Old outdated description of the thread. Current description supercedes this version!

Return to the 1980s! This thread celebrates the original (and in my mind best) Marvel game. This game definitely made use of the Handbooks from time to time, notably the Gamer Handbooks.
 
NOTE: As this is a new thread, some info below, including real names and character placement may change as I add in more books. Please only offer corrections if they are things I likely wouldn’t pick up on in sweeps through other books. The Gamer’s handbooks are generally more precise, but saving those for later as my pages have been shuffled together).
 
Rules I’m playing by:

• No distinction is made between the variations (original, Advanced, kid friendly). However, only  entries that are recognizably the original game are included. Later marvel games are not.
• Characters appear under the name they last appeared under in a RPG module.
• As Earth numbers were not widely used during this era, Earth descriptors that more properly reflect 1980s usage are provided instead.
• See abbreviations for notes on each module.
• Some books are listed with and without a hyphenated module. Sometimes the bulk of the listings appear in a core book in a set but a few characters appear in other books in the set. The default is the book with the most stats, with the hyphenated book being for the remaining stats.
• Armours and vehicles are general only noted if they have their own entry separate from the characters. However if characters are noted within an armour etc entry (common in Weapons locker), they’re noted as a sub-entry
• Page counts are largely meaningless due to different formatting between books so only noted in the broad sense in the abbreviations)
• Assume all entries in allcaps have periods after each letter.
• Real names are what they were known as at the time the series ended.
• Sub-classes within a group generally aren’t noted but specific characters are.
• I normally list characters as sub-entries of teams only if there’s at least a description of the team before the members are listed or if they`re really crammed together
• Generally speaking I’m not adding brand new characters created for the games (because no one is likely to search for them). I may consider select new characters if they are variants of existing Marvel characters
• If no stats are given for a character or other entry, or if the reader is told to refer to generic character types, they’re not included

Last edited by Andy E. Nystrom (11/26/2024 4:56 pm)

There's a Facebook group that's dedicated to producing new reference volumes in the style of the old TSR books. They've already created quite an impressive collection of "books" which are very professional looking. A few of the old TSR writers are members of the group.
https://www.facebook.com/groups/MSHUCP/

Added the remaining Gamer's Handbook material plus a number of additional new books. So many new additions that I had to split the first post in two. Luckily I had anticipated that would happen and had left extra space for that.

MARVEL MULTIVERSE ROLE-PLAYING GAME: PLAYTEST RULEBOOK by Matt Forbeck (2022)
Spider-Man 1
Black Panther 1
Captain America 1
Captain Marvel 1
Groot 1
Iron Man 1
Rocket Raccoon 1
Spider-Man (Morales) 1
Storm 1
Thor 1
Wolverine 1
Howard & Maria Stark Center for Galactic History (floorplans) 1
Hydra Agent 1

MARVEL MULTIVERSE ROLE-PLAYING GAME: CORE RULEBOOK by Matt Forbeck (2023)
Spider-Man (Peter Parker) 2

Origins:
Alien
Alien:Kree
Alien: Shi’ar
Alien:Skrull
Atlantean
Deviant
Eternal
High Tech
High Tech: Android
High Tech: Battle Suit
High Tech: Cybernetics
High Tech: Pym Particles
Inhuman
Magic
Magic: Chaos Magic
Magic: Demonic
Magic: Sorcery
Monstrous
Monstrous: Vampire
Monstrous: Werewolf
Mutant
Mythic
Mythic: Asgardian
Mythic: Olympian
Special Training
Spirit of Vengeance
Symbiote
Unknown
Weird Science
Weird Science: Gamma Mutate

Tags:
(only Marvel-specific ones listed)
Eternally Immortal
Green Door
Inhuman Genes
Krakoan
Mahd Wy’ry
X-Gene

Power Descriptions:
(only Marvel-specific ones listed)
Bolts of Balthakk
Crimson Bands of Cyttorak
Flames of the Faltine
Hellfire Chains
Icy Tendrils of Ikthalon
Images of Ikonn
Mists of Morpheus
Mists of Munnopor
Penance Stare
Shield of the Seraphim
Spider-Sense
Vapors of Valtorr
Winds of Watoomb

