Post by Midnight on Mar 11, 2024 14:03:07 GMT -5
I finally got to have a true test drive of the Mighty Protectors / Villains &Vigilantes 3.0 rules the other night thanks to my dear friend, and amazing gamemaster, P. Michael Hodge. Now while, as many know, I can pretty much play any superhero role playing game and thoroughly enjoy myself, but I have been searching for a long time for my Holy Grail / forever superhero roleplaying game system (SHRPG) to invest my time an creative energies in (such as they may be) to gamemaster myself.
During the test drive of Mighty Protectors (henceforth referred to as MP), which was a amazing amount of fun, I discovered many of the rules as written (RAW) didn't work out in a manner which was to my taste as a GM. I recently discover that I like a more narratively flexible rules system, which is probably why I've always been pathologically opposed to point buy systems. For me MP's predecessor V&V 2 and V&V 2.1 fit that bill in a much better way.
I guess, in many ways, I'm a adherent to the OSR (Old School Renaissance) philosophy of gaming which espouses a more "rulings over rules" approach to role playing games. I appreciate a game with a lighter rule set that is much more tolerant to house ruling, when necessary, without having to have a deep comprehension of underling rules architecture.
As a result, I may finally have to decided to embrace my stubborn undying love of the first superhero roleplaying game I ever played - Villains & Vigilantes 2.x. now I don't know if anybody will ever play under me as a game master using this system but should they want to play a SHRPG that I run as a game master it may have to be V&V2.x.
The search for me, is perhaps over. Now onto the to turning the decision into an actuality, it will probably take quite a while but at least I now have a definite focus for my energies.
But that all being, said the shiney newish copies of Absolut Power! ( Silver Age Sentinels 2nd Edition) is sitting on the shelf over there looking all aluring and coy. It doe provide a bit more of a framework without losing much in the way of flexibility, and it's an unusal way to work a Point buy system that I don't find totally Objectionable.
Anyways thanks for reading.