Civil War contains a lot of villains (Dr Doom is there) you mention and the rest will appear either in Annihilation or Age of Apocalypse.

The Event format seems to be entrenched for 2013, with three more undisclosed Events planned for next year on top of the two more we know about. I think it's one reason that Marvel is so supportive of this RPG too. It's a big selling point for them.

Quote from: Skywalker;589514Civil War contains a lot of villains (Dr Doom is there) you mention and the rest will appear either in Annihilation or Age of Apocalypse.

The Event format seems to be entrenched for 2013, with three more undisclosed Events planned for next year on top of the two more we know about. I think it's one reason that Marvel is so supportive of this RPG too. It's a big selling point for them.

To the point that I've had a friend complain that the game is the most ham handed "buy the trades" advertisement he's ever seen.

Apparently he was quite lost with a lot of the "Whys" of Civil War...something I couldn't factor in having already read the story.

I am sure the format made Marvel happy.

As said, I like the focus on adventures and the immediately playable. It's refreshing these days in my time strapped parenthood days. I am also using the RPG to guide my Marvel comic buying, given I find them an impenetrable mass these days. Working well so far for me, so, double win

Quote from: Skywalker;589522I am sure the format made Marvel happy.

As said, I like the focus on adventures and the immediately playable. It's refreshing these days in my time strapped parenthood days. I am also using the RPG to guide my Marvel comic buying, given I find them an impenetrable mass these days. Working well so far for me, so, double win

I hope that doesn't mean you've been buying Civil War, because just about everything they've done lately is way better than that...=P

Quote from: Skywalker;589514Civil War contains a lot of villains (Dr Doom is there) you mention and the rest will appear either in Annihilation or Age of Apocalypse.

The Event format seems to be entrenched for 2013, with three more undisclosed Events planned for next year on top of the two more we know about. I think it's one reason that Marvel is so supportive of this RPG too. It's a big selling point for them.

I don't necessarily think it's a bad idea, but of course it's subjective. If you're favourite characters/stories are not released, or won't be for ages, then you don't get access to the content you want. That people have, inevitably, already statted up their favourite iterations of their favourite characters is the most telling aspect. Now maybe without this event model, pimping marvel product, the game wouldn't exist. But the events will largely be current arcs.

i thought annhiliation was an ultimates story arc, with the ultimate galactus.

Quote from: Tommy Brownell;589519To the point that I've had a friend complain that the game is the most ham handed "buy the trades" advertisement he's ever seen.

Apparently he was quite lost with a lot of the "Whys" of Civil War...something I couldn't factor in having already read the story.

How many people bvuying the civil war eventbook will be buying it to run it, not just for the datafiles/setting info.

Quote from: Tommy Brownell;589524I hope that doesn't mean you've been buying Civil War, because just about everything they've done lately is way better than that...=P

I bought the single 7 issue graphic novel. It wasn't great as a comic but it is remarkable good for an RPG.

Quote from: Ghost Whistler;589603i thought annhiliation was an ultimates story arc, with the ultimate galactus.

It's not. It's a part of the normal Marvelverse.

Quote from: Ghost Whistler;589605How many people bvuying the civil war eventbook will be buying it to run it, not just for the datafiles/setting info.

An awful lot of the the Event books is just Datafiles and Setting Info. One thing I am enjoying about MHR is the much higher level of shared experience as the Event books are released.

Ok, i'm sure they'll do Ultimates at some point. I'm not that interested in the Ultimates much anyway. I like the iconic/classic versions.

I'm a bit confused by what they've done with Civil War. There seem to be many different versions of this. There's an Essentials version that's just the Civil War stuff plus datafiles (the drivethru preview, which is the only way I can see what's inside short of pirating a copy, has a contents page but that doesn't tell you what villains are included). Then there's a Young Avengers book with datafiles that aren't in the essential edition afaict and a book called 50 State Initiative. This is confusing. Oh, and there's a version due out with the main rules in (not a bad idea, if you can afford to repreint the rules everytime).

Quote from: Ghost Whistler;589621I'm a bit confused by what they've done with Civil War. There seem to be many different versions of this. There's an Essentials version that's just the Civil War stuff plus datafiles (the drivethru preview, which is the only way I can see what's inside short of pirating a copy, has a contents page but that doesn't tell you what villains are included). Then there's a Young Avengers book with datafiles that aren't in the essential edition afaict and a book called 50 State Initiative. This is confusing. Oh, and there's a version due out with the main rules in (not a bad idea, if you can afford to repreint the rules everytime).

The Young Avengers & 50 States Initiative books are supplements to Civil War. The 50 States Initiative is (obviously) about the teams put together after Iron Man's side won. I believe Young Avengers covers what the Young Avengers and Runaways were doing during the actual Civil War event (cause you know, other heroes had stuff going on during that time frame that tied into it, or was important enough to cover for gaming purposes)

Quote from: urbwar;589626The Young Avengers & 50 States Initiative books are supplements to Civil War. The 50 States Initiative is (obviously) about the teams put together after Iron Man's side won. I believe Young Avengers covers what the Young Avengers and Runaways were doing during the actual Civil War event (cause you know, other heroes had stuff going on during that time frame that tied into it, or was important enough to cover for gaming purposes)

I've never read Civil War.

Have to see what I want before I decide.

I'm not against the idea at all. But i was under the impression the Essential book had all the Civil War datafiles there will ever be for that (ie including Civil War supplements). Personally I can take or leave the Young Avengers.

Quote from: Ghost Whistler;589621Ok, i'm sure they'll do Ultimates at some point. I'm not that interested in the Ultimates much anyway. I like the iconic/classic versions.

Cam has said that they have considered Ultimates for an Event, so yeah I think you are right.

I am also not a big Ultimates fan, though I like select storylines, like Ultimate Galactacus.

Quote from: Ghost Whistler;589621I'm a bit confused by what they've done with Civil War.

Each Event will roughly follow the same format.

The hardcover Event Book  comes in Premium (340 pages) or Essentials (224 pages). The only difference is that Premium includes the Operation Manual (the rules) as well. In fact, CW Premium also including the random Datafiles freebie as well as it was so well received.

There are also three softcover supplements (130 pages). These cover new Datafiles, setting, mini-events, and rules. For Civil War, the three supplements cover some of the more tangential parallel storylines to the core story.

50 State covers three pro-registration teams (Thunderbolts, 50 State and Mercs). It has also a mini-event which can be played after the CW story.

Young Avengers and Runaways focusses on those teams and the New Warriors. You also get a mini-event of the Cube which was in that crossover series.

X-Men will cover the story in the CW X-Men comics.

Altogether they expand CW into a pretty huge story covering multiple angles.

Annihilation follows a similar structure though the three supplements will cover the stories after the main Annihiliation Event so it will be more of extending the campaign than broadening it.

Quote from: Ghost Whistler;589605How many people bvuying the civil war eventbook will be buying it to run it, not just for the datafiles/setting info.

My very dissatisified friend was one.

Quote from: Skywalker;589612It's not. It's a part of the normal Marvelverse.

And it was awesome.