Characters:
(1 page each)
Abomination (Emil Blonsky)
Agatha Harkness
Agent Phil Coulson
America Chavez
A.I.M. Agent
Ant-Man [Lang]
Average Civilian
Baron Mordo
Baron Zemo (Helmut Zemo)
Beast (Hank McCoy)
Black Bolt
Black Panther (T’Challa)
Black Widow (Natasha Romanoff)
Blade
Blue Marvel
Brawn (Amadeus Cho)
Bullseye
Captain America (Steve Rogers)
Captain Marvel (Carol Danvers)
Clea
Colossus
Crossbones
Cyclops
Daredevil
Deadpool
Devil Dinosaur
Doctor Doom
Doctor Octopus (Otto Octavius)
Doctor Strange
Dora Milaje Warrior
Dormammu
Drax
Echo
Elektra
Emma Frost
Enchantress
Forge
Gamora
Ghost Rider (Robbie Reyes)
Ghost-Spider
Giant-Man (Raz Malhotra)
Gorr the God Butcher
Green Goblin (Norman OSborn)
Groot
Hand Ninja
Hawkeye (Clint Barton)
Hela
Hellcat
Hulk (Bruce Banner)
Human Torch (Johnny Storm)
Hydra Agent
Iceman
Ikaris
Invisible Woman
Iron Fist (Danny Rand)
Iron Man (Tony Stark)
Jessica Jones
Juggernaut
Kate Pryde
KIllmonger
Kingpin (Wilson Fisk)
Kraven the Hunter
Leader
Loki
Luke Cage
Magneto
Magnitron
Malekith
Mandarin
Maximus
Mirage (Dani Moonstar)
Mister Fantastic
Misty Knight
M.O.D.O.K.
Moon Girl
Moon Knight
Morbius
Ms. Marvel (Kamala Khan)
Mysterio (Quentin Beck)
Mystique
Nebula
Nick Fury Jr.
Night Nurse
Nightcrawler
Okoye
Photon (Monica Rambeau)
Professor X (Charles Xavier)
Psylocke (Kwannon)
Quicksilver
Red Skrull (Johann Shmidt)
Red Wolf [51920]
Reptil
Rocket Raccoon
Ronan the Accuser
Sabretooth (Victor Creed)
Scarlet Witch
Shang-Chi
She-Hulk
S.H.I.E.L.D. Agent
Shuri
Silk
Skrull
Spider-Man (Miles Morales)
Spider-Man (Peter Parker)
Spider-Man 2099 (Miguel O’Hara)
Squirrel Girl
Star-Lord
Storm
Sub-Marinor (Namor)
Sunspot
Taskmaster
Thanos
Thing
Thor (Jane Foster)
Thor (Thor Odinson)
Titania
Ultron
Vampire
Venom (Eddie Brock)
Vision
Vulture (Adrian Toomes)
War Machine
Wasp (Janet Van Dyne)
White Tiger (Ava Ayala)
Winter Soldier (Bucky Barnes)
Wolverine (Laura Kinney)
Wolverine (Logan)
Wong

Super-Teams:
Alpha Flight
The Avengers
The Champions
The Defenders
The Fantastic Four
The Guardians of the Galaxy
The Ultimates
The Winter Guard
The X-Men

New York City:
Avengers Mansion
Avengers Tower
The Baxter Building
Empire State University
The Raft

Earth Geography:
Atlantis
Genosha
Krakoa
Latveria
Lemuria
Madripoor
The Savage Land
Siancong
Sokovia
Symkaria
Wakanda

Off-Planet:
Arakko
The Blue Area
Titan

Other Dimensions:
Amenth
Asgard
The Astral Plane
The Dark Dimension
Heliopolis
K’un-Lun
Limbo
The Negative Zone
Olympus
The Otherplace
Otherworld
Sub-Atomica
Ta Lo

Other Universes:
The 2099 Universe
The Days of Future Past
The Larval Universe
The Marvel Noir Universe
The Marvel Zombies Universe
The MC2 Universe
The Real World
The Spider-Gwen Universe
The Ultimate Universe
What Ifs?

