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''The X-Potential'' is an adventure published by TSR in 1987 for the '' Marvel Super Heroes'' role-playing game. It is the second in a four-part series set in a dystopian version of the
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The first book of the series, ''Nightmares of Futures Past'', describes a bleak alternate future where mutants are hunted down by huge robot Sentinels and imprisoned in concentration camps. As critic James Wallis noted, in a change from most ''Marvel Super Heroes'' adventures, the
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s are not fighting crime but fighting for their lives. ''The X-Potential'' is the first of three adventures set in this bleak future. It adds more details of the world, then describes the events that will happen around a large political demonstration over several days. The players are free to intervene as they see fit. At various times, the
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supplies them with front pages of "The Daily Journal".


Publication history

After acquiring the license to produce a role-playing game based on the
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universe, TSR first published '' Marvel Super Heroes'' in 1984, and followed with many adventures and supplements. One of these was MX2 ''The X-Potential'', a 32-page book published in 1987 with tabloid sheets and an outer folder. It was written by Mark Acres, with cover art by Mike Machlan and John Statema TSR published a further two adventures in the series: '' Reap the Whirlwind'', and '' Flames of Doom''.


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{{DEFAULTSORT:X-Potential Marvel Comics role-playing game adventures Role-playing game supplements introduced in 1987