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Endymon32 · 12-28-2003, 10:03 AM

Anyone play Superhero roleplaying games? I mean games with dice and paper, not computer games. I do, I play Villians and Vigilantes. Just checking to see if I am the only one.

dragonhawk · 12-28-2003, 07:11 PM

Used to play Champions, V&V, Superhero 2044, Marvel Superheros, the DC game that came out.

I love superhero games!

Phaenx · 12-28-2003, 07:36 PM

There's a new mmorpg coming out about Super Heroes. Maybe that's something you'd enjoy.

www.cityofheroes.com

Personally, I think the employees there are a bunch of ass faces, but I'll still probably play their game.

GakFace · 12-29-2003, 12:39 AM

BLOOD OF HEROES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I wanna play a game

Pulsar Games bought the rights to MEGS the system by Mayfair games. (I wanna play)Mayfair did DC Heroes, now Pulsar games has updated rules and powers and the ability to make villians and plain ol "anti-heroes" vigilante? (please play?)or just that greedy guy that's no villian, but likes to knock off heroes and take their loot..

(I wanna play)Its no longer DC.. so there are (I wanna play)no DC references, and from that they have created a world of their own, which is cool.

Did I mention yet that I wanna play?

....
arg.... see above statement.

losthellhound · 12-29-2003, 12:42 AM

Ive played the Paladium version.. It was pretty good if you got creative players who just didnt recycle Marvel and DC characters

GakFace · 12-29-2003, 02:25 AM

I refuse to recycle characters.. there's no fun in that

manalone · 12-29-2003, 05:12 PM

http://www.herogames.com/FreeStuff/hero5docs.htm
hero is way cool, but highly simulationist. Pair it with Champions and you have a well balanced but complex system.

http://www.peginc.com/OurGames/SavageWorlds.htm
Savage worlds would also be good, for a more cinematic quick and dirty game, but you will have work to do to set it up.

http://arcdream.com/godlike/
godlike is a cool game set in the 30's/40's with wacky system.

Endymon32 · 12-29-2003, 10:12 PM

Cool glad to know I am not alone.

losthellhound · 12-30-2003, 12:23 AM

roleplayers are never alone

sometimes we wish we were though (tee hee)

Moonduck · 12-30-2003, 11:51 AM

Not currently (though I am running Adventure! currently, which is sort of a superhero game. Pulp action heroes were the forebears of superheroes). Played/ran a lot of SH games in the past though.

Champions/HERO System (lots)
GURPS Supers (not much, too deadly)
V&V (not much)
Heroes Unlimited (Palladium, quite a bit)
TWERPS Supers (admit, you have too)
DC Heroes
Aberrant (minimally)
Marvel Super Heores (the old one, so very much and so very often)

I've read a bit into Silver Age Sentinels, but didn't really dig it. There's another d20 offering out right now that is supposed to be extremely good, can't recall the name though. Something like Mutants & Masterminds, though that might be the name of a supplement for it.

I love the genre, but find that I don't run it well anymore. I stopped reading comics about a decade ago out of irritation at the industry, and steadily lost touch with the feel for the superhero genre. It helps that my group isn't really into that style of game too. I've a couple of players that enjoy it, but aren't any good at it, a couple that hate it passionately, and one that likes it and can actually play it.

12-28-2003, 10:03 AM	#1 (permalink)
Endymon32 Banned	Role Playing Superheros Anyone play Superhero roleplaying games? I mean games with dice and paper, not computer games. I do, I play Villians and Vigilantes. Just checking to see if I am the only one.

12-28-2003, 07:11 PM	#2 (permalink)
dragonhawk Psycho Location: In Games.	Used to play Champions, V&V, Superhero 2044, Marvel Superheros, the DC game that came out. I love superhero games! __________________ ---------------------------------------------- "Our lives begin to end the day we become silent about things that matter." Rev. Martin Luther King, Jr.

