What is/are your most recent TTRPG purchase(s)?

Theory of Games said:

How good or bad is Savage Worlds Supers?

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Reynard said:

I love Savage Worlds as a system. it is generally my go to for most things. But I do not like it for supers. I am not exactly sure why, but it never hits right. I love M&M3, though, so...

ICONS is a good balance between a narrative supers game and something like M&M.

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Theory of Games said:

What do you mean SWS "never hits right"? Can it do Justice League-level supers? The really ridiculous powers like Superman and Green Lantern and Flash?

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• Dragon AGE, 2023 reprint.
• Wanderer, the Shadowed Realm.
• D&D PHB, MM and DMG 3.5 POD.

Theory of Games said:

Picked up Magpie Games' MASKS: A New Generation! because players were are ready to put my baby (Mutants & Masterminds!!!) out to pasture. So. From MASKS! reviews, I knew I would hate it BUT got it anyway because teamwork makes the dream work, right?

I couldn't even get half way through the book. Ever find yourself reading through a new game and

Yeah that. So now for the first time since 2010 I gotta shop for a new superhero rpg. Something rules-light to medium, that allows creation of ANY imaginable power PLUS has rules for equipment, vehicles and super-bases. And the arts should be evocative of superhero comics.

How good or bad is Savage Worlds Supers?

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Thomas Shey said:

It suffers from the fact that handling certain things runs up against some of the systemic features of SW hard. Its instructive over time to note how many people who have a really bad experience with SW had it playing Supers. As just a glaring example, the open-ended damage system starts to do some very odd things when you get up to more than three dice in SW, and there are attacks in Supers that are well over that. SW Supers is also really resistant to most powers that might end up being a plot breaker, and to be blunt, there are plenty of those in the genre.

I'd make some suggestions but the phrase "any imaginable power" is one of those that people can mean rather widely varied things by, so...

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Theory of Games said:

It's amusing that you just described GURPS Supers perfectly. Because I always saw SW as GURPS Lite, Jr. I don't want to derail this thread much more but thanks folks.

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