tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2465863144787683153.post8862180808129835123..comments2024-03-27T19:02:58.368-04:00Comments on BARKING ALIEN: When Not Preaching To The ChoirAdam Dicksteinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04840144928096089178noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2465863144787683153.post-73470151489664136912013-03-09T22:36:52.711-05:002013-03-09T22:36:52.711-05:00The Avengers is definitely rocking a Cosmic vibe r...The Avengers is definitely rocking a Cosmic vibe right now.<br /><br />By the way, you can see for my first superhero session went right here:<br />http://graphpapergames.blogspot.com/2013/03/our-first-marvel-heroic-roleplaying.htmlWQRobbhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17436898737750581192noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2465863144787683153.post-29945135195091098882013-03-09T09:21:47.300-05:002013-03-09T09:21:47.300-05:00Welcome Teresa.
It's tricky and while I could...Welcome Teresa.<br /><br />It's tricky and while I could also say the tried and trite, "Give'em some comics and let'em catch up", we all know its not as simple as that.<br /><br />That is, there is very little chance that reading through the last two or three trades of Avengers or X-Men is going to suddenly give them the kind of deep mythology a long time fan has.<br /><br />Heck in the current Avengers title they have new members including Captain Universe, Smasher of the Shi'Ar Imperial Guard and Hyperion of the Squadron Supreme. To me THAT'S FREAKIN' AWESOME!!! To many people its more of a curiousity. It's, "Huh? Who are these guys? I guess I'll learn about them as I go and decide if I like them."<br /><br />Very different experience, though both a valid.Adam Dicksteinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04840144928096089178noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2465863144787683153.post-80548118205739349442013-03-09T01:10:46.032-05:002013-03-09T01:10:46.032-05:00This entry really talks to me. I've been tryin...This entry really talks to me. I've been trying to figure out how to brisge the gap between my Players and I. They have little comic book lore. I have decades of reading experience. It is a difficult interaction.Teresahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01213481870704579199noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2465863144787683153.post-21161115983264604922013-03-07T19:21:56.123-05:002013-03-07T19:21:56.123-05:00Those comments were based on a real 5th ed. Champi...Those comments were based on a real 5th ed. Champions campaign I ran for about 6 months...I should have rejected 2 of the 6 players at the outset but was fairly new to GMing and thought they'd come around after they made more appropriate characters. They wound up quitting but only after (deliberately, I think) torpedoing the campaign for the others. I like to think I'd do better now.Doc Savagehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08783244633195233970noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2465863144787683153.post-53991659326642502392013-03-07T10:31:41.383-05:002013-03-07T10:31:41.383-05:00Indeed *Sobs into his collection of various Krypto...Indeed *Sobs into his collection of various Kryptonite colors*Adam Dicksteinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04840144928096089178noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2465863144787683153.post-59585400875732945262013-03-07T09:35:43.960-05:002013-03-07T09:35:43.960-05:00"A four-color, heroes-avoid-killing, Silver/B..."A four-color, heroes-avoid-killing, Silver/Bronze Age Marvel game set in NYC? Oh, I should play a teenage vampire who hates his heritage and preys only on criminals to survive while I wander the earth seeking a cure!"<br /><br />"Hey, that's great, and I'll be a gun-toting vigilante in a trenchcoat who is a former Mafia hitman but now seeks revenge on the Mafia for double-crossing me and leaving me for dead!"Doc Savagehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08783244633195233970noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2465863144787683153.post-5318629763641115132013-03-06T20:02:51.288-05:002013-03-06T20:02:51.288-05:00Allfather and Galactus please save me from those t...Allfather and Galactus please save me from those trying to 'be original'. ^^;Adam Dicksteinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04840144928096089178noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2465863144787683153.post-89158770788404448972013-03-06T10:48:20.262-05:002013-03-06T10:48:20.262-05:00I never understand why players who like superheroe...I never understand why players who like superheroes create anything but...!<br /><br />Usually 20-40% of my players want to play PCs that don't fit in the genre. It seems they are trying to "be original."Doc Savagehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08783244633195233970noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2465863144787683153.post-41533437614354848702013-03-06T00:46:23.440-05:002013-03-06T00:46:23.440-05:00I've learned to never, ever, EVER run supers g...I've learned to never, ever, EVER run supers games for people who don't enjoy comics or the assorted cartoons. They don't actually have to be funnybook fans proper, but they have to at least "get" Saturday morning spandex theatrics. (And liking superhero video games isn't enough.)<br /><br />These are questions I actually ask players as they make their PCs: "Is this a character you'd want to read about in a comic? Is this a character other people would want to read about in a comic? Would this character fit well with others in a team comic?"<br /><br />That usually prevents designs like Captain Shoot-Them-In-The-Head and Dr. Mentalist-Who-Hides-Invisibly-And-Mind-Controls-From-Afar.Justin S. Davishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14881276106170920830noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2465863144787683153.post-17096995165474849322013-03-05T23:51:42.238-05:002013-03-05T23:51:42.238-05:00First, I agree with your rant - I have seen some r...First, I agree with your rant - I have seen some really weird, incoherent concepts over the years even from people who should know better.<br /><br />But your main premise ... I don't know, with all of the superhero movies since 2000, all of the cartoons on TV, and all of the videogames featuring them I don't think superheroes are a particularly exotic concept anymore and I don't know that comic book knowledge specifically is required because some of that other stuff is really good.<br /><br />I will say that it's better if your players are superhero fans, regardless of their chosen medium, than if they are not, more from an enthusiasm and getting-on-board-with-it point of view than any other reason. Blacksteelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16289298640828309072noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2465863144787683153.post-25507385999327766862013-03-05T23:35:19.690-05:002013-03-05T23:35:19.690-05:00Agreed. It is more than 'suspension of disbeli...Agreed. It is more than 'suspension of disbelief'. It's accepting from the onset that 'things work a little differently here'.<br /><br />What is normal to the entities living in a Superhero universe is simply not normal to someone who's thinking originates in another genre or in the real world (to some extent).Adam Dicksteinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04840144928096089178noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2465863144787683153.post-71948329191865980962013-03-05T22:57:51.010-05:002013-03-05T22:57:51.010-05:00First, thanks for the bloglove.
Second, I think o...First, thanks for the bloglove.<br /><br />Second, I think one of the issues why is because superheroes require a little suspension of common sense. In a sci-fi game or fantasy game, you're basically navigating in a fantastic realm, but what you're doing is reasonable, given the circumstances.<br /><br />In comic books, there's a certain amount of that lacking. For example, I remember years ago someone wondering if there would be that moment in the X-Men when they would square off against a villain and the villain would just pull out a pistol, shoot Storm and Cyclops, and then run away.<br /><br />A person who doesn't "get" the genre might say, "my character is going to do just that," or a host of other rather reasonable things.WQRobbhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17436898737750581192noreply@blogger.com