here is what i want to create,for the four-color heroics role-playing game from spectrum games:
a fictional golden age super hero comic book publisher,entitled "ALL-BANG COMICS",and create a campaign world,setting,and timeline for it!,how can i do that?

Ummm... That title...  Maybe think about it a little...

thanks,i can name it all-heroic comics instead!,thanks for the advice.

Quote from: BadApple on April 06, 2025, 07:38:07 AMUmmm... That title...  Maybe think about it a little...

I was thinking the same thing.

Quote from: Ratguy on April 05, 2025, 12:05:13 PMhere is what i want to create,for the four-color heroics role-playing game from spectrum games:
a fictional golden age super hero comic book publisher,entitled "ALL-BANG COMICS",and create a campaign world,setting,and timeline for it!,how can i do that?

Quote from: Ratguy on April 06, 2025, 08:10:03 AMthanks,i can name it all-heroic comics instead!,thanks for the advice.

I'd say start with what tone you're going for. List a few real golden age super hero comics that are your primary inspiration. Then describe what you want to do differently from those, and maybe add a few secondary inspirations.

Based on that, come up with the heroes of your fictional "All-Heroic Comics" next - trying to make them distinctive.

The most curious I can think of is Ken Hite's "Adventures into Darkness", which is a fictional golden age comic series written by H.P. Lovecraft. It's a very clever take on Golden Age comics in an alternate timeline.

https://ageofravens.blogspot.com/2011/03/adventures-into-darkness-rpg.html

Quote from: jhkim on April 06, 2025, 11:19:34 AM

Quote from: Ratguy on April 05, 2025, 12:05:13 PMhere is what i want to create,for the four-color heroics role-playing game from spectrum games:
a fictional golden age super hero comic book publisher,entitled "ALL-BANG COMICS",and create a campaign world,setting,and timeline for it!,how can i do that?

Quote from: Ratguy on April 06, 2025, 08:10:03 AMthanks,i can name it all-heroic comics instead!,thanks for the advice.

I'd say start with what tone you're going for. List a few real golden age super hero comics that are your primary inspiration. Then describe what you want to do differently from those, and maybe add a few secondary inspirations.

Based on that, come up with the heroes of your fictional "All-Heroic Comics" next - trying to make them distinctive.

The most curious I can think of is Ken Hite's "Adventures into Darkness", which is a fictional golden age comic series written by H.P. Lovecraft. It's a very clever take on Golden Age comics in an alternate timeline.

https://ageofravens.blogspot.com/2011/03/adventures-into-darkness-rpg.html

cool,man,thanks for the advice!,i really appreciate it.

also,how can i do the campaign world,setting and timeline?
 

No offense OP, but you have asked this repeatedly. here and elsewhere. If you are unsure how to construct your own setting, look to previously published examples. There are many.

-JSA Sourcebook for DC Universe
-Golden Age Champions for Champions
-Wings of the Valkyrie for Champions
-Godlike RPG
-Hideouts & Hoodlums RPG
-Big Bang Comics RPG
-All this and World War II for Marvel Super Heroes
-Golden Age of Heroes for Marvel Super Heroes (fan-made, on the Marvel Super Heroes RPG: The Unofficial Canon Project facebook group)
-Against the Axis for ICONS
-Their Finest Hour for Squadron UK
-Golden Age for Mutants & Masterminds

There are undoubtedly more.

Is there something specific you're looking for that hasn't been don already? I'm not knocking you for being creative, just wondering if you wish to create your own for the sake of doing so (which is fine and dandy), or because you feel that current supplements are lacking somehow (also fine and dandy).

If I can offer you any creative advice, stop asking questions and start writing. Is this for publication, or just personal use? If it's the latter, it doesn't have to be perfect, it just has to be. If the former, the sooner you start on a first draft, the sooner you'll see what your second draft needs.

As , I've seen you ask this over and over, and it's not getting you any closer to your goal. So, my advice is... just write. Or buy something already written and go hog wild!

For inspiration you might also want to check out the old computer game Freedom Force vs. the 3rd Reich which had some excellent Golden Age superheroes.  If somebody could ever recreate that Freedom Force experience for me in a Superhero TTRPG (preferably with both Golden/Silver/Bronze Age heroes), I'd buy it in a heartbeat.  You don't need to actually buy or play the game; you can look at YouTube videos of character origins and cutscenes.

Quote from: JanDevries on April 23, 2025, 03:30:01 PMNo offense OP, but you have asked this repeatedly. here and elsewhere. If you are unsure how to construct your own setting, look to previously published examples. There are many.

-JSA Sourcebook for DC Universe
-Golden Age Champions for Champions
-Wings of the Valkyrie for Champions
-Godlike RPG
-Hideouts & Hoodlums RPG
-Big Bang Comics RPG
-All this and World War II for Marvel Super Heroes
-Golden Age of Heroes for Marvel Super Heroes (fan-made, on the Marvel Super Heroes RPG: The Unofficial Canon Project facebook group)
-Against the Axis for ICONS
-Their Finest Hour for Squadron UK
-Golden Age for Mutants & Masterminds

There are undoubtedly more.

Is there something specific you're looking for that hasn't been don already? I'm not knocking you for being creative, just wondering if you wish to create your own for the sake of doing so (which is fine and dandy), or because you feel that current supplements are lacking somehow (also fine and dandy).

If I can offer you any creative advice, stop asking questions and start writing. Is this for publication, or just personal use? If it's the latter, it doesn't have to be perfect, it just has to be. If the former, the sooner you start on a first draft, the sooner you'll see what your second draft needs.

As , I've seen you ask this over and over, and it's not getting you any closer to your goal. So, my advice is... just write. Or buy something already written and go hog wild!

yes,i would like you to offer me some creative advice,and i want it to be for publicationand personal use.
thanks for the advice.

I think All-Bang is a great name, you should stick with it!

Quote from: S'mon on April 24, 2025, 12:27:52 AMI think All-Bang is a great name, you should stick with it!

100%

Quote from: Ratguy on April 23, 2025, 09:47:45 AMalso,how can i do the campaign world,setting and timeline?
 

If you need help there are a bunch of tools like World Anvil intended for authors as well as GMs.

Punctuation. The caped avenger needs to learn how to use punctuation.


So...are you looking at making a comic publisher or a roleplaying game? I am guessing the latter, because this is an RPG forum.

I suggest that you probably need more in a pitch than just "Golden Age Superheroes." I would suggest starting with the villains of the setting because players will inherently provide the heroes. Second, do you have any idea what core mechanics you intend to mess with or any mechanical considerations you may want to develop off of in general?

In sum, sure, you might have something here, but two poorly punctuated sentences which don't indicate that you've asked yourself any of the Power 19 questions (which are going on obsolete because they're over 20 years old) is not exactly an auspicious start.

I clicked on this thread to read about some ALL BANG COMICS and you've already beaten it out of him.  My morning is ever-so-slightly diminished.