Marvel Heroic Roleplaying Basic Game Launches This Month

Feb 7, 2012

With a DC Comics roleplaying game already on the market, The House of Ideas couldn’t sit back and let their competitor get the upper hand in the Role Playing Game department. Coming this month, from Margaret Weis Productions, is the Marvel Heroic Roleplaying Basic Game!

From MWP:

The Avengers have been disassembled, the Fantastic Four are somewhere in space, and the X-Men aren’t answering their phone. When dozens of dangerous villains are sprung from the maximum-maximum security prison known as the Raft, who’s going to stop them? You are.

The Marvel Heroic Roleplaying Basic Game uses the acclaimed “Breakout” story arc from Brian Michael Bendis’ New Avengers to launch the Marvel Heroic Roleplaying product line. The Operations Manual gives you all the rules you need to play, from gathering your heroes to taking on the likes of Carnage and Mister Hyde in a desperate free-for-all!

Hero Files for Captain America, Spider-Man, Daredevil, Iron Man, Wolverine, and more!
A mighty mob of Marvel Super Villains, from Armadillo to Zzzax!
Easy to learn game rules make this a perfect entry point to super hero roleplaying games!
All the action and drama that gamers have come to expect from Margaret Weis Productions and the Cortex Plus System!

Operations Manual Written & Designed by Cam Banks

Breakout Written & Designed by Cam Banks with Rob Donoghue, Jack Norris, Jesse Scoble, Aaron Sullivan, and Chad Underkoffler

Based on New Avengers #1-6 by Brian Michael Bendis, David Finch, and Danny Miki

Based on Heroic Roleplaying rules concepts from Cam Banks, Rob Donoghue, Matt Forbeck, Will Hindmarch, Philippe-Antoine Ménard, and Jesse Scoble

The Marvel Heroic Roleplaying Basic Game will be presented as a softcover book with a suggested retail price of $19.99. The game will be available only in the US and Canada.

Future releases will tie the role-playing game to on-going themes in Marvel’s comics. These releases, called “Events,” will include Event Books and Event Supplements for introducing new characters and expanding gameplay. Three Events are planned for 2012: Civil War in March, Annihilation in June, and Age of Apocalypse in September. Event supplements will be published as softcover books with a suggested retail price of $19.99.

Special casebound Essential Editions will also be available for the Events, with a suggested retail price of $29.99, as well as full-color hardcover Premium Editions priced at $39.99.

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