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[Valiant Universe: The Roleplaying Game] What's the system like?

Started by The Butcher, July 31, 2014, 07:43:03 PM

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The Butcher

July 31, 2014, 07:43:03 PM
I'm only passingly familiar with the comics but I'm always on the lookout for new supers RPGs in the vain, vain hope that the next will be The One.

Anyone got this? Read it? Played it, even? What's it like?

David Johansen

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July 31, 2014, 07:59:19 PM
I read the original Valiant comics but the revival with Solar fighting Babylonian gods put me off so badly that I haven't looked at them since.
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urbwar

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August 01, 2014, 02:31:14 AM
Quote from: David Johansen;774176I read the original Valiant comics but the revival with Solar fighting Babylonian gods put me off so badly that I haven't looked at them since.

That was the Dark Horse version, not Valiant. Valiant no longer owns the rights to Solar or the other Gold Key characters. They did a stint at Dark Horse, and are now with Dynamite.

James Gillen

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August 01, 2014, 02:44:43 AM
I'm planning to do a review soon, but at first glance it seems to be based on the "Cosmic Patrol" system.

JG
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The Butcher

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August 01, 2014, 05:28:29 AM
Quote from: James Gillen;774288I'm planning to do a review soon, but at first glance it seems to be based on the "Cosmic Patrol" system.

Not familiar with it, just Googled it up and gave the Cosmic Patrol quick-start a brief look. Reads vaguely storygame-ish at a glance.

Bill

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August 01, 2014, 08:56:09 AM
I like Magnus Robot Fighter.  Is he from Valiant?

Always interested in a new supers game. Its a difficult genre to slap game mechanics onto.

urbwar

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August 01, 2014, 04:08:56 PM
Quote from: Bill;774344I like Magnus Robot Fighter.  Is he from Valiant?

He was part of the old Valiant. Like Solar, he's published by Dynamite currently, after a short stint at Dark Horse

urbwar

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August 01, 2014, 04:09:46 PM
Quote from: The Butcher;774315Not familiar with it, just Googled it up and gave the Cosmic Patrol quick-start a brief look. Reads vaguely storygame-ish at a glance.

I've read somewhere people take turns as GM with that system?

Nexus

#8
August 02, 2014, 07:30:59 PM
Its seems like most newer supers systems are more story game in design*.

*Assuming I have the definition right.
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Apparition

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August 02, 2014, 08:18:12 PM
Quote from: urbwar;774492I've read somewhere people take turns as GM with that system?

Yeah, Valiant Universe is a story game where every player has a turn as GM.  I.e., there is no GM.

urbwar

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August 03, 2014, 02:08:57 AM
Quote from: Nexus;774954Its seems like most newer supers systems are more story game in design*.

*Assuming I have the definition right.

I'd say maybe 50-50 myself.

James Gillen

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August 03, 2014, 03:15:04 AM
Quote from: Nexus;774954Its seems like most newer supers systems are more story game in design*.

*Assuming I have the definition right.

These days, anyway.

JG
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Nexus

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August 03, 2014, 01:40:05 PM
Quote from: James Gillen;775087These days, anyway.

JG

Yeah, I meant recently, like the last few years. Maybe I'm just bitter since I like supers game and I'm not a huge fun of narrative games (with some exceptions).
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Ladybird

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August 03, 2014, 02:14:08 PM
Quote from: Nexus;775203Yeah, I meant recently, like the last few years. Maybe I'm just bitter since I like supers game and I'm not a huge fun of narrative games (with some exceptions).

It's probably a matter of the design space being crowded, and there not being that many superhero RPG authors or fans compared to other types. You're not going to do a heavy, effects-driven system that will catch on as well as Hero or M&M, so you've got to go elsewhere; and superheroes are typically a bit handwavey about things anyway, so that's a logical place to go.

You guys are just in a really small niche.
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Apparition

#14
August 03, 2014, 02:26:42 PM
I have DC Heroes / Blood of Heroes, Mutants & Masterminds Third Edition, BASH!, and ICONS.  I'm good for super-heroic role-playing.  I've heard good things about Bulletproof Blues, but I wasn't too crazy about the idea of their Kickstarting a second edition one year after they published their first edition, heh.
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