GAME TRADE MAGAZINE #288 (Diamond, Feb 2024)
Spider-Man (Peter Parker) 1 R (from Marvel Multiverse Role-Playing Game: Core Rulebook)

MARVEL MULTIVERSE ROLE-PLAYING GAME: X-MEN EXPANSION (2024)

1. Introduction

2. Mutants
The X-Gene: Mutant Identity, Mutant-Likes, Power Levels, Secondary Mutations, Mutant Demographics
History: The First Mutants, Modern Times, The X-Men, Changeups and Spin-Offs, M-Day, The Phoenix Force Returns, The Founding of Krakoa, The Rise of Arakko, The Fall of Krakoa
rosters listed: The Phoenix Five, Avengers Unity Squad, The Quiet Council (Autumn, Winter, Spring, Summer), The Five, The Great Captains, The Great Ring (Dawn, Day, Dusk, Night)
Krakoa (map) 2 R
Locations: Genosha, Utopia, Mutant Town, Krakoa
Opponents: Sentinels, Friends of Humanity, Purifiers, Orchis

3. The X-Men
Team History: The First Class, The All-New X-Men, Spin-Off Teams, Blue and Gold, The New and X-Treme X-Men, Decimation Days, Messiahs and Utopias, The Schism, New Beginnings, The Age of Krakoa
rosters listed: Original X-Men, Rescue Team, New X-Men, Blue Team, Gold Team, X-Treme X-Men, Extinction Team, Wolverine’s Team, Storm’s X-Men, First Krakoan X-Men
Blackbird (map) 1
Locations: The Xavier Estate, The Outback, San Francisco, Asteroid M/Utopia, Limbo, Central Park, Krakoa, Treehouse, Summer House
Opponents: Magneto, The Hellfire Club, Senator Robert Kelly, Sentinels, Mister Sinister, Orchis
Transportation: The Blackbird, Krakoan Gateways

4. X-Factor
Team History: Original Team, X-Terminators, Government Team, X-Factor Investigations, Serval Industries’ X-Factor, Krakoan Team
rosters listed: Original X-Factor, X-Terminators, Government Team X-Factor, X-Factor Investigations, X-Factor (Krakoan)
The Boneyard (map) 1 R
Mutant Town (map) 1
Locations: X-Factor Complex, Ship, X-Factor Investigations Headquarters, 11th Precinct Station, Café Des Artistes, Daniel’s Inferno, Frankie’s Bar & Lounge, Mutant Town Subway Station, Mutatoo, The Power Plant, Punch Line Comedy Club, St. Jerome Children’s Hospital, Wannabees, Wildkat Klub, X-Factory Clothing Store, The Boneyard
Opponents: Freedom Force, Cameron Hodge and the Right, Madelyne Pryor, The Marauders, Apocalypse; Damian Tryp, Singularity, and X-Cell
Transportation: X-Factor Plane, Raptor Jet, Krakoan Gateways

5. X-Force
Team History: Dawn of X-Force, X-Cutioner’s Song, Wolverine’s X-Force, Cable and Hope Return, Psylocke’s Uncanny X-Force, A New X-Force Under Cable, Krakoan X-Force
rosters listed: Original X-Force, Domino’s X-Force, Black-Ops X-Force, Uncanny X-Force, Psylocke’s Uncanny X-Force, Cable and X-Force, Krakoan X-Force
Locations: Xavier Institute for Higher Learning, Camp Verde Apache Reservation, Murderworld, S.H.I.E.L.D. Helicarrier Pericles, Cavern-X, Krakoa
Opponents: Stryfe, The Mutant Liberation Front (MLF). The Purifiers, The Reavers, Selene Gallio and the Externals
Cavern-X (map) 1
Transportation: PACRAT, Bluebird

6. Mutant Classes
History: The New Mutants, Headmaster Magneto, X-Terminators and X-Force, Generation X, The New X-School, Academy X, The Jean Grey School for Higher Learning, The New Charles Xavier School for Mutants, X-Haven and New York City, Krakoa, After the Fall
rosters listed: Original New Mutants, Early New Mutant Additions, Original Hellions, The X-Terminators, Generation X, The Omega Gang, Xorn’s Special Class, Corsairs, Hellions, New Mutants, New X-Men, Jean Grey Students, The New Hellions, New Xavier School, Next Generation X, New Mutants Teachers, The Lost Club
Xavier’s Estate (map) 1/2
Locations: The Xavier Estate, The Massachusetts Academy, X-Haven, Central Park, Akademos Habitat
Xavier’s Mansion Upper Floors (map) 1
Xavier’s Mansion Lower Floors (map) 1
Opponents: Hellions, Hellfire Academy, Mutant Liberation Front, The Shadow King

