What makes a successful superhero game?

[chuckdee]

LOL. I have a sealed box of DC HEROES 2nd Edition. I also still have my 3rd Edition books. And I still almost got caught up and backed that kickstarter.

Same here. Thankfully, I caught myself before I spent an insane amount to get the same books just so I could have a PDF.

 

[Thomas Shey]

I just started rewatching Invincible! Best deconstruction of the genre IMO.

Oddly enough, its not really a deconstruction (except to the degree Omni-Man is a dark Superman, but then, those are a dime a dozen these days). Its just a fairly conventional superhero setting missing one element.

 

[Thomas Shey]

That's why I said, I personally didn't care. It wasn't even Invincible level in all honesty. It was just the genre with superpowers, sort of like the best (IMO) Marvel movies, where you take the genre, and add what if powers.

There's a reason I call those people-with-powers settings rather than superhero ones.

 

[chuckdee]

There's a reason I call those people-with-powers settings rather than superhero ones.

Well, no one would say Cap, Bucky, or Black Widow aren't superheroes. But I could see running a Winter Soldier type game in Godlike/Wild Talents.