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Re: [BNW] test
I would also throw in DC's KIngdom Come miniseries as
a good example of how BNW feels. (Especially the part
at the end where the drop the huge honking bomb on all
the supers. . .)
--- thenedain <thenedain@adelphia.net> wrote:
> One of the first things that got me interested in
> BNW in the first place was
> the setting. Being a huge comics fan myself, it
> really reminded me of the
> whole Days of Future Past X-Men storyline,
> especially the whole Delta
> Registration Act and all. That's actually how I
> sold the game to my group
> in the first place, by telling them it's alot like
> that, only they're more
> like B-List Comic Heroes. Luckily, they're really
> into the whole concept,
> so that part's pretty much taken care of.
>
> What do you guys think of the adventures in the
> supplements? Worth
> running for a newer group?
>
> Thenedain
>
> > Make sure your players understand the setting from
> the beginning (have
> them read the intro in the book). A lot of players
> (in my experience) go
> into a BNW campaign thinking it's a superhero game
> when it really isn't. The
> result is that they start the game expecting to fly
> around smashing
> buildings and saving the world, and then get
> disappointed when they have to
> run from cops because they're out-gunned.
> > That's not to say that there are no super-powers
> in the game (naturally),
> just that you can't go in with the mindset of
> Superman, or even Batman, and
> expect to survive/have fun.
>
>
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