Captain America

We've got a community set up!

gavin.downing@gmail.com — Fri, 17 Apr 2009 06:42:45 GMT

Let's take the discussions now to m_u_bullpen, which is the OOC community for marvel_universe. If we've already approved you for your character, build a journal and come on over to both. We won't launch yet, but we can discuss more setup there now!

We're getting closer to launch! Woo!

Characters so far:

gavin.downing@gmail.com — Wed, 15 Apr 2009 00:39:39 GMT

Charaacters!

Let's see who we've got, and who we still need to fill!

~~Mr. Fantastic~~ Psy has expressed interest.
~~Invisible Girl (or Woman?)~~ Tal has expressed an interest in Sue.
~~Human Torch~~ Michelle is willing to cover him, but if someone else wants him, she's open to handing him over.
~~The Thing~~ Jeff has said that he can temp Ben, but if someone else wants him, the character's available.
~~Hulk~~ Both Michelle and Dylan have mentioned some mild interest, but nothing specific.
Rick Jones
~~Ant-Man~~ Anna has mentioned some interest here.
~~Wasp~~ Amit has mentioned interest here.
~~Thor~~ Jeff is taking on the Thunder God.
~~Iron Man~~ Michelle is interested in continuing with Tony.
~~Captain America~~ I'll take Steve.
~~Spider-Man~~ Allen has interest in Spidey
~~Daredevil~~ Psy has said he's up for Matt.
~~Dr. Strange~~ Matt has expressed interest in Strange.
~~Nick Fury~~ Stacy is interested in Fury.
~~Cyclops~~ Dylan is interested in "Slim".
~~Iceman~~ Amy has expressed interest for Iceman.
~~Angel~~ Amit has expressed interest for Angel.
~~Beast~~ Zippy has said that she'd be willing to try Beast.
~~Marvel Girl~~ Dk is interested in Jean.
~~Professor X~~ Lex has expressed interest in Chuckles.
~~Quicksilver~~ Jo is interested in Quicksilver.
~~Scarlet Witch~~ Thanks, Anna!
~~Hawkeye~~ Eric has said he's interested in playing Clint again.
~~Black Widow~~ Stacy's interested in returning to this character.

Namor would be nice, but not yet required.

Other characters are also available:

SHIELD agents (such as Jimmy Woo, Dum Dum Dugan, Contessa Val, etcetera)
Villains, particularly Baron Zemo, Magneto, and Dr. Doom, or even some of the Masters of Evil.
Other heroes such as Ka-Zar, Hercules, Dr. Druid, Ulysses Bloodstone (yes, he didn't appear until later comics, but he'd be active in this era), Namor, etc.
The Inhumans. If we get enough players, we could even get a mod for this group.

Now, as for teams:

Avengers: Dylan has agreed to help mod this team.
SHIELD/Government: Stacy has agreed to mod this team.
Fantastic Four: I've agreed to mod this team.
X-Men: EDIT Anna has agreed to help cover this team.
Head mod/individual heroes: Michelle is handing the individual solo heroes, as well as heading up the mod team. (Yes, I'm putting up a lot of stuff here, but that's because M's swamped, and I am around to help her out.)

Does anyone have any interest in running the X-Men at all? If not... well, the FF is a small team, and I suppose I could pull double-duty. But I'd prefer not, if we could avoid it.

The waves, rough draft

gavin.downing@gmail.com — Mon, 13 Apr 2009 05:32:03 GMT

The following events occurred in Marvel comics between 1962-1965, in roughly this order. This is not to say that ANY of these events occur specifically in our game... just when what wave they would take place, if we chose to include them. So if someone were playing Mar-Vell, they wouldn't have to kill him off in the fifth wave, but we'll address whether or not it will happen when we get to that fifth wave. I figure about a year and a half will pass between each wave, so when Wave 2 begins, it'll be about 18 months since the FF gained their powers.

Please feel free to discuss this in the comments.

