Super Heroes: When DMs Go to Marvel’s Secret Wars

About this episode

The episode discusses a custom tabletop wargame set in a Marvel Universe, focusing on mechanics and co-DMing.

You’ve seen the trailer. You saw the #MinisMonday post… Tony’s birthday game where Chris and Dave teamed up to run our group through a tabletop wargame in our own custom Marvel Universe of 6-1-SHIT, where the heroes were brought to Battleplanet to fight the SECRET WARS! In this episode, Tony, Chris, and Dave sit down to discuss the good, the bad, and the ugly of our custom, simplified, Heroclix system that allowed for a game that reflected the scope of the Secret Wars: The Avengers, The Fantastic Four, The X-Men, The Heroes of Hells Kitchen, and our homebrewed heroes as they fought the Brotherhood of Evil Mutants, The Masters of Evil, Doctor Doom, Ultron, and Galactus! This is another in the long line of adapting wargaming to your table, regardless of your experience! 3:00 DM Chris provides the background for the game. 7:55 DM Tony’s initial reaction to the game. 10:00 The difficulty with introducing wargaming into your games and how to simplify it for everyone to enjoy. 14:45 We start breaking down the mechanics and set-up of the game. 18:43 The benefits of co-DMing. 21:50 An easy system to adapt to any table and any game. 30:20 A run through of the basic mechanics and set-up…

People in this episode

Hosts: Tony, Chris, Dave

Topics covered

• tabletop gaming
• wargaming
• Marvel Universe
• game mechanics
• co-DMing
• simplified systems

Keywords

• tabletop wargame
• Marvel
• Secret Wars
• game mechanics
• co-DMing
• Heroclix
• homebrew heroes

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Marvel, Brotherhood of Evil Mutants, The Masters of Evil, Doctor Doom, Ultron, Galactus

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