Superheroes...
I think I have designed and played about 50-60 of these...
Under Champions 2/3/4, Superworld, V&V, Marvel Superheroes (classic), and designed but not played under GURPS Supers, DC Hero, Superhero 2044, and Aberrant.
Guess I am a bit of a fan(atic)...
Champions seems to work best for me, followed by Superworld, but they have all got their virtues, and different flavours.
Funny, I was just thinking about one of my old Champions characters, "Meta" by name (who also existed in previous incarnations in a Bushido and a Justice Inc. campaign; literally previous incarnations). Meta was partly a design exercise, and was a Martial Artist, Super Scientist/Gadgeteer, Flier, Brick and after a few xp, Energy Projecter (laser vision, you know). Modelled in some respects after the Big S (Silver Age), but twisted to my own, strange purposes! [grin]
Unfortunately, she turned out to not be a very nice person, far more interested in Humanity and augmentation technologies than humanity (says a lot that she had accidentally turned her best friend into a super villain), and turned out to not be much fun to play... I do prefer heroes...
Just goes to show that no matter how much design work you put in before play (quite a few of the characters 20-40hrs), you don't know how they will work except by playing them. At least one character has looked really good on paper, but when it came to play him, there was nothing "inside" him to play. I know others who have had this problem, I hope it never inflicts Bob!
Still, I think over the 25+ years that I have been RPGing, super hero games have been the best fun! [grin]
And, with very few other exceptions, BGC has been one of the closest anime to the super hero genre. And, it's got independently intelligent robots in it, so you can't loose!
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"It is the business of the future to be dangerous" - Hawkwind
I think I have designed and played about 50-60 of these...
Under Champions 2/3/4, Superworld, V&V, Marvel Superheroes (classic), and designed but not played under GURPS Supers, DC Hero, Superhero 2044, and Aberrant.
Guess I am a bit of a fan(atic)...
Champions seems to work best for me, followed by Superworld, but they have all got their virtues, and different flavours.
Funny, I was just thinking about one of my old Champions characters, "Meta" by name (who also existed in previous incarnations in a Bushido and a Justice Inc. campaign; literally previous incarnations). Meta was partly a design exercise, and was a Martial Artist, Super Scientist/Gadgeteer, Flier, Brick and after a few xp, Energy Projecter (laser vision, you know). Modelled in some respects after the Big S (Silver Age), but twisted to my own, strange purposes! [grin]
Unfortunately, she turned out to not be a very nice person, far more interested in Humanity and augmentation technologies than humanity (says a lot that she had accidentally turned her best friend into a super villain), and turned out to not be much fun to play... I do prefer heroes...
Just goes to show that no matter how much design work you put in before play (quite a few of the characters 20-40hrs), you don't know how they will work except by playing them. At least one character has looked really good on paper, but when it came to play him, there was nothing "inside" him to play. I know others who have had this problem, I hope it never inflicts Bob!
Still, I think over the 25+ years that I have been RPGing, super hero games have been the best fun! [grin]
And, with very few other exceptions, BGC has been one of the closest anime to the super hero genre. And, it's got independently intelligent robots in it, so you can't loose!
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"It is the business of the future to be dangerous" - Hawkwind