This would be the first wave:

Fantastic Four gain powers
Henry Pym discovers Pym particles
Skrulls attempt first full invasion of Earth
Hulk is “born”
Namor recovers his memories
Dr. Doom first fights the Fantastic Four
Donald Blake becomes Thor
Spider-Man gains powers
Henry Pym becomes Ant-Man
Dr. Doom and Namor work together to take on the Fantastic Four
Loki's first modern-age appearance
Puppet-Master appears; Thing meets Alicia Masters
The Wizard appears
Impossible Man appears
Iron Man appears
Spider-Man saves John Jameson's capsule from crashing
Red Ghost and the Super-Apes gain powers; the Fantastic Four makes contact with Uatu the Watcher
Namor reclaims throne
Janet VanDyne becomes the Wasp
Otto Octavius becomes Dr. Octopus
Kl'rt becomes the Super Skrull
The Avengers form
Flint Marko (William Baker) becomes the Sandman
X-Men formed
X-Men battle Magneto
Plantman gains powers
Dr. Curt Connors becomes the Lizard
Henry Pym becomes Giant Man
Space Phantom first appears; Hulk quits the Avengers
Sue Storm discovers she can also create invisible force fields
Dr. Doom begins using Doombots
Reed Richards discovers the Negative Zone
Nathan Garrett becomes the Black Knight
The Mandarin discovers his rings
Captain America is revived
Magneto forms the Brotherhood of Mutants out of Quicksilver, Scarlet Witch, Mastermind, and Toad.
Daredevil appears
Enchantress and Executioner attack Thor
Black Widow first battles Iron Man
Surtur makes first modern appearance
Norman Osborn becomes the Green Goblin
Baron Zemo forms the Masters of Evil
Grey Gargoyle is created
Kang battles the Avengers for the first time
Xavier builds Cerebro
Hawkeye joins Black Widow and battles Iron man
Juggernaut's first appearance
Wonder Man created and killed
Immortus battles the Avengers -- this event is wiped from history
Dr. Strange battles Dormammu and takes on Clea as his apprentice
Samuel Sterns becomes the Leader
Scorpion created
Dragon Man is created
Absorbing Man created
The Wizard, Paste-Pot Pete, Medusa, and Sandman become the Frightful Four
The X-Men first encounter Ka-Zar
Captain America meets Sharon Carter
Baron Zemo (the original) killed
Quicksilver, Scarlet Witch, and Hawkeye join Avengers
Nick Fury heads up S.H.I.E.L.D.
Reed and Sue Richards marry
The Sentinels are unveiled
Medusa recovers her memory
Peter Parker meets and falls in love with Gwen Stacy
The Inhumans are discovered
S.H.I.E.L.D. develops LMDs
Mimic first battles the X-Men

The second wave would be:

Galactus appears and is defeated
Henry Pym becomes Goliath
Wyatt Wingfoot rooms with Johnny Storm
T'Challa becomes Black Panther
The Rhino appears
The Red Skull emerges from suspended animation; takes the Cosmic Cube
Ego is defeated by Thor
The original Human Torch is restored by the Mad Thinker and made to attack the Fantastic Four
MJ and Peter Parker date for first time
Peter Parker starts dating Gwen Stacy
Banshee appears
Abomination created
Blastaar first battles the Fantastic Four
Psycho-Man attempts to invade Earth
Black Widow joins S.H.I.E.L.D.
The Fantastic Four come to the attention of the Kree
Kingpin first comes into conflict with Spider-Man
Contessa Valentine Allegro de Fontaine joins S.H.I.E.L.D. and develops a romance with Nick Fury
Ultron built
Yellow Claw resurfaces
"Him" is created by the Enclave
George Tarleton becomes M.O.D.O.K.
Black Knight is killed; his nephew, Dane Whitman, becomes a heroic Black Knight
Mar-Vell comes to Earth
Franklin Richards born
Ultron appears
The Vision debuts
The Badoon attack Earth; they are repelled by the Silver Surfer
Polaris joins the X-Men
Henry Pym becomes Yellowjacket
Hank and Janet Pym marry
Havok joins the X-Men
Sam Wilson becomes the Falcon and begins a long partnership with Captain America
Mar-Vell and Rick Jones establish a telepathic link and a "timeshare" relationship
The Squadron Sinister is formed
Hobbie Brown becomes the Prowler
Agatha Harkness becomes Franklin Richard's nanny
Captain Stacy killed
Ka-Zar meets Shanna the She-Devil
The Avengers encounter the Squadron Supreme

Then wave 3:

