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!

www.marvel.com

 

[TwoSix]

Might ≈ Strength
Agility ≈ Dexterity
Resilience ≈ Constitution
Vigilance ≈ Wisdom (Perception)
Ego ≈ Charisma (Sense of Self)
Logic ≈ Intelligence

Yep, it's straight up renamed D&D stats.

 

[Parmandur]

But they also had books announced and ready to print - IIRC I remember people talking about books they had written, had submitted for publication, and had been paid for (particularly the Annihilation Event Book), but were not published.

But printing costs money, and if MWP didn't feel they could recoup the costs of printing with the license fees...not worth continuing, even if they had some product ready to go.

 

[AOieiosle]

It's wild no one's mad that a Disney company is charging to playtest a game.

 

[Yaarel]

Might ≈ Strength
Agility ≈ Dexterity
Resilience ≈ Constitution
Vigilance ≈ Wisdom (Perception)
Ego ≈ Charisma (Sense of Self)
Logic ≈ Intelligence

I hope they resolved some of the thorny issues of the D&D abilities tradition.

Hopefully, Agility (Dexterity) is the go-to for all things gymnastic: speed, running, jumping, tumbling, climbing, falling, etctera.

Vigilance (Wisdom) removes willpower and probably gives it to Charisma (Ego) − great!

I am skeptical about the mechanical utility during gameplay, if reducing Intelligence to "logic". I probably would have given "logic" to Vigilance (for piecing clues together).

 

[Whizbang Dustyboots]

I am skeptical about the mechanical utility during gameplay, if reducing Intelligence to "logic".

They were working on creating a backronym. I wouldn't take the new names too seriously.

 

[Yaarel]

Might ≈ Strength
Agility ≈ Dexterity
Resilience ≈ Constitution
Vigilance ≈ Wisdom (Perception)
Ego ≈ Charisma (Sense of Self)
Logic ≈ Intelligence

Heh.

I just noticed that the acronym spells M.A.R.V.E.L.

 

[Parmandur]

It's wild no one's mad that a Disney company is charging to playtest a game.

$20 is pretty cheap, and there will probably be some sweet art included. Paizo charged more, for the printed version of their playtest rules.

 

[TrippyHippy]

Might ≈ Strength
Agility ≈ Dexterity
Resilience ≈ Constitution
Vigilance ≈ Wisdom (Perception)
Ego ≈ Charisma (Sense of Self)
Logic ≈ Intelligence

Wouldn’t Vision have fitted better than Vigilance?

 

[Yaarel]

Wouldn’t Vision have fitted better than Vigilance?

Vigilance is bigger than vision. Vigilance is listening, paying attention, being conscious, piecing together clues, maybe even intuition.

 

[Tonguez]

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Yep, it's straight up renamed D&D stats.

a whole lot of games use the basic 6 though, even Fate Accelerated approaches can be directly mapped to the D&D Stats (well if you accept Con = Careful anyway). D20 Moderns classes also used a direct Stat=‘Class/archetype’ mechanic