'DC Universe All Star Games' Is A New RPG Show Featuring Freddie Prinze Jr and Sam Witwer

DC Universe All Star Games is a new show coming from DC Universe on February 28th which features celebrity gamers playing the 80s DC Heroes RPG. The Breakfast League is the first 5-part adventure and features superpowered teenagers in a Gotham City high school.

The first five-part adventure is described as follows: "Set in the same '80s era as when the game was first published, the five participants role-play as a group of high schoolers stuck in Saturday detention. As they improv their way through a variety of situations familiar to fans of beloved movies from that time period, they soon discover their destinies as the world’s greatest super-heroes."

The celebrities are:
  • Freddie Prinze Jr.
  • Sam Witwer
  • Vanessa Marshall
  • Clare Grant
  • Xavier Woods

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Here's the full press release:

DC UNIVERSE Announces Original Unscripted Gaming Mini-Series 'DC UNIVERSE All Star Games'

Clare Grant, Vanessa Marshall, Sam Witwer and WWE’s Xavier Woods Join Freddie Prinze Jr. For Five-Part Role-Playing Game Adventure Set in The Classic 1980s Game DC HEROES

DC UNIVERSE has announced its first original unscripted gaming mini-series, DC UNIVERSE All Star Games. This new anthology series brings famous DC fans together to play a variety of games in the increasingly popular gaming show genre. Season One features a nostalgic role-playing adventure, The Breakfast League, from Executive Producers Freddie Prinze, Jr. and Sam Witwer. The first episode of the five-part series will premiere exclusively on the DC UNIVERSE digital subscription service on Friday, February 28.

DC HEROES, the famous post-crisis role-playing game, sets the stage for the first season in which Vanessa Marshall, Clare Grant and WWE superstar Xavier Woods also join as players. Set in the same 80s era as when the game was first published, the five participants role-play as a group of high schoolers stuck in Saturday detention. As they improv their way through a variety of situations familiar to fans of beloved movies from that time period, they soon discover their destinies as the world’s greatest super-heroes.

“DC Heroes was the first RPG I ever played as a kid. It was also my introduction to the DC Universe, its Heroes and, most importantly, its rich pool of villains.” said Prinze. “ I had a blast making this series and I hope all of you love it as much as I do.”

Directed by Jon Lee Brody and produced by Telepictures, “DC UNIVERSE All Star Games” is the first unscripted addition to DC UNIVERSE’s expanding original programming slate which includes “DCYou Unscripted” and “DC Daily.” New episodes will go live exclusively on DC UNIVERSE every Friday after the series premiere on February 28.

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I played DC Heroes in the 80s, and again about a decade ago. It features an attribute scale which doubles with each score (so Strength 4 is twice as strong as Strength 3, and Strength 5 is twice as strong as Strength 4) which makes it possible to have Superman and Batman in the same game.
 
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Gradine

The Elephant in the Room (she/they)
I once very briefly played in a campaign using this system set at the X-Men Academy (our GM preferred Marvel over DC but hated the Marvel RPG out at the time), it was pretty fun, and most of these people are pretty awesome. It looks exciting!
 

Birmy

Adventurer
Wow, that's unexpected! They also recently reprinted the old Watchmen game supplements as part of the Watchmen Companion and the Green Ronin books have been unavailable for a while. I wonder if this surge in DC RPG stuff presages a new version of the game?
 

Panda-s1

Scruffy and Determined
I had no idea Freddie Prinze Jr. did RPG's, apparently he's done a lot already, that's pretty cool.

edit: wait hang on how does the Hulk feel about all this?
 
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EthanSental

Legend
Supporter
Awesome, I already have the subscription to dc universe so I’ll be checking this out. Sam and Freddie are entertaining so it should be fun. I played this after marvel superheroes in the 80s so it should be fun to see the game in action again.
 


teitan

Legend
Big fan of the DC Heroes RPG and pretty excited to watch this. My hope is that we get a new edition of DCH produced by DC Entertainment down the line.

I wouldn't be surprised considering 1) DC owns the system much to Pulsar Games chagrin and 2) Streaming is big bucks these days.
 


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