schir1964 Posted September 27, 2006 Report Share Posted September 27, 2006 Just out curiosity. What game systems exist (present or past) for Super Heroes? Compiled List Aberrant BASH (Basic Action Super Heroes) Big Bang Comics Blood & Vigilance Blood of Heroes Brave New World Champions (Hero System) Champions: The New Millennium (Fuzion System) D6 Powers (D6 System) DC Heroes DC Universe Deeds Not Words Enforcers Godlike (One-Roll Engine System) Golden Heroes GURPS Supers (GURPS System) Godsend Agenda (D6 System) Heroes & Heroines Heroes and Hellions Heroes Forever Heroes Unlimited Heroic Visons Living Legends (Villians & Vigilantes) Marvel Superheroes Marvel Saga Marvel Universe Mutants & Masterminds Necessary Evil (Savage World System) Super ACE Agents Silver Age Sentinels Super World Super Squadron Superbabes Superhero 2044 SuperMegatopia The Foundation Truth & Justice UnSanctioned Villains & Vigilantes Wild Talents (One-Roll Engine System) With Great Power - Christopher Mullins Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MitchellS Posted September 27, 2006 Report Share Posted September 27, 2006 Re: Question: What different Game Systems for Superheroes? Off the top of my head: Mutants & Masterminds Champions Silver Age Sentinels Truth & Justice Villains & Vigilantes Marvel Superheroes Marvel Saga Marvel Universe DC Heroes DC Universe Godlike Godsend Agenda Super World GURPS Supers Heroes Unlimited Golden Heroes Living Legends Blood of Heroes Deeds Not Words Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MitchellS Posted September 27, 2006 Report Share Posted September 27, 2006 Re: Question: What different Game Systems for Superheroes? A few more that have popped into my mind. Brave New World Enforcers Aberrant Blood & Vigilance Champions: The New Millennium Superhero 2044 Heroes & Heroines The Foundation UnSanctioned Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CraterMaker Posted September 27, 2006 Report Share Posted September 27, 2006 Re: Question: What different Game Systems for Superheroes? Y'know, I had Superhero 2044.. picked it up when I was just starting Champions. Don't remember where or the circumstances, but what I do remember was that it was really cool, it tried to let you set up a patrol scheme, and I couldn't understand the rules for running the game or designing the characters. And I tried and tried, probably for about three years, to figure it out. It was cool, though, and sparked many a Champions idea. -CraterMaker Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
schir1964 Posted September 27, 2006 Author Report Share Posted September 27, 2006 Re: Question: What different Game Systems for Superheroes? Compiled List - Christopher Mullins Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
assault Posted September 28, 2006 Report Share Posted September 28, 2006 Re: Question: What different Game Systems for Superheroes? One more: an Australian produced one called Super Squadron. Very obscure, but I've got a copy. See: http://www.arielarchives.com/AdvSim.html Edit: I've noticed the author claims that Super Squadron was the third superhero RPG, despite being published in 1984. Obviously this is idiotic. However, from his description of his attempts to get Super Squadron published, it was originally written quite some time before 1984, quite possibly in the late 70s. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PhantomGM2602 Posted September 28, 2006 Report Share Posted September 28, 2006 Re: Question: What different Game Systems for Superheroes? Just out curiosity. What game systems exist (present or past) for Super Heroes? Compiled List Aberrant Blood & Vigilance Blood of Heroes Brave New World Champions Champions: The New Millennium DC Heroes DC Universe Deeds Not Words Enforcers Godlike Godsend Agenda Golden Heroes GURPS Supers Heroes & Heroines Heroes Unlimited Living Legends Marvel Superheroes Marvel Saga Marvel Universe Mutants & Masterminds Silver Age Sentinels Super World Superhero 2044 The Foundation Truth & Justice UnSanctioned Villains & Vigilantes - Christopher Mullins How about these to add to your list: SuperMegatopia IHero GURPS Powers Powergame Man & Superman Heroic Visons Living Legends(V&V Revised) UK Legends(Golden Heroes) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
assault Posted September 28, 2006 Report Share Posted September 28, 2006 Re: Question: What different Game Systems for Superheroes? UK Legends(Golden Heroes) Are you referring to Squadron UK here? (http://squadronuk.co.uk/ ). This is the "new" version/edition of Golden Heroes. There are only very minor changes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
