorts to the classic Icons adventure Danger in Dunsmouth. It is also the next chapter in Dan’s Fall of the Phalanx series, but can be played as a stand-alone adventure.

Available now on DriveThruRPG!

Polar Vortex

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It’s a Cold Time in the Old Town Tonight!

The Cold War returns, with a vengeance! Why are Soviet-era supervillains Tungusk and Arsenal (one of them believed to be dead) trying to steal from the heroes’ headquarters, and why is former heroic sidekick Kassie Kelvin helping them? Who or what is the Ghost Chapter and what do they want? Can the heroes find out and put a stop to things before the city is blanketed in an eternal winter, or will they be draw into the Polar Vortex?

Polar Vortex is s sequel to Cold War Conundrum and the exciting first chapter of the Fall of the Phalanx series, but can also be played as a stand-alone adventure.

Available now on DriveThruRPG!

Dawn of the Daikaiju

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Up from the depths…

Thirty stories high and crackling with alien energies, it arose: the dreaded Dracostroyer! When the terrible daikaiju strides ashore in the city, are your heroes up to the challenge of stopping it? Fortunately, they have some help from unexpected quarters, including a mad scientist willing to transform them into giant monsters, and a brilliant inventor with a giant mecha in need of pilots.

Dawn of the Daikaiju is a city-stomping adventure for Icons Superpowered Roleplaying that pits your heroes against a giant destructive force. It includes details on Dracostroyer and King Mechakaiser, along with an apprendix for creating your own giant monsters to menace your city and the world!

Available now on DriveThruRPG!

Size Queen’s Humongous Holiday Heist

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Here in crime for the holidays…

Sure, the holiday season is a time of giving, but what about…taking? Join the gigantic glamazon Size Queen and her criminal crew, including the thermo-couple of Fire & Ice and the goofy Gumball for a holiday heist of humongous proportions! Of course, even glitzy Las Riqueza gets an unexpected surprise when those ill-gotten golden gains turn out to be arcane forces from the ancient world!

In this fun holiday adventure for Icons Superpowered Roleplaying, your players get a chance to see how “the other half” lives, by playing the villains! (Or you can play heroes undercover to infiltrate and do good regardless, if you must.) Can our n’er-do-wells finally do some good? Find out in Size Queen’s Humongous Holiday Heist!

Available on DriveThruRPG — and don’t forget last year’s holiday folly: Santa Claus vs. the Metaskulks! Save Christmastime from alien invaders!

Gladiator Pits of Gorn

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Battle Beneath the Earth … in the Gladiator Pits of Gorn!

A one-man earthquake threatens a local dam, but the heroes are in for a far stranger conflict than they can imagine.

Tremors lead to their abduction deep beneath the earth into the realm of the Molten Men, where they are case into the Gladiator Pits of Gorm! Can the heroes survive the challenges of Molten Men warriors, magma beasts, and more and overcome the magics of the shaman Emberglass to challenge the cruel General Gorn himself? Their freedom, and the future of the Underworld, stands in the balance.

Written and illustrated by Dan Houser, this adventure for Icons Superpowered Roleplaying is suitable for any group of heroes and a great sequel to The Terror of Tiki Pterodactyl adventure. Available now on DriveThruRPG!

Santa Claus vs. the Metaskulks

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Ho, ho, HO, heroes!

Have you been good superheroes this year? Certainly hope so, because you are going to meet the Jolly Ol’ Elf himself: Santa Claus, and have the opportunity to save him—and Christmastime—from the clutches of evil aliens in Santa Claus vs. the Metaskulks!

This whimsical adventure for Icons Superpowered Roleplaying is just the sort of thing for a little holiday heroism with friends and family. In it, the heroes help to thwart a robbery during the holiday season, and discover there is a sinister alien influence at work, not just in the city, but the whole world!

Available now on DriveThruRPG and RPGNow!

The Menace of the Man O’ Lantern!

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Beware the Menace of … the Man O’ Lantern!

Halloween in Victory City, and Crawley’s Confections is sponsoring the largest and most spectacular holiday costume parade seen in decades. That’s when trouble strikes, and our heroes have to confront a mutant menace of truly monstrous proportions, investigate a mystery from the past, and perhaps change the course of a brilliant young man’s future…all while dealing with a giant jack o’ lantern breathing radioactive fire, of course.

Written and illustrated by Dan Houser, this adventure for Icons Superpowered Roleplaying is suitable for any group of heroes and an ideal themed holiday adventure or anytime opportunity to pit your heroes against a spooky Halloween menace! Available now on DriveThruRPG and RPGNow!

Sins of the Past Revisited

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Can the Golden Age Tarnish…?

The city is honoring the legendary Golden Agents of the Second World War with a new museum, but tragedy casts a shadow over the celebration, and raises disturbing questions about America’s beloved heroes. Have “the sins of the past” come back to haunt them? Your heroes have a chance to find out, and to do something about it!

Sins of the Past is an updated new edition of a much-loved Icons adventure, written by Theron Bretz and illustrated by Dan House, including all-new art, maps, more details about the Golden Agents, plus playtest and design notes from the author, all updated for the Assembled Edition of the game, and now available on DriveThruRPG and RPGNow from Ad Infinitum Adventures!

The Terror of Tiki Pterodactyl!

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A Trip to Tropical Terror!

It was supposed to be a relaxing island cruise to get away from it all: the city, crime, would-be conquerors… but the best-laid plans…

When the cruise ship is pulled off course and attacked by strange dinosaur men, the heroes are marooned on an uncharted island and thrust into an ancient conflict between mystical forces. Can they survive the island’s hazards and save the ship’s passengers from the sinister Temple of the Spirit of Fire and overcome The Terror of Tiki Pterodactyl...?

This adventure for Icons Superpowered Roleplaying is suitable for any group of heroes and makes for a fun, off-beat change-of-pace. Give your heroes a “vacation” from the ordinary they won’t soon forget!

The Terror of Tiki Pterodactyl, written and illustrated by Dan “The Man” Houser, is now on-sale and available for download on DriveThruRPG and RPGNow!