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[avram]

Games Club at bigscary’s again last night. I got to play the new Marvel superhero RPG, GMed by one Steven Tihor, who helped develop it. It’s an interesting system, if perhaps a bit abstract. I played Nightcrawler, kent_allard_jr played Wolverine, negativeq played Kitty Pryde, feiran (who’s new to RPGing, and seemed far more excited at the prospect of playing the Marvel game than just about any gamer I’ve ever seen) played Rogue, viridian played Jean Grey, and Ben (who must have an LJ, because everyone does, but I don’t know about it) played token non-mutant Iron Man.

It was pretty cool. If I played again, I’d want a character designed to take better advantage of the quirks of the system. But as it was I got to argue philosophy with Mystique in a cheesy German accent, and no system quirks will prevent that. I even made arguments that I wouldn’t have made in real life, and I’m always pleased on the rare occasions I can get deep enough into character to do stuff like that.

Comments

[jbsegal.livejournal.com]

Heh. Steve Tihor was my first (though he didn't know me from Adam) sysadmin - he was high up in the NYU ACF staff and I was a sophmore, more or less.

(He still doesn't know me, don't worry about closing the connection link...)

[kent-allard-jr.livejournal.com]

Ben's livejournal name is hslayer. And yes, feiran's enthusiasm for the game was delightful (to me, anyway). I'm still a bit ambivalent about the system, although my reaction wasn't quite as negative as last time. (I seem to spend more time thinking in system terms than I'd like.)

[volund.livejournal.com]

I remember Steve Tihor from years ago; this is the first I've heard of him in a long time.