schir1964 Posted September 28, 2006 Author Report Share Posted September 28, 2006 Re: Question: What different Game Systems for Superheroes? How about these to add to your list: SuperMegatopia IHero GURPS Powers Powergame Man & Superman Heroic Visons Living Legends(V&V Revised) UK Legends(Golden Heroes) Are these game systems? Or are these supplements to game systems? GURPS Living Legends Golden Heroes Already on the list. - Christopher Mullins Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
schir1964 Posted September 28, 2006 Author Report Share Posted September 28, 2006 Re: Question: What different Game Systems for Superheroes? Super Squadron Added. - Christopher Mullins Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
garou Posted September 28, 2006 Report Share Posted September 28, 2006 Re: Question: What different Game Systems for Superheroes? One more: an Australian produced one called Super Squadron. Very obscure' date=' but [i']I've[/i] got a copy. See: http://www.arielarchives.com/AdvSim.html Edit: I've noticed the author claims that Super Squadron was the third superhero RPG, despite being published in 1984. Obviously this is idiotic. However, from his description of his attempts to get Super Squadron published, it was originally written quite some time before 1984, quite possibly in the late 70s. It can't be that obscure - at one point, I had a copy too. (Of course, I still have my copy of the game: Droids) Thanks for the reminder - I might have to hunt down a copy (as well as some other RPGs from my halcyon days of yore.) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
garou Posted September 28, 2006 Report Share Posted September 28, 2006 Re: Question: What different Game Systems for Superheroes? Oh, ObThreadContribution" Heroes and Hellions 1st ed by T. Dorsey (unknown, pre-1998) Travell Games A small-press comic-book superhero RPG. It uses class-based character creation with 31 classes of superheroes. The combat system is involved, including special rules for critical hits and knockouts. Heroes Forever 1st ed (2001) Guild of Blades A superhero RPG set in an alternate history where the world is carved into numerous empires by superbeings. It features a high-power system. Character creation includes kits, with Vampire, Werewolf, Mutant, Sorcerer, and Policeman kits included in the core rules. (I'm sure more are listed here, but I found those, and confirmed that they did or do exist, fairly easily.) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
schir1964 Posted September 28, 2006 Author Report Share Posted September 28, 2006 Re: Question: What different Game Systems for Superheroes? Added. - Christopher Mullins Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Enforcer84 Posted September 28, 2006 Report Share Posted September 28, 2006 Re: Question: What different Game Systems for Superheroes? Heroes & Herones? They had the license for Megaton and Dark Horse's Comic's Greatest World. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ajackson Posted September 28, 2006 Report Share Posted September 28, 2006 Re: Question: What different Game Systems for Superheroes? Does HeroClix count? It's not really an RPG, but the topic didn't require that. Does Rifts count? Torg? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
schir1964 Posted September 28, 2006 Author Report Share Posted September 28, 2006 Re: Question: What different Game Systems for Superheroes? Does HeroClix count? It's not really an RPG, but the topic didn't require that. Does Rifts count? Torg? Sorry, I meant RPG Game Systems. Sorry for the confusion. - Christopher Mullins Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alric Posted September 29, 2006 Report Share Posted September 29, 2006 Re: Question: What different Game Systems for Superheroes? Some More: Superbabes (set in AC Comics universe, flagship comic was Fem Force) BASH (Basic Action Super Heroes) Big Bang Comics Super World (from Chaosium using BRP) D6 Powers (using west end's d6 system) I vote we remove Foundation and have it expunged from our minds. Just calmly say "It never existed, it never existed, ..." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
