Monthly Archives: April 2022

Bushido – Character Card Review Akoshi (Cult)

So now we have newly spoiled cards I can do exactly what I do for MCP, baseless uninformed character reviews! First up we have Akoshi, a new Gashadokuro for Cult of Yurei. Man I hope we keep getting full Art for cards, he looks awesome! So we have 2 Gashadokuro so far, Eiko (13 rice) […]

Marvel Multiverse – comparing the archetypes

So I’ve just “Fixed” the maths of the rank problems, which because it uses rank 1, also fixes some of the disparity between archetypes. The difference between a good and bad defense at rank 1 is 2, whereas the difference at rank 15 is 7. So as you went up the ranks the gap between […]

Marvel Multiverse – No Rank Bonus Archetype Tables

A couple of people have asked for it, so here’s the tables for 1/5/10/15/20/25 including damage and health and just rank bonuses for Rank 1. I’m also including the link to my google sheets with all the maths I’ve been doing. Viewing only. https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1ZqkmrpBqgY53CPlr-oC6Go_np1UpRIM003W5XK6D6MM/edit?usp=sharing What next?

Marvel Multiverse – More maths, Can we remove Rank modifiers?

After playing my Guardian Encounter I was again convinced that the Maths for this game are just wrong. I decided to go back and check my original combat tables, but add in the ranks other than 15; The obvious problem is now Miss Marvel. Only Thor can hit her, and only on an 18, and […]

Marvel Multiverse – Guardians Encounter

This was another (not-so quick) test of the rules. Groot and Rocket from Book, Rank 10 Star-Lord (Blaster, Firearms, tactical Mastery), Rank 10 Drax (Bruiser, Blades, Super Strength, Martial Arts), Rank 1 Necro soldiers, Rank 5 Korath the Pursuer (Polymath, cybernetics), Rank 20 Ronan the Accuser (Super Strength, Energy Control, Martial Arts). The Guardians of […]

Marvel Multiverse Playtest Encounter take 2 – New Tables

So flatfoot74 on the subreddit did versions of the Pregens with the new maths here, so I’m going to try the same Encounter as earlier, but with the new table maths. Wolverine and Cap Vs Hydra Agents and then Killmonger (Black Panther) and Iron Patriot (Iron Man) set during Dark Reign. Seeing a Patrol of […]

Marvel Multiverse Playtest Encounter OG Rules

So I’m going to run a Short Encounter. Wolverine and Cap Vs Hydra Agents and then Killmonger (Black Panther) and Iron Patriot (Iron Man) set during Dark Reign. I’m going to do this twice, once with the OG rules and a second time with my tables. [Disclaimer – I’ve since been informed that Wolverine is […]

2d20 is back on that70sgame!

I haven’t posted much 2d20 stuff recently. I was writing a lot of content a year ago when I was working on all the 2d20 Mod content which lead to Jeremy contacting me and us starting out Podcast, Fluff n’ Crunch (more on that later). I did some posts on a Ghostbusters Conversion in November […]

Bushido – A Tale of 2 Oni (2 more games)

So I was lucky to get in 2 games either side of the Weekend (when I went to a MCP event and a footy match, so good weekend). On Friday my other gaming buddy Scott elected to play Bushido because Brian was MIA. I wanted to try the Oni so picked 100 points of Savage […]

Marvel Crisis Protocol – Guardians Roster Review

So at the weekend I took Guardians to an event (see here) and they did OK. So as always I’m reviewing the roster; Star-Lord. I didn’t get to use Hit and run that much as I was mostly sitting on points. But he mostly sat on points and shot people. And with 5/7 dice he […]

MCP: Imps Gaming Event 23/4/22

At the weekend I did something different for an event. I went East! Normally I travel North to Pontefract (Elysium) or Leodis (Leeds), or South towards Derby and Nottingham (Bash, Sanctuary,7th City), or West to Stockport (Element) or South-West towards Birmingham (BiB, Tritex). But this weekend I went East to Lincoln and Imps Gaming! Imps […]

Marvel Multiverse – The Pregens using my new tables

To see if these new archetype tables (here) do the job we need to look at the original character stats; I’ve actually noticed something new looking at these again. Captain Marvel cannot punch herself in a fight. She has Might modifier of +19 and an Agility Defense of 39, so she needs a 20 to […]

Marvel Multiverse – New Archetype tables

So I’ve previously looked at how the maths in this game should work but doesn’t work very well because the developers have ignored their own limits. They also then made a mess of character creation thanks to the archetype tables . So I provided some solutions, one being new Archetype tables with flatter maths . […]

Marvel Multiverse Solutions

So we have a have a few problems with the Multiverse game at the moment: The main three would be this: Solution One : Exploding Dice. If you roll a 6 on a dice (including the Marvel die) you get another d6 and roll that and add it to the total.* (*unless you roll 111 […]

Marvel Multiverse: Broken Blaster – where I break the game by following the rules

So I want to see just how bad a character I can make. So I introduce the Broken Blaster. Barry is a character in the Multiverse RPG. Then he gets hold of the/a reality stone and become aware that he is in an RPG and grants himself unlimited cosmic power. Well not unlimited, he makes […]

Marvel Multiverse Maths part 2

Continuing on with this maths issue (part 1 here), lets look at some actual characters against each other. First let’s look at the dice odds for this game (3d6, but 1 on marvel d6 counts as 6): We can see most of the range is in the middle. This is not a d20 where you […]

Marvel Mutiverse Maths

The more I look at the potential numbers the more I think the base maths in this game is just wrong. If we look at M&M it should operate on a similar range. We have power levels, which cap various stats and modifiers. So at PL10 you can’t have too high an attack or defense. […]

MMRPG: Making Lady Shiva

I started on a high about this game, then got down about Carol, then up again, then down about Hulk hitting Spidey, then up, then down about Wolvie not being able to hit Panther. So I’m going to forget all that and make a character. I’m going to start with the first DC character I […]

Marvel Multiverse Review Part 2, comparisons and conclusions.

To be able to comment on how good the multiverse rpg is, we should start by considering what we want from a Marvel RPG. Here’s a list of possible requirements: Be able to play marvel heroes that feel like their comic or film counterparts Be able to make your own characters Play in games with […]

Marvel Multiverse Review Part 1, What’s in the book?

So the “book” hasn’t arrived in the UK yet, but the ebook has appeared on Google, so I bought it from there.  Lets’ have a look at the chapter first 1 – Intro The usual RP stuff, but also a play it safe section – in a playtest, which seems odd.  2- Core mechanics The […]