The Official Superhero Adventure Game
The Official Superhero Adventure Game is a role-playing game published by its designer Brian Phillips in 1981.
Description
[edit]The Official Superhero Adventure Game is a superhero system with rules mainly for combat (basic and advanced).[1] The game includes dozens of hero and villain character descriptions.[1] A calculator is required, as math formulas figure prominently in the rules.[1]
Publication history
[edit]The Official Superhero Adventure Game was designed and published by Brian Phillips in 1981 as a 52-page book with a blue and white cover, and 32 cardstock sheets.[1] A second version was published the same year with a color cover.[1]
Reception
[edit]Steve Perrin reviewed The Official Superhero Adventure Game for Different Worlds magazine and stated that "All in all, you get quite a bit for your money, even without the ability to make up your own characters. The characters provided are interesting in themselves, and the scenarios make for a good reproduction of a DC saga, if not a Marvel epic. For character and scenario ideas alone, superhero referees might do well to pick up this game, if they can find it."[2]
Lawrence Schick felt that the game system's rules were "confused" and "rudimentary".[1]
References
[edit]- ^ a b c d e f Schick, Lawrence (1991). Heroic Worlds: A History and Guide to Role-Playing Games. Prometheus Books. p. 56. ISBN 0-87975-653-5.
- ^ Perrin, Steve (August 1982). "Reviews". Different Worlds (23): 42–43.