Quote from: Skywalker;589669Each 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.

It sounds a lot like a good way of splitting things up if you want to run a game using the themes and styles of a particular event, but as your game progresses, you'd run the risk of going "off the rails" of your supplement. Still, I wonder how much this line was designed for players who aren't already Marvel fans, as opposed to players who are (And so could be assumed to already have the books it's based on).

Anyway, my interest in this game is done, thank you for clarifying the details.

Quote from: Ladybird;589672It sounds a lot like a good way of splitting things up if you want to run a game using the themes and styles of a particular event, but as your game progresses, you'd run the risk of going "off the rails" of your supplement.

Not sure what "rails" you are referring to. The vast majority of each supplement is pretty much Datafiles of PCs and NPCs that are usable in any MHR game.

How we intend to use the supplements is to run the core storyline, but allow the individual PCs to be able to explore the various parallel tangents as they arise, using troupe style play.

The approach to the supplements will be different in Annihiliation as the supplement extend the core storyline, at least as I understand it.

Yeah, for being based off of pre-existing storylines, the Events provided in the books are much, much looser than what you get from most pre-written adventures.

No rails here.

Quote from: Tommy Brownell;589691Yeah, for being based off of pre-existing storylines, the Events provided in the books are much, much looser than what you get from most pre-written adventures.

No rails here.

Agree. They are pretty much toolboxes, with example scenes based on the comics.

Here are my Doctor Doom Distinctions:
"Die For the Triumph of Dr Doom!" (the single greatest quote in Marveldom)
Diplomatic Immunity
Overconfident
Solo d10 Team d8 Buddy d6.

I haven't read the rest of the rules yet.

The Defenders:
Hulk
"Leave Hulk Alone!"
Hulk SMASH!
Puny Banner
Team d6 Solo d10 Buddy d8

Namor
Crown Prince of Atlantis
Imperious Rex
Water's Cooling Embrace
Team d8 Buddy d6 Solo d10

Silver Surfer
Earthbound and Alone
By the Power Cosmic
To Save...His Home
Team d8 Buddy d6 Solo d10

Dr Strange
Master of the Mystic Arts
I Must Be the Best!
The Eye of Agamotto Sees All
Solo d6 Buddy d10 Team d8

Quote from: Ghost Whistler;589702Here are my Doctor Doom Distinctions:
"Die For the Triumph of Dr Doom!" (the single greatest quote in Marveldom)
Diplomatic Immunity
Overconfident
Solo d10 Team d8 Buddy d6.

Nice. Each one is a twist on how's he presented in CW and make sense to me.

I think I prefer "Ruler of Latveria" than "Diplomatic Immunity" as it's broader and covers more positive and negative possibilities.

Ruler of Latveria is a bit too passive for my liking. Diplomatic Immunity is clear and lets Doom do things he can't normally do. Ruler might be much the same, but YMMV.

Just for giggles:

Judge Dredd
Solo d10 Team d8 Buddy d6
I Am The Law!
Genetic Heritage of Justice
800 Million People, Each One A Potential Criminal

Judge Anderson
Solo d8 Team d6 Buddy d10
Anderson, Psi-Division
Highly Strung
Rides Without a Helmet

Quote from: Ghost Whistler;589812Ruler of Latveria is a bit too passive for my liking. Diplomatic Immunity is clear and lets Doom do things he can't normally do. Ruler might be much the same, but YMMV.

Cool. I just struggle to find the negative in Diplomatic Immunity unlike Ruler of Latveria, I guess.

Quote from: Skywalker;589852Cool. I just struggle to find the negative in diplomatic immunity more.

Yes I forget Distinctions aren't like aspects: the player has the choice to use the either die, the GM can't make him (or maybe they can, i havebn't read that far yet).
Though I imagine the Watcher wouldn't use it negatively, instead he'd use it anytime Reed Richards or the world's heroes tried to converge on the Latverian Embassy and take him down. Doom could whip out some legal bullshit and call in a bunch of cops if not Doombots and escape.

So far I'm very impressed with this game. It's simplicity is disarmingly deceptive. The powers and their limits are what make the power system, no need for two hundred pages of weights measures, approximations, stats, and whatnot.

I'm looking at my old Golden Heroes box and the NPC cards that came with the GM (ie the Script Supervisor, or SS!) screen. Good times. Some of those old characters were really cool (and it was implicitly set in the UK!). I can't help myself, here's Nightmare Man:

Solo d8 Team d6 Buddy d10
Terror of the Raven (he's accompanied by a magical entity in the form of a raven that feeds on the fear he inspires).
Racial Terrorist (he picks on minorities to inspire his fear).
Wizard of Light and Sound (he uses technology to work his 'magic').

Now, I ordered this from Amazon UK, who also stock the Civil War books.

None of these products are available through Esdevium (ie regular rpg channels). I have not seen this listed on any of their release sheets, nor have i ever seen it n stock at places like Leisure Games. At all.

So, has this product bypassed the regular rpg stockists becfause of Marvel comics? If so why don't places like Waterstones or WHSMiths or Forbidden Planet stock it?

Is that fair?

Quote from: Ghost Whistler;589997Is that fair?

As Disney owns Marvel, they have licensing restrictions which have interfered with the regular distribution of MHR to gaming stores. They are working on fixing it.

FWIW the Civil War event book only hit print a month ago in the US and a week or so ago in the UK. The other Civil War books have not yet been printed.

Its all a bit weird. If Amazon can stock it (ie many retailers that use amazon) but my LGS would presumably have to order it from somewhere other than Esdevium. As far as I know mine isn't an import.

Quote from: Ghost Whistler;590103Its all a bit weird. If Amazon can stock it (ie many retailers that use amazon) but my LGS would presumably have to order it from somewhere other than Esdevium. As far as I know mine isn't an import.

Not sure of the details. I think Disney restricts the flow of licensed products overseas through certain distributors, hence why Amazon has got it and your LGS doesn't.

Quote from: Skywalker;590107Not sure of the details. I think Disney restricts the flow of licensed products overseas through certain distributors, hence why Amazon has got it and your LGS doesn't.

That doesn't explain why major bricks and mortar bookshops don't list it either. Nor specialist (but not necessarily rpg) retailers - ie comic books shops like Forbidden Planet - can't get.

Is there a release date for Annihilation?

Quote from: Ghost Whistler;590256Is there a release date for Annihilation?

Mid November for PDF. Mid January for print.