schir1964 Posted September 29, 2006 Author Report Share Posted September 29, 2006 Re: Question: What different Game Systems for Superheroes? Some More: Superbabes (set in AC Comics universe, flagship comic was Fem Force) BASH (Basic Action Super Heroes) Big Bang Comics Super World (from Chaosium using BRP) D6 Powers (using west end's d6 system) I vote we remove Foundation and have it expunged from our minds. Just calmly say "It never existed, it never existed, ..." Added. Super World was already on the list. Foundation was bad in your opinion? - Christopher Mullins Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigJackBrass Posted September 29, 2006 Report Share Posted September 29, 2006 Re: Question: What different Game Systems for Superheroes? There's also Superdudes, the superhero sourcebook for TWERPS. Ken St. Andre produced a set of supers rules based on Tunnels & Trolls called The Power Trip, but to the best of my knowledge it was only published in his TnT magazine, so probably not eligible for the list. Necessary Evil, on the other hand, is a complete superhero supplement and adventure set for Savage Worlds so probably deserves inclusion. There are also a few RPGS which allowed supers but did not focus specifically on them, such as Dream Park. Not sure where they stand. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
schir1964 Posted September 29, 2006 Author Report Share Posted September 29, 2006 Re: Question: What different Game Systems for Superheroes? There's also Superdudes' date=' the superhero sourcebook for [i']TWERPS.[/i] Ken St. Andre produced a set of supers rules based on Tunnels & Trolls called The Power Trip, but to the best of my knowledge it was only published in his TnT magazine, so probably not eligible for the list. Yeah, I'm trying to stay away from the free systems unless there's been a lot of support for it with supplements being sold and all. I'd like to add "Bif Bam Pow" to the list, but it is a homebrew system that someone came up with and is free so it won't be added. Beyond that, I have very little knowledge of other Superhero Systems besides Hero. So I need everyone's help here. I had no idea so many systems existed! Necessary Evil' date=' on the other hand, is a complete superhero supplement and adventure set for [i']Savage Worlds[/i] so probably deserves inclusion. Sounds logical. Added. There are also a few RPGS which allowed supers but did not focus specifically on them' date=' such as [i']Dream Park.[/i] Not sure where they stand. How much support did the supplement have from the main system? If it was just one book with not much support for it, I wouldn't add it. However, if it were like FUZION's Champions: The New Millenium, then it would make sense to add it. I know, kind of vague. - Christopher Mullins Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kenn Posted September 29, 2006 Report Share Posted September 29, 2006 Re: Question: What different Game Systems for Superheroes? I still have my Superdudes supplement, but I lost my basic TWERPS rules. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigJackBrass Posted September 29, 2006 Report Share Posted September 29, 2006 Re: Question: What different Game Systems for Superheroes? How much support did the supplement have from the main system? If it was just one book with not much support for it, I wouldn't add it. However, if it were like FUZION's Champions: The New Millenium, then it would make sense to add it. I know, kind of vague. - Christopher Mullins Dream Park, based on the novels by Larry Niven and Steve Barnes, is set in a futuristic amusement park, basically an incredibly high-tech LARP. Superhero is one of the possible character types and there are enough rules included to run supers-only games, but the main gimmick with Dream Park was mixing all sorts of characters and genres together. There was one supplemental adventure dealing with supers, The Fiendish Agents of Falkenburg, which is essentially superheroes and Nazis. It's a bit like Chaosium's Worlds of Wonder in some respects: there is information enough to use it as a fairly decent supers game but it is not solely devoted to superheroes and is much more limited than something like Champions. The presentation of the supers rules in the current version of Fuzion, incidentally, owes a great deal to Dream Park. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
schir1964 Posted September 29, 2006 Author Report Share Posted September 29, 2006 Re: Question: What different Game Systems for Superheroes? That is a tough one. I'll leave it off for now, but that may change later. Does anyone know any details about the following: SuperMegatopia IHero Powergame Man & Superman Heroic Visons Are they supplements? Complete standalone RPG systems? - Christopher Mullins Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kristopher Posted September 29, 2006 Report Share Posted September 29, 2006 Re: Question: What different Game Systems for Superheroes? There are other superhero RPG systems? When did that happen? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Predatorpt Posted September 30, 2006 Report Share Posted September 30, 2006 Re: Question: What different Game Systems for Superheroes? A friend of mine is always talking about this one: With Great Power Never heard of it before... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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