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Marvel Comics Marvel Comics is an American comic book publishing, publisher and the flagship property of Marvel Entertainment, a divsion of The Walt Disney Company since September 1, 2009. Evolving from Timely Comics in 1939, ''Magazine Management/Atlas Co ...

History

The original ''Marvel Super Heroes'' game was published by TSR. It received extensive support from TSR, covering a wide variety of Marvel Comics characters and settings, including a '' Gamer's Handbook of the Marvel Universe'' patterned after Marvel's ''

Official Handbook of the Marvel Universe The ''Official Handbook of the Marvel Universe'' is an encyclopedic guide which details the fictional universe featured in Marvel Comics publications. The original 15-volume series was published in comic book format in 1982, followed by sporadic ...

''. ''MSH'' even received its own column in the (at the time) TSR-published gaming magazine, ''Dragon'', called "The Marvel-phile", which usually spotlighted a character or group of characters that had not yet appeared in a published game product. Before losing the Marvel license, TSR published a different game using their SAGA System game engine, called the ''

Marvel Super Heroes Adventure Game The ''Marvel Super Heroes Adventure Game'' is a role-playing game published by TSR, Inc. that uses the '' SAGA System'' and features characters published by Marvel Comics. It should not be confused with the earlier '' Marvel Super Heroes Game'', ...

''. This version, written by

Mike Selinker Mike Selinker is an American game designer, puzzle maker, and the founder and president of Lone Shark Games. Credits Selinker's design credits include ''Pirates of the Spanish Main'' and ''Fightball'' with James Ernest, ''Axis & Allies Revised E ...

, was published in the late 1990s as a card-based game. Though critically praised in various reviews at the time, it never reached a very large market and has since faded into obscurity. In 2003, after the gaming license had lapsed, the '' Marvel Universe Roleplaying Game'' was published by Marvel Comics themselves. This edition uses mechanics that are totally different from any previous versions, using a diceless game mechanic that incorporated a Karma-based resolution system of "stones" (or tokens) to represent character effort. Since its initial publication, a few additional supplements were published by Marvel Comics. However, Marvel stopped supporting the game a little over a year after its initial release. In 2012, the fourth role playing game set in the Marvel Universe called the '' Marvel Heroic Roleplaying'' was published by

Margaret Weis Productions Margaret Weis Productions, Ltd. is a games publisher located in Williams Bay, Wisconsin, United States and founded in 2004 after Margaret Weis and Don Perrin, the two founders of Sovereign Press, divorced. Games Margaret Weis Productions is pr ...

under license from Marvel Comics. It was a fast playing game using the Cortex Plus system. In early 2013 Margaret Weis Productions announced they would not be renewing their license. In 2021, Marvel announced it would be releasing a new role-playing game titled the '' Marvel Multiverse Role-Playing Game'' designed by

Matt Forbeck Matt Forbeck (born August 4, 1968) is an American author and game designer from Beloit, Wisconsin. Biography Forbeck first became interested in role-playing games at age 13 when he started playing ''Dungeons & Dragons''. He earned a degree in crea ...

and published by Marvel Universe.

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References

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