Dead guy on tab Posted September 14, 2007 Report Share Posted September 14, 2007 Which published superhero adventures (from any company) do people think are the best and why? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wcw43921 Posted September 15, 2007 Report Share Posted September 15, 2007 Re: Best Published Superhero Adventure? I always liked the two-part adventure Death-Duel With The Destroyers and The Island Of Doctor Apocalypse, by Bill Willingham for the revised Villains & Vigilantes. Excellent design for a master villain's island stronghold, and some of the toughest adversaries a team of heroes could ever hope to face. Just about all of the V&V adventures were great, to my mind. I loved the artwork by Jeff Dee, Bill Reinhold, and Patrick Zircher, to name but a few--but perhaps the best part was that they were only five bucks apiece. When was the last time you saw that anywhere, except as a pdf or something similar? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hermit Posted September 15, 2007 Report Share Posted September 15, 2007 Re: Best Published Superhero Adventure? To Serve and Protect, by Scott Heine is definitely one of my favorites period. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lord Liaden Posted September 15, 2007 Report Share Posted September 15, 2007 Re: Best Published Superhero Adventure? Never more impressed by a published supers adventure than I was with Day of the Destroyer. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hermit Posted September 15, 2007 Report Share Posted September 15, 2007 Re: Best Published Superhero Adventure? For 5th Ed goodness, Shades of Black by Allen Thomas was a rich tapestry that really makes the Black Paladin come alive. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hugh Neilson Posted September 15, 2007 Report Share Posted September 15, 2007 Re: Best Published Superhero Adventure? I always liked the two-part adventure Death-Duel With The Destroyers and The Island Of Doctor Apocalypse' date=' [/i']by Bill Willingham for the revised Villains & Vigilantes. Excellent design for a master villain's island stronghold, and some of the toughest adversaries a team of heroes could ever hope to face. Just about all of the V&V adventures were great, to my mind. I loved the artwork by Jeff Dee, Bill Reinhold, and Patrick Zircher, to name but a few--but perhaps the best part was that they were only five bucks apiece. When was the last time you saw that anywhere, except as a pdf or something similar? I loved the early V&V scenarios, and I'd put that two parter right up there. Force and Assassin was another great two parter (although more of a "villain returns another day" structure). Some of the V&V adventires left me cold, however those ones were great for translating to Champions. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Balabanto Posted September 15, 2007 Report Share Posted September 15, 2007 Re: Best Published Superhero Adventure? I don't love Death Duel With The Destroyers. Read the first four issues of Elementals. Saker=Doctor Apocalypse. There is NO change in the plot, except that at the end, the villain gets killed. My favorite published superhero adventures, in no particular order, are... 1) My own, because I'm ARROGANT! 2) To Serve and Protect, Scott F. Heine. He's MY hero. 3) Target Hero 4) The Island of Doctor Destroyer. Both Rod and I were really put out when the tribute adventure Steve made did not begin with a message from Agent Zed. 5) Great Supervillain Contest. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Enforcer84 Posted September 15, 2007 Report Share Posted September 15, 2007 Re: Best Published Superhero Adventure? Since I've used it so many times, (though not sure it counts) The Avengers Experimental Franchise adventures from TSR's Marvel Superheroes Avengers Assemble book (wow, what a frickin' long title) I just had a kick with the tryouts, the choices for put out reserve Avenger liason, the fight against Taskmaster, Fabian Stankowicz! and the chance to make our own Avengers team was too great to resist. Day of the Destroyer was awesome To Serve and Protect, I enjoyed playing but never ran. Many V&V adventures were converted for my champions games. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rjcurrie Posted September 15, 2007 Report Share Posted September 15, 2007 Re: Best Published Superhero Adventure? Both Time of Crisis and Time of Vengeance from Green Ronin for M&M look like they would be fun to run. I also second Day of the Destroyer. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clonus Posted September 15, 2007 Report Share Posted September 15, 2007 Re: Best Published Superhero Adventure? I don't love Death Duel With The Destroyers. Read the first four issues of Elementals. Saker=Doctor Apocalypse. It's not Deathduel's fault that Willingham reused it in the comic. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom Posted September 15, 2007 Report Share Posted September 15, 2007 Re: Best Published Superhero Adventure? To Serve and Protect has always been a favorite of mine, as has Coriolis Effect. I keep wanting to run VOICE of Doom, but I never quite manage to do it. I've incorporated pieces in my games though... (maybe next time...) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Goradin Posted September 15, 2007 Report Share Posted September 15, 2007 Re: Best Published Superhero Adventure? Shades of Black is pretty awesome. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hugh Neilson Posted September 15, 2007 Report Share Posted September 15, 2007 Re: Best Published Superhero Adventure? I don't love Death Duel With The Destroyers. Read the first four issues of Elementals. Saker=Doctor Apocalypse. There is NO change in the plot, except that at the end, the villain gets killed. The fact that the comic writer is a lousy GM does not, in any way, change the status of the scenario. I recall those issues, and they didn't much resemble Death Duel/Island, at least as I ran it and my players worked through it. Maybe the players weren't very good. That could be why the Elementals aren't published any more. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lord Liaden Posted September 15, 2007 Report Share Posted September 15, 2007 Re: Best Published Superhero Adventure? Shades of Black is pretty awesome. No argument there. Good plot, strong characterizations, great mood, beautiful maps, lots of little touches to help set the scenes, and probably the most thoroughly thought-out supers adventure I've ever seen in terms of adjusting the plot to the players' actions. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rjcurrie Posted September 15, 2007 Report Share Posted September 15, 2007 Re: Best Published Superhero Adventure? The fact that the comic writer is a lousy GM does not, in any way, change the status of the scenario. I recall those issues, and they didn't much resemble Death Duel/Island, at least as I ran it and my players worked through it. Maybe the players weren't very good. That could be why the Elementals aren't published any more. Just to clarify, Bill Willingham who wrote the Elementals wrote the adventure Death Duel With The Destroyers. I suspect he had the comic issues written or at least planned out and while trying to get the comic punished, he basically turned the plot into a gaming adventure. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cold Steel Posted September 15, 2007 Report Share Posted September 15, 2007 Re: Best Published Superhero Adventure? Reality Storm is pretty good also. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
L.Craig Posted September 16, 2007 Report Share Posted September 16, 2007 Re: Best Published Superhero Adventure? Mine is Deathstroke, it was the first adventure I bought, I like it the most for nostalga probably more than anything. And hey who can forget SAT Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve Posted September 16, 2007 Report Share Posted September 16, 2007 Re: Best Published Superhero Adventure? I'll second the votes for Day of the Destroyer and The Great Super-Villain Contest. Both were plotted like a good comic book story for me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OzMike Posted September 16, 2007 Report Share Posted September 16, 2007 Re: Best Published Superhero Adventure? VOICE of Doom was some of the most heart stopping fun I've had in a superhero game. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hermit Posted September 16, 2007 Report Share Posted September 16, 2007 Re: Best Published Superhero Adventure? Reality Storm is pretty good also. It was a big hit with my players. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheQuestionMan Posted September 16, 2007 Report Share Posted September 16, 2007 Re: Best Published Superhero Adventure? Death-Duel With The Destroyers by Bill Willingham http://www.villainsandvigilantes.com/death-duel-destroyers/ The Island Of Doctor Apocalypse by Bill Willingham http://www.villainsandvigilantes.com/island-doctor-apocalypse/ To Serve and Protect, by Scott Heine http://www.pen-paper.net/rpgdb.php?op=showbook&bookid=2379 Shades of Black by Allen Thomas https://www.herogames.com/viewItem.htm?itemID=130394 Target Hero by David Matalon http://www.amazon.com/Target-Hero-Champions-David-Matalon/dp/B000GFIW9A/ref=sr_1_2/103-6747931-6317431?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1189967365&sr=1-2 The Island of Doctor Destroyer by George MacDonald, Steve Peterson http://www.roliste.com/detail.jsp?id=409 Time of Crisis by Green Ronin Publishing http://www.greenronin.com/Merchant2/merchant.mvc?Screen=PROD&Store_Code=1001&Product_Code=grr2004 Time of Vengeance by Green Ronin Publishing http://greenronin.com/store/grr2511e/ The Coriolis Effect http://comics.drivethrustuff.com/product_info.php?products_id=3043 Reality Storm: When Worlds Collide by Guardians of Order https://www.herogames.com/viewItem.htm?itemID=184559 Deathstroke http://www.roliste.com/detail.jsp?id=412 The Great Super-Villain Contest http://comics.drivethrustuff.com/product_info.php?products_id=3045 VOICE of Doom http://www.amazon.com/Adventure-Supplement-V-O-I-C-E-champions-adventure/dp/0915795809/ref=sr_1_1/103-6747931-6317431?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1189968082&sr=8-1 Hmmm... QM Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ParagonAlpha Posted September 17, 2007 Report Share Posted September 17, 2007 Re: Best Published Superhero Adventure? I'll have to go with Deathstroke, it was the first adventure I ever bought, the first adventure I ever ran, and the first time I realized I needed more experience as a GM to run something. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roter Baron Posted September 17, 2007 Report Share Posted September 17, 2007 Re: Best Published Superhero Adventure? Marvel Super Heroes Triology "After Midnight", "Night Moves" and "Night Life" was GREAT! Get them if you see them and have fun for quite a while. Okay, you got to convert a LOT of characters, but trust the teuton: It will be more than worth your while. And maybe not the best but the first I ran and got me into the whole supers thing: "Betrayal!" in the fisrt edition of Heroes Unlimited. Used with the - argueably sucking - Heroes Unlimited 1st edition rules, but we hand fun anyway although I killed (!) almost the whole group by playing the villains to the fullest and meanest. My first Champions adventure was "Target Hero" - also very nice. Now a little bit outdated because D.E.M.O.N. used to be just some "Viper powersuits with spells agency" back then, but still worth it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lord Fyre Posted September 17, 2007 Report Share Posted September 17, 2007 Re: Best Published Superhero Adventure? I am going to have to go with Day Of The Destroyer (Scott Bennie), but it is a tough call - Since I don't yet have Shades Of Black. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cold Steel Posted September 17, 2007 Report Share Posted September 17, 2007 Re: Best Published Superhero Adventure? A recent one that i found to be interesting was A More Perfect Union by Steve Kenson even though it was a M&M based adventure (Paragons campaign setting), it was quite easy to convert to Hero. M&M, don't sue me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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