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Message: <blockquote data-quote="aramis erak" data-source="post: 9605187" data-attributes="member: 6779310">My avoid genres include Zombies (not a fan in any medium), moderns/near-future, and romance. I'm not enthusiastic about slice-of-life, but am not hostile to it.I am more picky about systems. I won't do GURPS again, as the more I studied HEMA, the more GURPS being "Close but so «bleep»ing wrong" got to me.Villains and Vigilantes, I ran it a couple weeks running back in the 1980's... and once I found TSR's Marvel, never looked back. I find most OS and OSR games rub me wrong; it's easier to list the few I still like: Starships & Spacemen 1e (2e went OSR BX-derivative), the Fantasy Trip, Mazes and Minotaurs. It's been long enough that I am not sure about Palladium, The Arcanum, and Rolemaster/Spacemaster anymore.I love MHRP... Yes, it's Cortex; Cortex Prime has enough to get it mostly together... it abstracts just enough, and because you can use the damage die to impose a complication instead of damage, many special abilities don't need actual mechanics; they just impose a penalty (in the form of increasing the difficulty with that die). For me, tho' it feels mostly like the MCU, not the Marvel I read as a kid.I find I prefer Sentinel Comics, as it is a slight bit more abstract, and the Environment gets a turn in the initiative, as does advancing the timer. It's heavily driven by the timer. (which counts rounds, not player time.) It feels more like the comics I read as a kid.Either are excellent choices, but only if you can embrace (MHRP) metacurrency in play or (Sentinel Comics) Move-based resolution and very mild and slow progression of power.I'm still fond of the TSR Marvel, as well. It had more of a saturday Spidey-and-Friends feel for me. And for years, the universal table was my desktop image. It was move-driven, as well - but it has 8 moves and 2 saves; Advanced has 12 actions, 3 reactions, and 2 saves. All working with the color-table.The biggest issues with superheroes seem to me to be that it's very narrow in aspect - most are vigilantes; many are only slightly better morally than their foes, and that it tends to fall to 99% combat.The Environment in Sentinel provides a way to force elements other than just fighting the enemy into scenes. And a good scene can be built entirely around a particular environmental challenge.Likewise, the Doom Pool of MHRP can be used for a variety of environmental effects, too.The other thing: many of the best scenes in supers in other media are scenes that just tend to get overlooked in RPG Supers: Dinner with the SO, safety talks at local schools, etc.</blockquote>

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