Bobbi Morse appears as an agent of S.H.I.E.L.D.
Lady Dorma is killed
Ted Sallis becomes the Man-Thing
Rick Jones' bond to Mar-Vell is broken
Hulk meets Jarella
Doc Samson appears
Kree-Skrull War
Morbius appears
The Defenders first form
Spider-Man grows four extra arms
Jack Russell becomes the Werewolf
Beast mutates blue and furry
Dracula is revived
"Him" becomes Adam Warlock
Luke Cage appears
Scarlet Witch declares her love for the Vision
Johnny Blaze becomes Ghost Rider
Silver Surfer joins the Defenders
Linda Carter becomes the "Night Nurse"
Thanos attacks Earth for the first time
Eros becomes Starfox
Valkyrie joins the Defenders
Mar-Vell is declared Protector of the Universe
Gwen Stacy killed
Norman Osborn dies
N'Kantu, the Living Mummy, awakens
John Jameson becomes the Man-Wolf
Damion Hellstrom becomes the Son of Satan
Bi-Beast appears
Howard the Duck appears
Basil Elks becomes the Basilisk
The Jackal appears
Punisher appears
Nighthawk quits the Squadron Sinister and joins the Defenders
Iron Fist appears
Coleen Wing appears
Captain America becomes Nomad
Misty Knight appears
Harry Osborn becomes Green Goblin
Deathlock is created in an alternate timeline
Quicksilver marries Crystal
Alpha Flight forms
Satana Hellstrom makes her first appearance
Wolverine fights the Hulk
Steve Rogers goes back to being Captain America
Professor Xavier adds new team members to the X-Men (Storm, Nightcrawler, etc)
Beast joins the Avengers
Spider-Man is cloned
Thunderbird dies
The Champions form
Reed Richards builds a suit for Jamie Madrox, allowing him control over his kinetic duplication.
Damian Hellstrom and Power Man join the Defenders
Moira McTaggart appears
The Guardians of the Galaxy come from the future to recruit the Defenders against the Badoon
Thanos captures the Infinity Gems

The 4th wave:

Patsy Walker becomes Hellcat
Wonder Man returns from the dead
Omega the Unknown comes to Earth
Jack Hart becomes Jack of Hearts
Daredevil battles Bullseye for the first time
Jean Grey becomes the Phoenix
Richard Rider becomes Nova
Brian Braddock becomes Captain Britain
Jarella is killed; Hulk mourns her loss
Carol Danvers becomes Ms. Marvel
Bobbi Morse becomes Huntress
Gilgamesh appears
Jessica Drew becomes Spider-Woman
Hellcat joins the Defenders
Arcade appears
Machine Man built
Mystique first appears
Godzilla reawakens off the coast of Alaska
Sabertooth first appears and battles Iron Fist
Ultron builds Jocasta
The X-Men meet the Starjammers
Korvac taps into the energies of Galactus's ship
Alpha Flight takes on X-Men
Ulysses Bloodstone dies
D'Spayre arrives on Earth
The Avengers battle Korvac
Micronauts form
Scott Lang becomes Ant-Man
Black Cat appears
Satana Hellstrom dies
The Enigma Force appears, first giving power to Frank Coffin
Sharon Carter dies
Justin Hammer appears
Tony Stark's drinking reaches crisis levels
Kitty Pryde appears
White Queen appears
Rom comes to Earth
The X-Men attempt to recruit Dazzler
Jen Walters becomes the She-Hulk
Black Mamba appears
Bobbi Morse becomes Mockingbird
Phoenix dies on the moon
The Fourth Host of Celestials arrive on Earth
Red Skull has first death

The fifth wave:

Captain America is offered a chance to run for president. He declines.
Marc Spector becomes Moon Knight
Elektra appears and first battles Daredevil
Rogue absorbs Carol Danvers
Siryn appears
Beast joins the Defenders
Attilan is moved to the Blue Area of the Moon. Luna is born.
Cloak and Dagger appear
Bullseye kills Elektra
Sandman goes straight
Nighthawk is killed
Dr. Pym has a psychotic break
Captain Mar-Vell dies
Reed Richards saves Galactus's life
Dracula attempts to transform Storm into a vampire
Ilyana Rasputin becomes Magik
Jocasta is killed
The New Mutants are formed
Elektra is resurrected
Cyclops meets Madelyne Pryor
Johnny Blaze is freed from the Ghost Rider curse
Lockheed appears
Rogue joins the X-Men
Tony Stark falls off the wagon; Jim Rhodes becomes Iron Man.
Hobgoblin appears
Dr. Pym begins road to recovery with death of Egghead
Galactus destroys the Skrull homeworld
Beta Ray Bill gains Thor's powers
Cyclops marries Madelyne Pryor
Death of Terrax - Dr. Doom appears dead
Meggan appears
Secret Wars
Black Bolt and Medusa marry
Power Pack is formed
Hawkeye and Mockingbird marry
Rachel Summers appears from the future
Guardian of Alpha Flight is killed
Spider-Man discovers his costume is an alien symbiote
Tony Stark sobers up again.
Longshot escapes from the Mojoverse
The government of Squadron Supreme's dimension collapses; members of the Squadron unmask themselves and rule as benevolent dictators
Silver Sable first meets Spider-Man
Tony Stark builds a new Iron Man suit
Beyonder comes to Earth (Secret Wars II)
Invisible Girl becomes Invisible Woman

