Over 20 years ago I was playing classic Marvel. Loved it! But after the saturation of Marvel and the slow down in product support I started creating the GU setting. Characters like UK Man and Enforcer fought villains like the Reaper. But Marvel wasn't working for the setting. GU was about low level heroes. A few years later I picked up Heroes Unlimited. While I couldn't make much sense of the system, I just tweeked it and shazaam! A house system much like the current version of TBS.
Imagine it's 1975. No one has ever had powers before. Then one day "BAM" God finds himself on Earth with no memory of who he is (due to a cosmic imbalance). He finds himself in Japan, caught between the Yakazu and a rival ninja clan. God wipes out the rival clan and teleports away with the dead bodies. This event triggers the 'power' gene. Anyone who ever could have had potential for superhuman abilities now has them.
1985...Cartel (God) emerges as the president of Kryton Enterprises. With him comes the first superhuman crimes. The United Kingdom forms the UK Guardians. Then the United States. Then Russia. 3 rocking teams, each with dark histories. The small, but awesome superhuman war has begun.
1992....Even more superhumans emerge. Cartel thickens his ranks, telling anyone with powers to join him or die (which is how he filled his ranks in 1985). Some of the old Guardians are now dead, killed in the last great battle of the 1985 story arc. The newer members are inexperienced and lacking the battle readiness that the prior military Guardians had.
1999/2000... Quasi-Frodo comes onto the scene as do an army of angels seeking out Cartel. The epic story arc ends with Cartel being killed (God returns to the heavens) and a load of people lose their powers. (GU Core Fuzion Game).
Within each of these story arcs there is depth and drama. But that's what made the setting work so well. As I continued on I wanted to bridge classic Marvel style to the game. GU2.
Fists of Steel: Cartel is gone and Martial Arts heroes step up to protect humanity from everything else that is uncanny and out to conquer Earth. Tech heroes line up to help. In the end, Guan Di (Patron god of Police) uses the Dragonfire to alter reality creating two universes: GU2 and GU Core Fuzion.
GU2: Evolutionaries are growing in numbers. Guardians are public heroes and people fear the change. This setting is the hardcore Marvel style I wanted. And it's still growing.
GU Covert Strike Team (Coming Soon): Curious to see what has been happening on the Core Fuzion world? What really happened to all those heroes? The Angels? Kryton Enterprises? Those answers are all here.
So what things have people said were strong points to the GU setting?
-Extreme detail about NPCs.
-Zombi Ninja
-Loads of Zombi
-God as the bad guy
-Loads of guns
-The ability to cry when your character dies or their family dies
-Price.
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If anything I want this blog to inspire. You don't need to go out and buy the game. Let's talk about your longest running campaign setting, something you created.
