M&M - 1st vs 2nd Edition products

[Marcon]

I'm starting to look into Mutants & Masterminds and, as much as I love seeing a line of products getting so many books and e-books from 3rd party publishers, I sometimes find it confusing to know what is 2nd Edition compatible and what is not.

Being a complete beginner, I don't want to buy mixed-up stuff. Sometimes a book will clearly state, either in the title or in the product description, that it has been upgraded to use the 2nd edition rules but more often than not it won't.

Has anyone ever bothered to come up with a list of what is 2nd edition-compatible? Is there a way I could easily find this information all by myself?

-Marcon

 

[Ben Robbins]

Release date might be your best indicator. No M&M Superlink products were released for 1st Edition once 2nd Edition came out in Aug 2005. When I released Zodiac Ring it was the first 2nd Edition Superlink product, so it's an easy landmark for me to remember anyway. Some publishers updated products that were released earlier for 2E, but those should be marked as compatible.

But I agree completely that it's confusing. The online stores should separate the products into two categories to make it clearer.

 

[Swack-Iron]

Has anyone ever bothered to come up with a list of what is 2nd edition-compatible? Is there a way I could easily find this information all by myself?

It just so happens this very same topic just came up at The Atomic Think Tank, which is the official boards for Mutants & Masterminds. You can find a list of 1st vs. 2nd ed. products, as well as discussion around that topic, at this thread.

 

[Ben Robbins]

It just so happens this very same topic just came up at The Atomic Think Tank, which is the official boards for Mutants & Masterminds. You can find a list of 1st vs. 2nd ed. products, as well as discussion around that topic, at this thread.

The thread only covers Green Ronin products, not Superlink (aka 3rd party), so there's still a lot of room for confusion.

 

[Weylan]

I'm starting to look into Mutants & Masterminds and, as much as I love seeing a line of products getting so many books and e-books from 3rd party publishers, I sometimes find it confusing to know what is 2nd Edition compatible and what is not.

Being a complete beginner, I don't want to buy mixed-up stuff. Sometimes a book will clearly state, either in the title or in the product description, that it has been upgraded to use the 2nd edition rules but more often than not it won't.

Has anyone ever bothered to come up with a list of what is 2nd edition-compatible? Is there a way I could easily find this information all by myself?

-Marcon

Marcon, here's a list of the M&M 2E compatible Superlink products currently available (at least the ones that I know of):

• 13 Shades of Darkness 2.0
  
• A Matter of Family
  
• Algernon Files 2.0
  
• Amazing Triple Action #1
  
• Autumn Arbor Campaign Setting
  
• Day of Dr. Null
  
• Death of Dr. Null
  
• Dr. Null: Battle on the Bay Bridge
  
• Enemies A to Z: Angrrl 2.0
  
• Enemies A to Z: Bandito Rojo 2.0
  
• Enemies A to Z: Chaos Factor 2.0
  
• Enemies A to Z: Darkling 2.0
  
• Enemies A to Z: Ectoplasmic Man 2.0
  
• Enemies A to Z: Ferrous Oxide 2.0
  
• Escape from Alcatraz
  
• Fires of War: the Algernon Files Volume 2
  
• Godsend Agenda Superlink Conversion
  
• Growing Up Super -- Part One: Powerful Conception
  
• Growing Up Super -- Part Two: Born To Fly
  
• Growing Up Super -- Part Three: When Toddlers Attack
  
• Growing Up Super -- Part Four: Kids Do the Darndest Things
  
• Hunter Prey: Of Gods and Men
  
• McGuffin's Guide to Spacecraft Construction
  
• McGuffin's Spacecraft Construction Update #1
  
• Metahuman Mystics & Supernatural Supers
  
• Metahuman Mystics & Supernatural Supers 2
  
• Mirror Universe :: Volume 1
  
• Mirror Universe :: Volume 2
  
• Mirror Universe :: Volume 3
  
• Mirror Universe :: Volume 4
  
• Powers & Perils #1: Orwell Industries
  
• PZP: Mooks Amok #1
  
• OMNI-Database 1: Femme Fatale
  
• Roll Call '06
  
• Sons of the Gun
  
• Superior Synergy: Superheroic
  
• Superline #3: Blast from the Past
  
• Superline #4: Hell's Belles
  
• Superline #5: Dinosaurs!
  
• Superline #6: Hit the Beach!
  
• Superline Gamemaster's Series: A Fist Full of Plot Devices, #1
  
• Superline Campaign Planner
  
• Superline Campaign Planner 2
  
• Superlink Secret Files: Organized Crime
  
• The Graveyard Gang
  
• The Journal of Franklin Von Mookenstein
  
• The Neighborhood, Volume One 2.0
  
• The Paint
  
• The Promise of Purgatory
  
• The Sting of Death
  
• Thrilling Tales: Pulp Archetypes
  
• Villains for 2.0
  
• When Villains Attack
  
• Zodiac Ring

 

[Ben Robbins]

Nice list J.A.! Want to add Dr Null: Battle on the Bay Bridge in there? It's free so it's cleverly not on the main Superlink page.

 

[Weylan]

Nice list J.A.! Want to add Dr Null: Battle on the Bay Bridge in there? It's free so it's cleverly not on the main Superlink page.

Will do, Ben! I thought I was missing a Dr. Null title, but I just couldn't figure where it would be.

 

[ZombieButch]

The Graveyard Gang is a 2nd Edition product as well. (As will all future Zombie Nirvana Superlink books, natch!)

 

[Weylan]

The Graveyard Gang is a 2nd Edition product as well. (As will all future Zombie Nirvana Superlink books, natch!)

It's up there, Butch.

Maybe it should go under 'G' rather than 'T' . . .

 

[Marcon]

"Wow" is the only word that comes to mind. Everyday I'm impressed with how people on these boards go out of their way to help others. THANK YOU VERY MUCH Weylan, I'll be sure to bookmark this thread.

-Marcon