12-28-2003, 07:36 PM	#3 (permalink)
Phaenx The Northern Ward Location: Columbus, Ohio	There's a new mmorpg coming out about Super Heroes. Maybe that's something you'd enjoy. www.cityofheroes.com Personally, I think the employees there are a bunch of ass faces, but I'll still probably play their game. __________________ "I went shopping last night at like 1am. The place was empty and this old woman just making polite conversation said to me, 'where is everyone??' I replied, 'In bed, same place you and I should be!' Took me ten minutes to figure out why she gave me a dirty look." --Some guy

12-29-2003, 12:39 AM	#4 (permalink)
GakFace Go Ninja, Go Ninja Go!! Location: IN, USA	I wanna Play BLOOD OF HEROES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I wanna play a game Pulsar Games bought the rights to MEGS the system by Mayfair games. (I wanna play)Mayfair did DC Heroes, now Pulsar games has updated rules and powers and the ability to make villians and plain ol "anti-heroes" vigilante? (please play?)or just that greedy guy that's no villian, but likes to knock off heroes and take their loot.. (I wanna play)Its no longer DC.. so there are (I wanna play)no DC references, and from that they have created a world of their own, which is cool. Did I mention yet that I wanna play? .... arg.... see above statement. __________________ RoboBlaster: Welcome to the club! Not that I'm in the club. And there really isn'a a club in the first place. But if there was a club and if I was in it, I would definitely welcome you to it.

12-29-2003, 12:42 AM	#5 (permalink)
losthellhound Thats MR. Muffin Face now Location: Everywhere work sends me	Ive played the Paladium version.. It was pretty good if you got creative players who just didnt recycle Marvel and DC characters __________________ "Life is possible only with illusions. And so, the question for the science of mental health must become an absolutely new and revolutionary one, yet one that reflects the essence of the human condition: On what level of illusion does one live?" -- Ernest Becker, The Denial of Death

12-29-2003, 02:25 AM	#6 (permalink)
GakFace Go Ninja, Go Ninja Go!! Location: IN, USA	I refuse to recycle characters.. there's no fun in that __________________ RoboBlaster: Welcome to the club! Not that I'm in the club. And there really isn'a a club in the first place. But if there was a club and if I was in it, I would definitely welcome you to it.

12-29-2003, 05:12 PM	#7 (permalink)
manalone Once upon a time...	http://www.herogames.com/FreeStuff/hero5docs.htm hero is way cool, but highly simulationist. Pair it with Champions and you have a well balanced but complex system. http://www.peginc.com/OurGames/SavageWorlds.htm Savage worlds would also be good, for a more cinematic quick and dirty game, but you will have work to do to set it up. http://arcdream.com/godlike/ godlike is a cool game set in the 30's/40's with wacky system. __________________ -- Man Alone ======= Abstainer: a weak person who yields to the temptation of denying himself a pleasure. Ambrose Bierce, The Devil's Dictionary.

12-29-2003, 10:12 PM	#8 (permalink)
Endymon32 Banned	Cool glad to know I am not alone.

12-30-2003, 12:23 AM	#9 (permalink)
losthellhound Thats MR. Muffin Face now Location: Everywhere work sends me	roleplayers are never alone sometimes we wish we were though (tee hee) __________________ "Life is possible only with illusions. And so, the question for the science of mental health must become an absolutely new and revolutionary one, yet one that reflects the essence of the human condition: On what level of illusion does one live?" -- Ernest Becker, The Denial of Death

12-30-2003, 11:51 AM	#10 (permalink)
Moonduck Junkie Location: SE USA	Not currently (though I am running Adventure! currently, which is sort of a superhero game. Pulp action heroes were the forebears of superheroes). Played/ran a lot of SH games in the past though. Champions/HERO System (lots) GURPS Supers (not much, too deadly) V&V (not much) Heroes Unlimited (Palladium, quite a bit) TWERPS Supers (admit, you have too) DC Heroes Aberrant (minimally) Marvel Super Heores (the old one, so very much and so very often) I've read a bit into Silver Age Sentinels, but didn't really dig it. There's another d20 offering out right now that is supposed to be extremely good, can't recall the name though. Something like Mutants & Masterminds, though that might be the name of a supplement for it. I love the genre, but find that I don't run it well anymore. I stopped reading comics about a decade ago out of irritation at the industry, and steadily lost touch with the feel for the superhero genre. It helps that my group isn't really into that style of game too. I've a couple of players that enjoy it, but aren't any good at it, a couple that hate it passionately, and one that likes it and can actually play it.