Though I love that Marvel Universe doesn’t from a standpoint of uniqueness, gamers who play Marvel Universe RPG will find themselves missing the random dice element present in most TTRPGs, at least from time to time.ĭice are part of what makes TTRPGs unpredictable and high-drama. The only thing I can say as to why Marvel Universe did not get a 10/10 from me in this section is that there is a reason most tabletop RPGs use dice. Honestly, this is probably what anyone would want, playing a Marvel superheroes game. In this game mode, rather than playing out Panels as you would in the normal style of storytelling play, two players sit down and fight – without need for a game master – to determine once and for all, who would win between their heroes/ supervillains. Marvel Universe RPG also a game mode called “Brawling.” From the rulebook: “it allows players to answer age-old questions: who would win in a fight, the Thing or the Hulk? Spider-Man or Wolverine?” This is incredibly cool. The game is just better set up to sample heroes and villains than to create your own lengthy “comic book series” with them, in my opinion. There are also tons of powers for you to use, and rules for all kinds of superhero related things (power armor, flying, etc.).įor myself, I’m pretty sure that I would have more fun playing this game by trying out each of the 42 heroes/ villains included in the rulebook for a session or two each than I would playing one character for a long campaign. You can either play one of the 42 characters from the marvel universe, or create your own.
Though you end up using most of your Red Stones during your Panel to complete whatever action is most important to you, it sometimes helps to leave a few Red Stones for involvement in someone else’s Panel which allows you to help them, or complete other important functions during their shining moments. You can use Red Stones both on your “turn” (your character’s Panel in the comic book page), and during other character’s Panels. It’s a little amazing to me that a full-fledged RPG that also represents something as large as Marvel gets by with only 2 (basically) character “stats.” However, I’m also impressed. There’s a little more complexity to it, factoring in Difficulty and Resistance, but that is the fundamental mechanics of gameplay. If you have enough Red Stones to fuel your desired action, it succeeds. Then, you also have energy points, called “Red Stones” that are used to do any kind of action. When it comes to stats, basically, your character has HP.
#MARVEL UNIVERSE RPG CHARACTER SHEET SERIES#
The game is played in a series of “Panels.” It’s as if if you and your gaming group were reading and co-creating a comic book, as you game. I think that Marvel Universe RPG accomplishes that goal. The game’s designers wanted a very simple, straightforward, rules-light game, focused on roleplaying a superhero (or villain), and not the mechanics of the game system, itself.
That alone is an extremely unique element of the game. There are no dice used in Marvel Universe. Uniqueness of Marvel U niverse RPG: (8/10)
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