When we first learned of a role-playing game based on Marvel’s storied universe, there was apprehension. Marvel wasn't the first comic company that'd attempted to take its storytelling from page to RPG. But, that transition hasn’t always been smooth. Marvel’s problem is that there’s just too much continuity and complex lore to adapt into a single rulebook that’s capable of capturing the essence of the fictional landscape.
I feel that those feelings of unease were certainly misguided, because as we mention in our Marvel Multiverse Role-Playing Game review, it delivered. Players got their first taste of the strengths of the title when the initial Playtest Rulebook was released. Although it was trimmed down, it touched on the core beats that would go on to give the Marvel RPG its identity. And now that the main Rulebook has hit shelves (not to mention with X-Men and Cataclysm Of Kang expansions looming on the horizon), it’s time to dig into what sets the character development apart from the super competition.
