Quote from: Christopher Brady;977404The Watchmen are DC owned, and are now part of the DC universe.

So are the Invisibles. Owned by DC, not part of the universe.

I preferred The Filth to The Invisibles but I have no idea how'd you systemtize that. We3 is more promising.

Quote from: Panjumanju;977808Bit of a cheat, because it exists within but separate from the DC Universe:

Strikeforce Morituri

//Panjumanju

Marvel.

Well, I'll probably just stick with Judge Dredd/2000AD then. And Fungus the Bogeyman.

Quote from: TrippyHippy;978623Well, I'll probably just stick with Judge Dredd/2000AD then. And Fungus the Bogeyman.

If I read the interwebs correctly Dredd is being done by En publishing using WOIN.

Quote from: HorusArisen;978636If I read the interwebs correctly Dredd is being done by En publishing using WOIN.

Yep it is - for release sometime later this year: https://www.worldsof2000adrpg.com/worlds-of-2000ad/

Quote from: TrippyHippy;978650Yep it is - for release sometime later this year: https://www.worldsof2000adrpg.com/worlds-of-2000ad/

Do you know if the system any good? My cousins a huge fan of Dredd and would snap up a decent RPG in a second.

Quote from: HorusArisen;978651Do you know if the system any good? My cousins a huge fan of Dredd and would snap up a decent RPG in a second.

It's solid, I'd say. There are some sample characters on that website to have a look at:

https://www.worldsof2000adrpg.com/mac/

Basically, it's D6 Dicepool system, although they rank the skills and attributes by a seperate number which then denotes the number of dice to roll (this rank only serves for advancement purposes), and I'm not sure they really need to do that. I haven't actually played the game, although I've read through the N.E.W. rulebook (the generic sci-fi version of the rules). It is quite easy to read and run, but it wouldn't entice me over from Traveller to play in any standard space opera game.

In the case of Judge Dredd/2000AD, however, it would. This is mainly due to the setting, of course, but I don't see the system getting in the way of my enjoyment and it actually suits the setting better than the Traveller system in some respects. For example, the N.E.W combat is a bit more comic strip in feel, whereas Traveller can get a bit deadly. The Traveller approach to advancement also doesn't really work in Judge Dredd either. With Traveller, there isn't a formal 'experience' system and to improve you generally just accumulate Credits to buy more tech and training. With Judges, they aren't really operating in a capitalist system like that (they are already provided with training and equipment from the offset) and the general development is too slow for characters to improve over the course of adventures. That will be remedied in the new version, I think.

I'll send him the link.

Ultraverse before Marvel ruined it
Invincible Universe from Image
The Justice Machine (I know there is a sourcebook for Palladium, but I'd like to see a full on rpg). Throw in T.H.U.N.D.E.R. Agents & Elementals, since they crosseed over a few times
The Hero Alliance
Maybe the DNAgents setting

I'm going to maintain that Overwatch is RIPE to be turned into a Supers RPG.

"Overwatch is set sixty years into the future of a fictionalized Earth, thirty years after the resolution of the "Omnic Crisis". Prior the Omnic Crisis, humanity had been in a golden age of prosperity and technology development. Humans developed robots with artificial intelligence called "Omnics", which were produced worldwide in automated "omnium" facilities and put to use to achieve economic equality. The Omnic Crisis began when the omniums started producing a series of lethal, hostile robots, which turned against humankind. The United Nations quickly formed Overwatch, an international task force to combat the omnic threat and restore order.

Two veteran soldiers were put in charge of Overwatch; Gabriel Reyes and Jack Morrison. Though Overwatch successfully quelled the robotic uprising and brought a number of talented individuals to the forefront, a rift developed between Reyes and Morrison, and Morrison became the leader of Overwatch while Reyes took charge of Blackwatch, Overwatch's covert operations division. Overwatch maintained peace across the world for several decades in what was called the "Overwatch Generation," but the rift between Morrison and Reyes intensified. Several allegations of wrongdoing and failures were leveled at Overwatch, leading to a public outcry against the organization and in-fighting between its members, prompting the UN to investigate the situation. During this, an explosion destroyed Overwatch's headquarters in Switzerland, purportedly killing Morrison and Reyes among others. The UN passed the Petras Act, which dismantled Overwatch and forbade any Overwatch-type activity.

Overwatch is set some years after the Petras Act; without Overwatch, corporations have started to take over, fighting and terrorism have broken out in parts of the globe, and there are signs of a second Omnic Crisis occurring in Russia. Former members of Overwatch decide to reform Overwatch despite the Petras Act, recruiting old friends and gaining new allies in their fight."

If you've never seen the mini-movies for it (or played the game) they're top-notch. The characters are all enhanced and/or use enhanced weaponry. So it's got a strong sci-fi heroes vibe, with heavy emphasis on the "heroes" part. But there is still a lot of gray in there to get messy with. Strong intimations of supernatural stuff with a couple of characters (Reaper). But setting-wise it's strong for use as an RPG. PC's could be former members of Overwatch/Blackwatch - or independents making their way in the post-Crisis world. Plenty of options for making Omnics (artificial beings) that can scale to Kaiju-sized monstrosities...

Overwatch shorts
https://youtu.be/Bl66r0R6Su4

Quote from: urbwar;978667Ultraverse before Marvel ruined it

Yeah, I didn't know if I should get into that or not. Marvel bought out all of Malibu Comics, including their Ultraverse imprint, in '94. Malibu had already ended their main Genesis setting(Protectors, Ex-Mutants, Dinosaurs for Hire) in spectacular and very sudden fashion. But Ultraverse was doing pretty good. Then the takeover and Black September happened. The comics they kept going for a bit were alright(except for Rune - what they did to that series just made me sad), but the magic was gone. I'll admit that when the bankruptcy happened in '96, I took a teensy bit of pleasure in it and kinda thought they deserved it.

CrossGen was also bought out by Marvel, but their comics' sudden cancellation was merciful by comparison. I think it left a lot of things in the series unresolved, but at least they didn't Black September it. IIRC, Marvel released a couple limited series based(loosely in the one case I bothered to check out) on a few CrossGen properties, but that's the last we heard of them.

I hate when companies buy things I love just so they can kill them.

Another comic universe I used to enjoy came to mind. Wildstorm. Wild C.A.T.S., Gen13, etc. My biggest comic-reading time was the early-to-mid '90s, so I didn't know what happened to them after that. It turns out that Wildstorm was cannibalized by DC in '99, because of fucking course it was. Maybe it's for the best. A quick image search has me thinking maybe it's the kind of stuff teenage me would have thought was "so cool and edgy," but which today me would just find cheesy and kinda embarrassing.

How about Harvey Comics?

It would be two and a half hoots to play with the original Black Cat, Bee-Man, Pirana, Jigsaw, Spyman, and Fighting American. Maybe they could cross through an interdimensional portal and team up with Casper, Hot Stuff, Richie Rich, and Wendy the Good Little Witch.