If someone were to publish a new supers RPG or setting book, which licensed setting would you want that wasn't the Big Two?  And why? Would it actually be good for roleplaying in?

The issue with this, is that unless you're not North American (which a fair are on this site are not) then we have no idea what other settings there are?  IDW/Dynamite/Dark Horse specializes in Licensed characters/settings.  But if you live across the pond, there are other characters and settings, like The Phantom, the Ghost Who Walks (which I hear is a really popular character in...  Denmark?  I think.  It's somewhere there.)  But we, over here?  We can't really answer this unless we're over 50 years old.

That's pretty hard. I can think of comics I'd like to see turned RPG; Saga, Scalped (which darn it, was Vertigo, so DC)... but no Supers license stands out to me. Before Image was bought out they had a few popular series, but nothing that stood out and said, "Hey, I am a novel idea!" I liked the original premise of Spawn, but I knew McFarlane would puss out in the end and not make his power finite so that he eventually killed himself.

Actually, that'd be a fun game to run. Every time the characters use a power or spell, it draws away their life essence, so it becomes a challenge of doing too little and getting killed by a bad guy, or too much and vaporizing yourself. Surely that has been done though, right?

Thought of one: Hellboy and or Bureau for Paranormal Research and Development. Steve Jackson games has one, but it's GURPS-based. I don't do GURPS.

Right now? One-Punch Man

The point is to see how well you can do before Saitama comes along and steals your thunder in one punch, but you somehow still get credit for it. (Note: The source comic is a comedy, as much a parody of Western superheroes as it is Japanese super martial arts stories, and it is HILARIOUS. For the other heroes in this comic, that's pretty much how things go.)

Though technically DC owns it, I think that the setting of Warren Ellis' Planetary would be ripe for role-playing and not as muddled as the retcon-heavy DC and Marvel universes.

Astro City.

It's heavily character driven and gritty without resorting to HBO levels of porn

The Hypernaturals by Boom! Studios.

It's essentially "What if the Legion of Super-Heroes was conceived of in the 21st Century, without all the DC Comics baggage?"

In the far, far future (no exact date given), post-singularity, humanity in all of its various forms (thanks to enhanced genetic manipulation), has colonized the galaxy.  The Hypernaturals are an official government-sanctioned team of "hyper" (i.e. super) powered individuals that go around the galaxy and solve problems, whether those problems are natural (imminent asteroid collision), or man-made.

I'd like to see a game with Hanna-Barbara's characters set in one universe: Herculoids, Space Ghost, Johnny Quest, Might-Tor, Biiiiirdman and the rest.

I'd also like to see:

City of Heroes done as a TTRPG. Tons of content.
Overwatch would make a good super's setting
Grendel - Yes. Yes. More yes.

Quote from: tenbones;977360I'd like to see a game with Hanna-Barbara's characters set in one universe: Herculoids, Space Ghost, Johnny Quest, Might-Tor, Biiiiirdman and the rest.

Herculoids was the first thing I thought of when I saw the thread title! Melding all those titles together into a cohesive whole would be mangificence.

Another, similar, thing I'd like is an Andersonverse game... melding Thunderbirds, Captain Scarlett, Joe 80, etc. into one big setting. Low-powered supers or base humans with 'superscience' equipment.

QuoteCity of Heroes done as a TTRPG. Tons of content.

There is a nicely done fan write-up of CoH for BRP on the BRP Central downloads page... but yeah, I'd love to visit that setting again... and fight the Clockwork, Vanished Pantheon, Vahzilok, and Circle of Thorns.

Quote from: HorusArisen;977292Astro City.

It's heavily character driven and gritty without resorting to HBO levels of porn

Hell, yes! I'd love to see something for Astro City. It has great stories, plus it is consistent and careful in its setting and world-building.

While technically a superhero setting, I'd like to see some anime RPG's like we had in the early days of Big Eyes Small Mouth in the late 1990's and early 2000's.

A new version of the Sailor Moon Role-Playing Game and Resource Book would be awesome, although the odds of it happening are slim to none.

I second the idea of a One Punch Man RPG.

Other great ideas for RPG's based on anime include the following...

Digimon (any continuity except Frontier)

Cardcaptor Sakura (similar in tone to Sailor Moon, and both bring back fond memories of being a child in 2000)

Fullmetal Alchemist (I'd prefer if they went with the superior 2003 anime to the inferior continuity of Brotherhood, but both would lend well to RPG's)

InuYasha: A Feudal Fairy Tale (one of my favorites)

Lupin III (PC's could either be fellow thieves helping Lupin and his gang pull off capers and heists, or help Zenigata pursue Lupin)

Dragonball Z (I'm not the biggest fan of this series, but it is a classic in anime and is immensely popular. Could work well for a game)

Urotsukidoji (essentially Black Tokyo done right, but it would obviously have a limited appeal)

In the realm of non-anime, but still somewhat superhero-related, tokusatsu RPG's would be cool. Stuff like Power Rangers, Super Sentai, or Kamen Rider (or homages thereof) would make good games too.

The original Eastman & Laird Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, and the parodies Adolesent Radioactive Black Belt Hamsters, Geriatric Jiujitsu Gerbils, Killer Kung-fu Kangaroos, and of course Boris the Bear done in a system other than Palladium could be fun.  Yes, those were all real comics.

Alan Moore stuff - Watchmen and V for Vendetta.
Grant Morrisson - The Invisibles
And noting that we already have Judge Dredd/2000AD, I guess Fungus the Bogeyman!

Quote from: TrippyHippy;977396Alan Moore stuff - Watchmen and V for Vendetta.
Grant Morrisson - The Invisibles
And noting that we already have Judge Dredd/2000AD, I guess Fungus the Bogeyman!

The Watchmen are DC owned, and are now part of the DC universe.

I'd love to see a City of Heroes tabletop game.