Wave 6:

Nathan Summers is born
Diamondback appears
Dr. Doom returns from the dead
Jean Grey discovered alive
X-Factor forms
Kingpin discovers Daredevil's secret identity
Tony Stark becomes Iron Man again
Heather Hudson becomes Guardian
Scourge begins his murderous reign
Thing rejoins FF
Bruce Banner marries Betty Ross
Iron Fist appears to die
Rita DeMara becomes Yellowjacket
Johnny Storm marries Alicia Masters, who is secretly Lyja the skrull
Betsy Braddock joins the New Mutants
Apocalypse battles X-Factor
The Redeemers battle the Squadron Supreme
Hulk becomes gray once more
Steven Arno becomes Comet Man
Peter Parker marries MJ
Kraven’s last hunt - Spider-Man buried alive for two weeks
Angel is transformed into Archangel
Siege Perilous
X-Caliber is formed
Nick Fury destroys, then rebuilds, S.H.I.E.L.D.
Hulk becomes Mr. Fixit
Venom appears - Spider-Man goes back to classic costume
Typhoid Mary appears
Masters of Evil invade Avenger’s Mansion
Cypher killed
Armor Wars begin
Steve Rogers forced to give up Captain America title; becomes the Captain
Dr. Strange helps Dr. Doom rescue the soul of his mother from Mephisto
Inferno
She-Hulk and Wyatt Wingfoot become engaged; they break it off before they marry
Steve Rogers regains the Captain America title
Red Skull returns
Tony Stark shot
Jubilee appears
Vision is disassembled and reassembled without emotions
The New Warriors form
The original Human Torch is reactivated
Crossbones appears
Diamondback and Captain America begin working together regularly
Acts of Vengeance

Wave 7:

Cable appears from the future
Operation: Galactic Storm
Gambit appears
Thanos steals the Infinity Gems
X-Force formed
The Infinity War
Deadpool appears
Namor creates Oracle, Inc.
Squirrel Girl appears
Bishop appears
"Alicia Storm" is discovered to be a Skrull, Lyja
Iron Fist discovered alive
Carnage appears
Tony Stark appears to die; James Rhodes puts on War Machine armor to take Iron Man's place.
The Legacy Virus is unleashed
Genis-Vell appears
Ilyana Rasputin dies
Mockingbird dies
Cyclops and Jean Grey marry
M appears
Age of Apocalypse
Chamber appears
Phil Urich becomes the Green Goblin.
Spidey’s clone reappears, starting the Clone Saga

Wave 8:

Husk appears
Onslaught
Phil's Goblin gear destroyed fighting sentinels, defending the Daily Bugle, Phil moves on to college.
Thunderbolts form
Jolt joins the Thunderbolts
Heroes Return
Amanda Sefton becomes Magik
Colossus dies
Nighthawk returns from the dead
Captain Britain and Meggan marry

Wave 9:

The children of the Pride run away from their parents
Justin Seyfert rebuilds a Sentinel
Anya Corazon is chosen by the Hunter
Carmilla Black becomes the new Scorpion
The Young Avengers form

What do we call ourselves?

gavin.downing@gmail.com — Mon, 13 Apr 2009 04:52:30 GMT

So... what do we call this new community?

Next Community Question:

gavin.downing@gmail.com — Thu, 09 Apr 2009 15:37:48 GMT

So. After some discussion, I think this idea has been appealing to the most amount of people.

Starting over completely from scratch. We start with the beginning of the modern age. (People like Namor and Cap will need to discuss WWII details, but I don't want to start back then, so we'll likely establish that most of those events with the Invaders, etc, occurred.)

