Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.1 6/24/83; site decwrl.UUCP Path: utzoo!linus!security!genrad!grkermit!masscomp!clyde!floyd!harpo!seismo!hao!hplabs!hpda!fortune!amd70!decwrl!daemon From: daemon@decwrl.UUCP Newsgroups: net.games.frp Subject: Re: Let's see some superheroes Message-ID: <4659@decwrl.UUCP> Date: Tue, 20-Dec-83 08:30:28 EST Article-I.D.: decwrl.4659 Posted: Tue Dec 20 08:30:28 1983 Date-Received: Sat, 24-Dec-83 11:15:57 EST Sender: daemon@decwrl.UUCP Organization: DEC Western Research Lab, Los Altos, CA Lines: 70 From: Ed Featherston HL01-1/P06 225-5241 Begin Forwarded Message: ------------------------------------------- Newsgroup : net.games.frp >From : KRYPTN::TS1::BURROWS Organization : Digital Equipment Corp. Subject: RE: Let's see some superheroes ... Regarding Marc Blumberg's request for other Super Hero RPGer's advice/comments/correspondence, we had a couple of very successful campaigns here in Maynard. There were two campaigns and three GMs. I started the whole Shootin match, initially laid out the campaigns and did a large part of the GMing. Two of the players shared those duties, as I found that after the birth of my first child (the second is immanent) I hadn't the time to do a proper job preparing every week. Our first campaign started in a modern era with a scenario based on the T.H.N.D.E.R. agents, because they were a group that none of the palyers were familiar with. In my game, the powers of evil succeede in stealing the nifty gadgets from U.N.I.C.O.R.N. that the THUNDER (to H with the periods) agents managed to keep in the first couple of pages of issue one. UNICORN commisioned the players to recover them. The first adventure was essentially our heroes versus the THUNDER agents. Good won out and everything but the superspeed suit, worn by Rusty (aka the Iron Maiden) was recovered. Rusty, her armor-clad minions and a hireling she gave the supersuit to when she found out about the fast aging side-effect were the next major oposition. From there the group evolved when another GM introduced an East/West Super Hero escalation race (the Superpower Super Power race), and a limitation treaty. The result was the formation of the Freedom Alliance in the West and the Peoples Superhero League in the East. (Many nations: France, China, Israel etc, had their own national group). Both groups were equivalently equipped with satelite HQs and gravity cars supplied by the U.N.'s UNICORN. This lasted until the fateful trip the goup made into China to rescue one of it's members from his father Fu Manchu. During this raid we found that Fu had kidnapped Brezhnev, the US's Sect'y of (Defense?), and the Primier of China. One of characters, Death's Shadow, a Spectre/Deadman sort who'd been returned to a smbalance of life and charged to "punish the wicked" found himself alone with the communist leaders, and killed Brezhnev. The arrival of the rest of the party forestalled further mayhem. The PSL and the Brigade of Four (China's group) showed up and there was a quick fight and strategic withdrawl. Needless to say the USSR and China were unhappy. The FA was disbanded when their involvement became undeniable. The other campaign was first played on Dec, 7 1982 and took place on another Dec 7th. It was directly based on the All Star Squadron. I built all of the A.S.S. (some things require periods) members except the Superman, GL, Spectre level ones, and everybody selected one rather than designing their own. Most of the scenarios were at least partially based on the comic adventures and some were lifted bodily. (Everyone but the GM postponed reading the comics till after they were played out.) It was interesting to see the similarities and difrences between the writers and the players resolutions of the same or similar situations. I got a much more favorable reaction to this campaign than I had expected. So much for the history. Maybe I'll describe the characters in more detail in a later note. I do have some thoughts and suggestions though, mostly for people who are starting a new campaign. (UUCP) {decvax, ucbvax, allegra}!decwrl!rhea!kryptn!ts1!burrows (ARPA) decwrl!rhea!kryptn!ts1!burrows@Berkeley decwrl!rhea!kryptn!ts1!burrows@SU-Shasta ------------------------------------------- End Forwarded Message