Hmmm, I could have
sworn I posted something about an RPG based on the Venture Brothers universe on this thread the other day...
Maybe Im finally losing it. Oh well!
The great thing about this show is that, in addition to being really funny, it has a great unfolding storyline (you can just see the epic events building up) and the ramifications of past actions have direct effect on future episodes.
Now just imagine an RPG of this!
Just imagine, maybe working for the Office of Secret Intelligence, or starting out as a new hero and applying with the Guild of Calamitous intent for an archenemy, or playing a villain and signing up with the Guild to get your very own (randomly assigned) superscientist nemesis! Characters with names like Master Billy Quizboy and Mr. Impossible with villains like Barn Unterbeit and The Monarch!
All of the awesomeness of comic book superheroes with a perfect tongue-in-cheek self awareness of how silly it is.
It would be an absolutely GREAT game. I'd like to run it with DC Heroes or something. How would Mutants & Masterminds handle it? I dont think youd need anything other than a basic set of superhero capable rules.
Someone should start a Venture Brothers setting netbook for M&M
