Marvel to Launch Official 'MARVEL MULTIVERSE' Tabletop Role-Playing Game in 2022

Matt Forbeck announced on Twitter that he’s working on a new in-house D616 Marvel RPG due for a 2022 release! It looks like there will be an open playtest.



What’s the D617 System? “… the all-new D616 System, an accessible and easy-to-learn system for newcomers to tabletop RPGs and a natural evolution for those familiar with the most popular tabletop role-playing games on the market. Use Might, Agility, Resilience, Vigilance, Ego, and Logic to win the day, and discover your true abilities as you face impossible odds!”

Marvel to Launch Official 'MARVEL MULTIVERSE' Tabletop Role-Playing Game in 2022

Use the all-new D616 game system to embody your favorite Super Heroes and Super Villains like never before!

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[Enevhar Aldarion]

Sure. But the chances of them reworking a fundamental aspect of a game that’s due to properly launch…when? 6-8 months from now…is not what I’d call high. Like most public playtests, especially those with a price tag, it’s more a marketing gimmick than a proper playtest.

No exact date has been given, just some time in 2023, so anywhere from 8-20 months from the release of the playtest. My guess would be at least 12 months after for the finalized book to come out. We will have a better estimate once the playtest is out and we see what time frame they give for reporting playtests back to them.

 

[Jer]

I mean, the dice sound fun. But that branching / ranking power system. That reads a lot like feat chains. Ugh. I hope I’m wrong. If I’m right, I think I’d rather stick with MHR or Marvel Superheroes.

Worse IMO I don't think those look like feat chains so much as "stunt restrictions". As in you can't do the stunts named off your powers until you hit a certain rank and by the stunt.

I much prefer superhero systems where there's a stunt mechanic that lets you do the stunt without leveling up or hitting a certain level. Spend some karma or a point of determination or a hero point or allow a die roll or anything like that. Unless it's a tactical minis game (like Heroclix) half the fun of a superhero RPG is figuring out weird ways to use your powers.

 

[overgeeked]

Worse IMO I don't think those look like feat chains so much as "stunt restrictions". As in you can't do the stunts named off your powers until you hit a certain rank and by the stunt.

I much prefer superhero systems where there's a stunt mechanic that lets you do the stunt without leveling up or hitting a certain level. Spend some karma or a point of determination or a hero point or allow a die roll or anything like that. Unless it's a tactical minis game (like Heroclix) half the fun of a superhero RPG is figuring out weird ways to use your powers.

Yeah. As other threads on other forums on the topic seem to indicate, it’s going to be a class and level system. Spidey’s class is polymath and his level is 10. If I wanted that level if supers crunch I would play M&M.

 

[JEB]

If I wanted that level if supers crunch I would play M&M.

M&M was my go-to system for nearly a decade, so I feel obliged to point out that it was not, in fact, class-based. And barely level based (basically just used for balancing character builds).

It was definitely crunchier than I'd play now, though. (5E spoiled me; and I keep hoping someone will try and do a M&M-type game based on 5E instead of 3E...)

 

[Micah Sweet]

M&M was go-to system for nearly a decade, so I feel obliged to point out that it was not, in fact, class-based. And barely level based (basically just used for balancing character builds).

It was definitely crunchier than I'd play now, though. (5E spoiled me; and I keep hoping someone will try and do a M&M-type game based on 5E instead of 3E...)

At least a few people have, but as far as I can tell nothing's really broken out of the pack.

 

[JEB]

At least a few people have, but as far as I can tell nothing's really broken out of the pack.

So far every 5E-based superhero game I've encountered still depends on classes, which is kind of the deal-breaker for me. (Yes, I consider this a likely minus for Multiverse here as well, but a friend is really hyped for it so I'll give it a try.) If you know of exceptions, I'm certainly interested...

 

[overgeeked]

M&M was my go-to system for nearly a decade, so I feel obliged to point out that it was not, in fact, class-based.

Yes, I’m well aware and quite familiar with the system.

It was definitely crunchier than I'd play now, though. (5E spoiled me; and I keep hoping someone will try and do a M&M-type game based on 5E instead of 3E...)

I’m honestly surprised GR hasn’t done a Supers AGE game.

 

[Thomas Shey]

M&M was my go-to system for nearly a decade, so I feel obliged to point out that it was not, in fact, class-based. And barely level based (basically just used for balancing character builds).

It was definitely crunchier than I'd play now, though. (5E spoiled me; and I keep hoping someone will try and do a M&M-type game based on 5E instead of 3E...)

There are at least two. I'm not a fan, because I don't think a D&D chassis is particularly good for a superhero game (notably M&M swung pretty far afield from 3e, moreso over time), but they exist.

 

[Thomas Shey]

So far every 5E-based superhero game I've encountered still depends on classes, which is kind of the deal-breaker for me. (Yes, I consider this a likely minus for Multiverse here as well, but a friend is really hyped for it so I'll give it a try.) If you know of exceptions, I'm certainly interested...

Ah, yeah, far as I know all the ones to date use classes.

 

[Thomas Shey]

Yes, I’m well aware and quite familiar with the system.

I’m honestly surprised GR hasn’t done a Supers AGE game.

They've got one of the more successful superhero games already. Why compete with themselves?