The new engine for Marvel Superheroes is out, now. I don't know if
you've seen it, but it uses a deck of cards instead of dice to generate
random values. It sounds kind of cool, but I'm afraid I don't know anything
more about it. Apparently, it's not anything like the old system, except for
the ability to develop 'stunts' on the fly. Which was a function of the old
game that I really liked.
It's called SAGA, although I can't remember what it stands for...Action
will be one of the words in it, somewhere, I'd say.
-----Original Message-----
From: Darth Stomper
To: gmast@phoenyx.net
Date: Thursday, 6 July 2000 03:09
Subject: GM: Superhero systems?
>I know superhero games aren't the most popular these days, but I know that
>enough listmembers have experience in this area they might have some
>insights.
>
>My crew around here has been itching for a superhero game, a good
>old-fashioned four-color (or as reasonable a facsimile as this crew can
pull
>off, anyhow). The problem...what system? We refuse to use GURPS Supers,
>because we aren't THAT silly. Champions would be ideal, but it's math
>intensive, and while some of us can handle it, we have one or two relative
>novices in the group who would be lost. The more free-form alternatives
>also came up (i.e., the old Marvel Super Heroes, which we still have copies
>of floating around), which would be great for the inexperienced crowd, but
>would drive the more experienced folks (and the GM) into the asylum. Even
>Aberrant would work, if techno-types didn't get shafted so badly (and it
>wasn't so tied to its background, and...)
>
>So the question is: Does anybody know of a good "general audiences" set of
>rules which could pull off the genre flexibly, without requiring a
>scientific calculator? Or are we just plain screwed?
>
> ---Darth Stomper--
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> Thaumaturgy and Heronism (S.I.T.H)
>GURPS fan - GMAST-L Old One (once banished)
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>
>
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