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Killing rules, or does it
Posted by Ron Edwards
Designers of superhero role-playing games have suffered far more agonies over whether, why, who will and who won’t, how-to, do-or-don’t, and what-have-I-done, regarding killing, than any fictional superhero ever did.
Posted in Supers role-playing
Tags: Champions Now, Champions RPG, Killing Attacks, Wolverine
Knowing your Unnhh from your Arrghh
Posted by Ron Edwards
I do like it when creative comics talk and role-playing design talk can use the same words. Let’s narrow it down to one of my three current supers design projects, Champions Now, and talk about the fights. There are three interrelated points: what happens and knowing why; the damage, pain, hurtin’, including the two famous gutturals in the post title; and why the characters are even there and fighting at all.
Posted in Supers role-playing
Tags: arrghh, Bullseye, Champions Now, Chris Claremont, Daredevil, Frank Miller, gorn, John Romita Jr., Kingpin, unnhh, Wolverine, X-Men
Kill, kill, kill
Posted by Ron Edwards
I jumped back into role-playing with gusto in late 1985, armed with Champions 3rd edition and a handful of enthusiastic friends. Before too long I was meeting lots of others playing the game, in person and through The Clobberin’ Times, and I got a good look at how plenty of people expected to play their heroes. How was it? Easy. In a word, they were killing all over the place.
Posted in Supers role-playing, The 70s me, The 80s me
Tags: Batman, berserk, Bill Willingham, Cadence Industries, Champions RPG, Code vs. Killing, Comics Code Authority, DC Heroes RPG, Dennis O'Neil, Elementals, God Loves Man Kills, GURPS: Supers, Marvel Super Heroes RPG, Punisher, The Clobberin' Times, Villains & Vigilantes, Wolverine
Sense, coincidence, nonsense, and consequence
Posted by Ron Edwards
We’re all grown-ups here, right? Not gonna freak out when I say, all plot is contrivance. Read the rest of this entry →
Posted in Storytalk
Tags: coincidence, Daredevil, Deathlok, Fifth Business, Silver Surfer, spider sense, Spider-Man, Superman, The X Files, Wolverine
Six million bucks
Posted by Ron Edwards
That’s $29,003,975.66 today, according to the CPI which may even be lowballing it. So keep your “one … million dollars” quip to yourself.
How did I get these mutton chops?
Posted by Ron Edwards
Wolverine, sheathe your claws! In fact, go away. (Denial … crumbling …) All right, I admit it, that would be covering up for my 80s self who dribbled all over the hairy bastard like everyone else.
Posted in Heroics, The 80s me
Tags: Barry Windsor Smith, Chris Claremont, Dave Cockrum, Dave Sim, Frank Miller, Herb Trimpe, Hulk, John Byrne, Larry Hama, Len Wein, Logan, Mark Douglas, Mary Sue, Weapon X, Wolverine, Wolverine: The Musical, Wolveroach, X-Men