Frankensteinian Rule Combining

[Jerry Wright 307]

I recently ran a superhero game using the powers from the advanced version of Marvel Superheroes circa 1986 and the cinematic Unisystem rules, a la Buffy the Vampire Slayer. (Believe it or not, they work surprisingly well together, even off the cuff.) It was set in the Marvel Comics Universe before the "ultimates" stuff came out.

The success of the game made me wonder how many others out there might be doing something similar; combining disparate systems into a chimera that actually works.

[Kevin Andrew Murphy]

Back in the 80s, I was tired of various friends arguing "which system is superior" and simply told them I was going to run a fantasy game and I wanted them to bring in beginning level characters written up in any system the so pleased. I then put in a bit of easy handwavium that explained all the differing magic systems of the different game systems being the arguments of wizards over the ways that magic truly worked.

I had a D&D character, a GURPS character, a Rolemaster character, something built with an early fantasy version of Champions and so forth. It worked just fine.