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From: jagardner@watmath.UUCP (Jim Gardner)
Newsgroups: net.comics
Subject: Re: Role Playing Games
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Date: Mon, 10-Feb-86 17:08:45 EST
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Posted: Mon Feb 10 17:08:45 1986
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Organization: U of Waterloo, Ontario
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In article <9319@ritcv.UUCP> sds5044@ritcv.UUCP () writes:
>Anybody out there interested in the Marvel Super Heroes game or the
>DC Heroes game?

Quickie reviews if anyone is interested:

Marvel Super Heroes is generally bad.  There is no consistent system
underlying the game.  Every time they write up a new character, they
have to add codicils to the rules, make up new powers, etc.  There is
no good way to make a character of your own.

DC Heroes is much better.  It has a logical underlying system that
generally gives an accurate picture of the superhero genre.  More
important for comic buffs, it gives quantitative measures of various
characters' abilities: how fast is Flash, how strong is Superman in
comparison to Darkseid, etc.  Some of this stuff has been made obsolete
by the Crisis, but it's still interesting.  And the game is playable.
There are some interesting solo modules out, many of which capture
the spirit of DC comics.

			Jim Gardner, University of Waterloo