I figure it will work like this. We'll start with only characters who were introduced from 1965 or before, or who were retconned to have been active in that time. (Wolverine, for example, would be playable in that time, because he was active as a hero during that era.) We use the comics for a general guideline, and take what we want, and RP out what we want. So, for example, if Michelle wanted to RP out Iron Man's origin, and make it less Silver-Age, she'd be free to do that. She could RP out Iron Man's first encounter with Black Widow, or with Hawkeye, etc. We'd have a pretty good idea as to the plots we'd want, so plots should be able to move quickly. If anyone was stuck, we could always just grab one of the comics from that era and steal the plot, or we could come up with our own if we preferred.

After we were done playing in that time period, we'd move on to the next wave, of characters introduced from 1965-1970. And on and on. Whenever we jumped into the next era, we could state "X number of years have passed," which would allow for character aging, so characters like Cassie Lang could start out being 8, and get to be 14 and superheroing, without needing 6 years of ongoing RP first.

How close will we stick to canon? That's... really up to the players. We'll take it an age at a time. "What are the major story beats for your character over this 5-year period? What do you want to keep, and what do you want to dump, and what do you want to RP out on your own to make your own? How will this work together?" In a lot of ways, it'll kinda be like the concept behind the Ultimates, but actually executed well (and I'd personally like to see people actually being the characters they're apping for, as opposed to totally different characters that happen to share the same name. Ultimates Cap is NOT Captain America.)

As far as organization goes, I'm thinking that we'll handle it like this: each team gets its own dedicated mod. They help organize the plots, and help facilitate RP for that team... kinda the same way an editor for a comic helps guide that specific title. Over all the mods, there's a head mod: sort of like the editor-in-chief. The head mod will also handle the solo heroes and miscellaneous baddies. This will help keep teams organized and give the feel of a small team-based game, while allowing a lot of expansion if there's the player base to support it. The head mod would not be me, even though I'm kinda helping organize this at the moment. And each of the team-mods would still be part of a mod team -- they would just be ultimately answerable to a single person in charge. That person will be Michelle.

These are the teams that would need mods, at least to start. As the timeline continued, we could add more, depending on the teams we added (we could get a Defenders mod, for example).

The Fantastic Four. I volunteer for this gig. If anyone else wants it badly, I don't mind shifting around to a different team.
The Avengers.
The X-Men.
SHIELD and the government.

These are the characters I see as important to the starting era:

Mr. Fantastic
Invisible Girl (or Woman?)
Human Torch
The Thing
Hulk
Ant-Man
Wasp
Thor
Iron Man
Captain America
Spider-Man
Daredevil
Dr. Strange
Nick Fury
Cyclops
Iceman
Angel
Beast
Marvel Girl
Professor X

There are other characters playable, of course, but those are the characters I'd really like to see filled before we move into the next era.

SO. That leads to the next questions.

Is anyone willing to take modding of a single team? If so, which team?

Is anyone willing to take any of these important characters?

Are there other characters from this era (either published history or retconned history) that you'd like to play?

Community Question:

gavin.downing@gmail.com — Wed, 08 Apr 2009 16:40:08 GMT

Okay, so people have been asking me about a new Marvel game. It'd be set over here on Scribbld for a couple of reasons.

But we have a couple possibilities, and I'd like some player feedback.

1) We could start fresh with new continuity. I'm actually not all that interested in maintaining Mansion canon, I'm afraid, though if there was strong player request to do so, I'd consider it. If we did that, I have an idea for how to handle it, though the cutoff would be just before Avengers Disassembled... with a plot that would allow us to alter history before that point for anything we didn't like. That would mean the Young Avengers would need to reform again from scratch, but that could easily be done.

2) Another possibility that I've thought about was a combined DC/Marvel universe. Where their histories have been intertwined. That opens up a lot of story possibilities, and telling flashbacks of major stories and how they'd be different could be fun. (Imagine, for example, telling the story of Secret Wars, but with some DC villains and heroes present instead.)

3) One player suggested that we keep the game small -- focus on just one team, such as, say, the Avengers. If we get enough interest for a second team, they get their own community, but it'd be a neighboring community, and occasional crossovers would be possible. Kinda like comic titles.

What do people think? What interests you the most? And what do you think is a bad idea? What will you play, and what won't you? And what would you enjoy the most?