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[MHR] Marvel RPG Discontinued, PDF sales ending next week
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<blockquote data-quote="Gaming Tonic" data-source="post: 6123923" data-attributes="member: 6679316"><p>The license for the Marvel Universe is pricey and the sales didn't justify renewing it. I think that the story arc angle and the game being designed for players to play established and pregenerated Marvel characters is where they guessed wrong. Most players I have ever played any RPG with groan at the thought of a pregen character. Gamers are a creative bunch and want to create their characters. There were character creation rules but they were really light on explanation and that might have been a stumbling block for other gamers. Still other gamers are just not into super rpgs. You have already narrowed the marketplace for your game. The Mutants & Masterminds game securing the DC Comics rights and having detailed character gen rules that are aimed at you playing your character amongst the other characters of that universe has had some success. My group received it better as well. Most of my group also enjoys the Hero System for supers so it is fair to say that some of them enjoy a little complexity in their rpg. Personally the news makes me sad as I liked the system and felt fully capable of inserting a group of heroes into the Civil War, Breakout, and Secret War storyline (not in that order) from <a href="http://marvelplotpoints.wordpress.com/" target="_blank">Plot Points</a>. Then again I named my son after Ghost Rider so I have always, Made Mine Marvel.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Gaming Tonic, post: 6123923, member: 6679316"] The license for the Marvel Universe is pricey and the sales didn't justify renewing it. I think that the story arc angle and the game being designed for players to play established and pregenerated Marvel characters is where they guessed wrong. Most players I have ever played any RPG with groan at the thought of a pregen character. Gamers are a creative bunch and want to create their characters. There were character creation rules but they were really light on explanation and that might have been a stumbling block for other gamers. Still other gamers are just not into super rpgs. You have already narrowed the marketplace for your game. The Mutants & Masterminds game securing the DC Comics rights and having detailed character gen rules that are aimed at you playing your character amongst the other characters of that universe has had some success. My group received it better as well. Most of my group also enjoys the Hero System for supers so it is fair to say that some of them enjoy a little complexity in their rpg. Personally the news makes me sad as I liked the system and felt fully capable of inserting a group of heroes into the Civil War, Breakout, and Secret War storyline (not in that order) from [URL="http://marvelplotpoints.wordpress.com/"]Plot Points[/URL]. Then again I named my son after Ghost Rider so I have always, Made Mine Marvel. [/QUOTE]
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