Margaret Weiss gets Marvel license

[Greg K]

MWP announced that they have the license for a Marvel rpg based on the comics. They will be producing a basic book and supplements focused upon events (e.g., Civil War) that will sit next to the graphic novel.

edit: Oops. It is too late to correct the name spelling in the title.

 

[Umbran]

Citation, please? That news does not yet appear on MWP website.

 

[Greg K]

Citation, please? That news does not yet appear on MWP website.

They announced it via a Tweet (Cam is boymonster on Twitter)
http://twitter.com/#!/search?q=#cortexplus
http://twitter.com/#!/search?q=#MarvelRPG

 

[IronWolf]

Also from MTV's Geek News:

Gen Con: New Marvel Comics RPG Games Announced By Margaret Weis Productions MTV Geek

 

[Agamon]

Interesting. To be honest, if you'd gave me a hundred guesses, I'd have gotten it wrong each time. But I see the potential there, for sure.

 

[Relique du Madde]

Not to sure about cortex, but I will pass on Event (adventure) Books.

 

[Greg K]

Not to sure about cortex, but I will pass on Event (adventure) Books.

If I am reading the MTV Geek link correctly, it seems to indicate that there will be a basic event book with three supporting books for each event. I hope that is not the case.

 

[Relique du Madde]

That would make it even worse. I'd prefer they went the DC Adventures route and made NPC books rather then having the The Civil War, Civil War: Pro-Registration, Civil War: X-Men, Civil War: Anti-Registration and then have the Civil War versions of the various characters relegated to whatever book they fit into.

 

[Whizbang Dustyboots]

Is this the most mainstream publisher to have a superhero game that centers, in large part, on the relationship between characters? (Basing that on it being Cortex+.)

 

[Umbran]

I don't mind having books about events in the standard continuity. But having them be central? That's the metaplot problem writ large.

I mean, I've already *read* the Civil War line. I know what happens. Why would I want to play through it?

If my play matches the standard continuity, there wasn't much point to the exercise, so to speak.

If my play doesn't match, then I have a problem for the future - what I have in my game will no longer match the next set of books to come out.

I would much prefer a stand-alone core, with supplements for those who want them