Iconic Energy

ORGANIZATION  In a superhero world with lots of supers, there’d be citizen volunteers, and they should be vetted in some minor way. So the...

SYSTEM: ANY So I was thinking of the organization I want to replace VIPER or any actual snake-themed organization in Strange City, and I...

One of my hobby horses is that people have no idea how much energy it takes to do some things. They don't realize that Superman might be...

I've been thinking about whether you can use flashbacks during a game. The answer should be "Yes" but how? The big problem is ...

While I was looking over the ICONS material in preparation for this playtest, it occurred to me that some of the games systems I read cause...

Because I'm bored, here's rough notes for a setting start. All kinds of heroes (mutants, transformed, robots, magic, aliens, etc.). ...

SYSTEM: Any Some thoughts that have nothing to do with actual time travel (whatever that is) and everything to do with what players actual...

SYSTEM: Any (I'm scattered today, so this might not get to the point.) In the real world, when there's a demand for something, s...

SYSTEM: ANY Because RPGs are hero-centric, I categorize the villains as cusp villains or rise villains in terms of how the heroes view the...

SYSTEM: Any This is my smut entry. I'll try to keep it fairly clean in terms of words but we'll be talking about some adult stuff,...

SYSTEM: ICONS The ICONS  system provides a suite of origin possibilities, each of which has a mechanical effect. You make different choice...

Let's take the idea of a mirror that allows what it sees to come to life--the reflection steps out of the mirror and does battle. You ca...

I'm sure this has been done elsewhere...perhaps in a fine supers RPG product...but I haven't found something similar for years (not ...

Over on the Supers RPG Facebook page, Christopher Hatty asks whether there are any supers RPGs with good advice about traps. Alas, I don...

What do you want your team to have? What are the resources that they share? What are the freebies and what should they work for? While you...

I know it sounds terribly mechanical, but one of the things I do when I'm creating an adventure is think about where the fight(s) will t...

SYSTEM: ANY Once again, I'm thinking about the soap opera aspect of comics and how to represent that at the game table. I have read, a...

When you play a superhero game, there are the villains who are puzzles and villains who are personal. (Okay, there are a couple of other kin...

SYSTEM: Any supers game Harry is a commercial real estate agent, dealing for the most part in warehouses, offices, and factories. He worsh...

I was running (oh, that feels so nice to say) Aquazombies of the Kriegsmarine the other Sunday night, a Fainting Goat Games adventure for I...