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Marvel Heroic Role playing

Started by Nexus, July 30, 2014, 05:01:48 PM

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Nexus

July 30, 2014, 05:01:48 PM
Is it considered a "Story game" and should be discussed here or is it a suitable topic the rpg forum?
Remember when Illinois Nazis where a joke in the Blue Brothers movie?

Democracy, meh? (538)

 "The salient fact of American politics is that there are fifty to seventy million voters each of whom will volunteer to live, with his family, in a cardboard box under an overpass, and cook sparrows on an old curtain rod, if someone would only guarantee that the black, gay, Hispanic, liberal, whatever, in the next box over doesn't even have a curtain rod, or a sparrow to put on it."

jadrax

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July 30, 2014, 05:11:00 PM Last Edit: July 30, 2014, 05:13:26 PM by jadrax
Well the Last Thread on it was in the rpg forum.

Although the one before that was in other games, so you pays your money and takes your choice.

Nexus

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July 30, 2014, 05:12:39 PM
Yeah, I worried I might have fucked up putting it there. It was one of my first posts/threads. But I guess I'm just being overly nervous. I wasn't modded for it.
Remember when Illinois Nazis where a joke in the Blue Brothers movie?

Democracy, meh? (538)

 "The salient fact of American politics is that there are fifty to seventy million voters each of whom will volunteer to live, with his family, in a cardboard box under an overpass, and cook sparrows on an old curtain rod, if someone would only guarantee that the black, gay, Hispanic, liberal, whatever, in the next box over doesn't even have a curtain rod, or a sparrow to put on it."

Grymbok

#3
July 30, 2014, 05:42:43 PM
Quote from: Nexus;773604Yeah, I worried I might have fucked up putting it there. It was one of my first posts/threads. But I guess I'm just being overly nervous. I wasn't modded for it.

You're unlikely to get modded for anything short of porn links here. The worst that will happen if you start a thread in the main forum about a "story game" is Pundit will rant at you (well more at the game/it's designers, but he'll be ranting in your thread).

Rincewind1

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July 30, 2014, 05:47:36 PM
The biggest irony is, this should be in Help Desk.
Furthermore, I consider that  This is Why We Don\'t Like You thread should be closed

Scott Anderson

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July 30, 2014, 07:28:52 PM
Faserip 4 life
With no fanfare, the stone giant turned to his son and said, "That\'s why you never build a castle in a swamp."

Ladybird

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July 30, 2014, 07:29:28 PM Last Edit: July 30, 2014, 07:31:44 PM by Ladybird
Quote from: Scott Anderson;773672Faserip 4 life

Word. The original, and still the best.
one two FUCK YOU

Nexus

#7
July 30, 2014, 08:00:09 PM
Quote from: Rincewind1;773611The biggest irony is, this should be in Help Desk.

I hate you. :D
Remember when Illinois Nazis where a joke in the Blue Brothers movie?

Democracy, meh? (538)

 "The salient fact of American politics is that there are fifty to seventy million voters each of whom will volunteer to live, with his family, in a cardboard box under an overpass, and cook sparrows on an old curtain rod, if someone would only guarantee that the black, gay, Hispanic, liberal, whatever, in the next box over doesn't even have a curtain rod, or a sparrow to put on it."

crkrueger

#8
July 30, 2014, 10:59:52 PM
Quote from: Nexus;773600Is it considered a "Story game" and should be discussed here or is it a suitable topic the rpg forum?

If memory serves, it was declared an Other Game, but I doubt anyone gives a shit anymore.
Even the the "cutting edge" storygamers for all their talk of narrative, plot, and drama are fucking obsessed with the god damned rules they use. - Estar

Yes, Sean Connery\'s thumb does indeed do megadamage. - Spinachcat

Isuldur is a badass because he stopped Sauron with a broken sword, but Iluvatar is the badass because he stopped Sauron with a hobbit. -Malleus Arianorum

"Tangency Edition" D&D would have no classes or races, but 17 genders to choose from. -TristramEvans

Rincewind1

#9
July 30, 2014, 11:03:17 PM
Quote from: CRKrueger;773742If memory serves, it was declared an Other Game, but I doubt anyone gives a shit anymore.

Pepperidge Farmer does.
Furthermore, I consider that  This is Why We Don\'t Like You thread should be closed

crkrueger

#10
July 31, 2014, 01:09:41 AM
Quote from: Rincewind1;773744Pepperidge Farmer does.

Him and Werther.
Even the the "cutting edge" storygamers for all their talk of narrative, plot, and drama are fucking obsessed with the god damned rules they use. - Estar

Yes, Sean Connery\'s thumb does indeed do megadamage. - Spinachcat

Isuldur is a badass because he stopped Sauron with a broken sword, but Iluvatar is the badass because he stopped Sauron with a hobbit. -Malleus Arianorum

"Tangency Edition" D&D would have no classes or races, but 17 genders to choose from. -TristramEvans

Raven

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July 31, 2014, 02:58:23 AM
I'd love the chance to play it with a judge and crew who really had it down but frankly that's not going to happen and I would not waste my time trying to puzzle it out myself.

Long term I think it'll be buried right next to it's predecessor, the MURPG which was also a poorly explained game of byzantine rules and weird "We are not a traditional RPG, we promise!" mechanics.

I don't know if this was aimed at the storygames crowd or if it was intended to draw more people towards that playstyle, but it certainly wasn't friendly to those new to rpg's.

Ladybird

#12
July 31, 2014, 06:13:10 AM
Quote from: Raven;773808I don't know if this was aimed at the storygames crowd or if it was intended to draw more people towards that playstyle, but it certainly wasn't friendly to those new to rpg's.

C+ plays better than it reads, but it reads terribly, and MHRPG was a particularly bad example of the system.
one two FUCK YOU

Nexus

#13
August 01, 2014, 01:40:48 AM
Quote from: Ladybird;773847C+ plays better than it reads, but it reads terribly, and MHRPG was a particularly bad example of the system.

Why do you think so?
Remember when Illinois Nazis where a joke in the Blue Brothers movie?

Democracy, meh? (538)

 "The salient fact of American politics is that there are fifty to seventy million voters each of whom will volunteer to live, with his family, in a cardboard box under an overpass, and cook sparrows on an old curtain rod, if someone would only guarantee that the black, gay, Hispanic, liberal, whatever, in the next box over doesn't even have a curtain rod, or a sparrow to put on it."

Panjumanju

#14
August 01, 2014, 10:05:57 AM
Quote from: Raven;773808I don't know if this was aimed at the storygames crowd or if it was intended to draw more people towards that playstyle, but it certainly wasn't friendly to those new to rpg's.

I think - and this is entirely conjecture - that the design philosophy around it was, "we already have some pretty great superhero RPGs, so let's not be like them. That's covered." I mean, it's pretty hard to get people to give up their FASERIP, myself included. So, make a game approaches the source material from an entirely different angle. I could really get behind that.

Marvel Heroic Roleplaying is really more of a comic book emulation system. And I did really like it for a while, and I ran about 8 sessions of it, until the tremendous unbalance between special effects kind of crashed the system. The system isn't weighted. At all. I'm not saying it should have perfect balance, but...there's a fat man on the teeter-totter. And the other kid isn't having any fun, either.

//Panjumanju
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