D20 Marvel

[Neo]

As far as I know, it was never Wizards. There was a third party company trying to obtain the rights - I think they got close, but alas it's not to be - to make a d20 Marvel game, but that appears to have fallen through. Marvel's newest RPG incarnation will be from the folks who wrote the Paranoia game and apparently will resemble the Saga system in that it will be diceless (d0?).

Paranoia? so Games Workshop now have the Marvel License? seems odd they are more your tabletop Wargames kinda folks than RPG's... especially these days.

Still if they could do as good a job of Marvel as they did of Judge Dredd way back....it wouldn;t be all bad.... but i would have thought if GW have the license there would be some tabletop combat game and a mass of expensive miniatures to go with it.

 

[quindia]

That was West End Games, not Games Workshop, unless WEG was part of GW? Also, I get the impression it is the creator of Paranoia, not the publisher (i.e. the Gary Gygax or Monte Cook of Paranoia, not the TSR or WOtC).

 

[John Lorenzsonn]

Warning! Shameless plug ahead!

There's a newly released(Friday, that is) d20 supers game out there by the name of Deeds Not Words at the following address:
www.allforart.com/cryptosnarkgames/ . The final version of the document should be shipping by tomorrow. It's a PDF, 300+ pages in length. The site has plenty of promo material, I recommend y'all check it out.

 

[bolen]

and my good friend has another system out at


http://www.rpgnow.com/product_info.php?products_id=230

It is quite good as well

 

[javadragon]

[Deeds Not Words] I love it so Far

I must say that this is a really meaty game (first book is 318 pages) jam packed with everything you need to play a supers game. To see more of My comments check out the thread http://enworld.cyberstreet.com/showthread.php?s=&threadid=18516 . I'm planning to do a full review later on.

 

[Cwylric]

Paragon 2.0 and V:2020 1.0 Released!

For those who are interested, Paragon 2.0 Final and Vancouver: 2020 1.0 Final have just been released and can be obtained at www.rpghoard.com in the Systems - Miscellaneous section.

For those who haven't heard of it before, Paragon is a 104 page tome with systems for creating and playing superhuman characters in a modern or post-modern setting, using a variation on the d20 system (you may remember it, in its earlier incarnation, as d20 Supers). It has new races, classes (normal and prestige), skills, feats (lots), and over sixty powers, each with three power levels and many variations, based on Amplifiers and Reducers.

Vancouver: 2020 is Paragon's premiere character and shared universe campaign sourcebook. Clocking in at 120 pages, with a gorgeous full color cover and b&w interior art, this is a compendium of 50 characters, world information, and rules updates (for those still using older versions of Paragon).

As usual, up-to-the-minute information about both Paragon and Vancouver: 2020 can be found on the author's weblog, at:
http://cwylric.diaryland.com/

 

[Turgenev]

One of the first Superhero RPGs, Villains & Vigilantes, had levels. Had a very big following at one time.

V&V was THE first superhero rpg and I would go as far to say it is the original "d20" supers game. It indeed has levels, but no classes. A d20 supers game has to be really good before I switch from the V&V system.

Cheers,
Tim

 

[EarthsShadow]

I thought Heroes Unlimited or Champions came first, then Marvel.

 

[Turgenev]

I thought Heroes Unlimited or Champions came first, then Marvel.

V&V was first published in 1979 and again in 1982 (2nd edition). Champions was next in 1981 and Heroes Unlimited in 1984. Then Marvel and Mayfair's DC Heroes which came out around the same time (1985 I think). My god, I can't believe that I own all of these games.

Cheers,
Tim

 

[EarthsShadow]

I own all of them but V&V, but everyone I know only plays d20 so I am using d20 systems for now, until the d20 buzz dies down (yeah right).