Cartoon Action Hour is a role-playing game (RPG) designed to emulate classic action-adventure cartoons, such as ThunderCats, He-Man, Transformers, G.I. Joe, Visionaries, Inhumanoids, Centurions, Thundarr the Barbarian, M.A.S.K., and Bravestarr.
It was e-published by Spectrum Games as a PDF role-playing game in early 2002,
Season two
Season Two of Cartoon Action Hour was released on Oct 31, 2008 as a PDF on RPGNow.com. On December 16, 2008, the print version of the book was placed on Lulu. The rule book feature three series, Warriors of Cosmos (a science-fiction fantasy in the style of He-Man), Strikeforce Freedom (a G.I. Joe with Cobra being replaced by a spider-theme terrorist group) and Transbots (a "Transforming Robots" series in which the robots are built and work for rival companies.)
Changes between Season 1 and Season 2
- Character Points are replaced by Proof of Purchase Points.
- Players creates their character's Traits
- Hurt Points don't exist anymore. 'Setback Tokens' replaces these. Four 'Setback Tokens" and the character is defeated.
- Subplots are Season Two's Story Hooks, but with OOMPH instead of EXP.
Season Three
Season Three of Cartoon Action Hour was released on Nov. 8, 2013.