launching a "new wave of third-party" publication which used the d20 System, however, many other publishers had already begun creating modern and science-fiction d20 System publications before the release of d20 Modern. This new wave included hundreds of third-party publications alongside the additional ten d20 Modern books Wizards of the Coast released. Appelcline wrote that "Sword & Sorcery was probably the most noticeable, with their licensed version of Gamma World (2003-2004), though they covered their bets by saying the books could be used with D&D 3e or d20 Modern. But, many other publishers put out large d20 Modern lines. Some of the most notable were Adamant's Thrilling Tales (2005-2007) and Mars (2006-2007) line, Green Ronin's varied d20 Modern rules and settings, which culminated in Damnation Decade (2006), and Mongoose's new editions of the classic Macho Women with Guns (2003, 2005)". Everyday Heroes In 2022, Jeff Grubb – co-creator of d20 Modern – announced an upcoming role-playing system titled Everyday Heroes which is based on the 5th edition Dungeons & Dragons ruleset via Wizard's Open Game License. Sigfried Trent, one of the lead designers, described the game as merger of "the theme, the setting, the mood, the feeling of d20 Modern" and "the rules, the simplicity, and the modularity of 5e". Polygon called Everyday Heroes a "spiritual successor" to d20 Modern. This system will be published by Evil Genius Games and will include licensed settings such as Escape from New York, Highlander, Kong: Skull Island, Pacific Rim, Rambo, The Crow, Total Recall, and Universal Soldier. See also Alternity Star*Drive Dark•Matter StarCraft Adventures Darwin's World Dungeons & Dragons Gamma World References External links Modern System Reference Documents D20 System publications Cyberpunk role-playing games Role-playing games introduced in 2002