7. Marauders
Team History: Sinister’s Marauders, The Morlocks, The Krakoan Marauders
rosters listed: The Villainous Marauders, The First Krakoan Marauders, The Next Krakoan Marauders
Locations: The Alley, Krakoa, The Hellfire Trading Company, Hellfire Bay, Madripoor
Morlock Tunnels (map) 1
Opponents: Sebastian Shaw, Homines Verendi, Eden Rixlo, Brimstone Love
The Marauder Upper Decks (map) 1
The Marauder Lower Decks (map) 1
Transportation: Krakoan Gateways, The Marauder, The New Marauder

8. Alpha Flight
Team History: Alpha Flight, Many New Beginnings, From Omega to Alpha Again, Alpha Flight Inerstellar Defense and Diplomacy Initiative, Alpha Flight Today
rosters listed: The Flight, Alpha Flight, Beta Flight, Gamma Flight, Heather’s Alpha Flight, The Synthoid’s Alpha Flight, Rescue Alpha Flight, Omega Flight, Chaos War Alpha Flight, AFIDDI, The New Alpha Flight, The Great Beasts
Locations: Department H (Ottowa), Tamarind Island (British Columbia), Alpha Flight Low-Orbit Space Station
Opponents: The Great Beasts, Jerome Jaxon and First Omega Flight, Master of the World, The Plodex, Wild Child
Transportation: Alpha Flight Omnijet, Alpha Flight Squadron Jets

9. Exiles
Team History: The Original Exiles, The Exiles on Tour, A New Era, The Impromptu Exiles
rosters listed: First Recruits, The New Exiles, The Next Exiles
Locations: Panoptichron, The Bahams
Panoptichron (map) 1
Opponents: Weapon X, Hyperion of Earth-4023, Proteus of Earth-58163

10. Other Worlds
Age of Apocalypse: Earth-295
Mutant X-: Earth-1298
House of M: Earth-58163
Age of X: Earth-11326
Ultimate X-Men: Earth-1610
X-Men Noir: Earth-90214
Mojoworld: Mojoverse
rosters listed: The Six, The Force Warriors, The X-Babies

11. Futures Past
X-Men 2099: Earth-928, Earth-23291 and Earth-2099
Days of Future Past: Earth-811
Cable’s Future: Earth-4935
Bishops’s Future: Earth-1191
Old Man Logan: Earth-807128 and Earth-21923
Amerika (map) 1/2
Restarting Time (including Moira’s Ten (or More) Lives, Sinister’s Many Sins)
The Lives of Moira MagTaggert (diagram) 1
rosters listed: X-Men 2099 of the Celestial Garden

12. New Rules
New Equipment: Adamantium, Anti-Telepathy Helmet, Bo Staff, Cerebro, Krakoan Flowers (including Gateways, Habitat, Human Drig I, Human Drug L, Human Drug M, No-Place), Tallus
Vehicles: Blackbird, E.V.A., Marauder (1/2 page each)
The Danger Room
Mutant Growth Hormone
Anti-Mutant “Cures” (including Decimation, Hope Serum, Legacy Virus, X-Cise)
Infections and Possessions: Brood Implantation, The Horsemen, Mister Sinister, The Phoenix Force, Transmode Virus
New Origins: Alien: Brood, Alien: Marginalian, Alien: Technarch, Monstrous: Mummudrai, Mutant, Mutant: Artificial, Mutant: External
New Team Maneuvers, New Conditions, New Traits, New Powers, New Power Descriptions, etc.

13. Characters
(1 page each)
Angel
Aphelion
Apocalypse
Askani
Aurora
Banshee
Beak
Bishop
Black Priestess
Black Tom Cassidy
Blink (Earth-295)
Blob
Brood
Cable
Callisto
Cannonball
Captain Britain [Betsy]
Cassandra Nova
Chamber
Cypher
Darwin
Dazzler
Destiny
Domino
Doop
Dust
Elixir
Escapade
Exodus
Fang (Akihiro)
Fantomex
Gambit
Greycrow
Guardian
Havok
Hope Summers
Isca the Unbeaten
Jubilee
Karma
Kid Omega
Lady Deathstrike
Lockheed
Longshot
M
Madelyne Pryor
Magik
Magma
Master of the World
Mastermind
Mister Sinister
Moira MacTaggert
Mojo
Multiple Man
Nemesis (Heather Hudson)
Nimrod
Nocturne (Earth-2182)
Northstar
Old Man Logan (Earth-21923)
Polaris
Puck
Purifier
Pyro
Rictor
Rogue
Sasquatch
Sebastian Shaw
Sentinel
Shadow King
Shaman
Shatterstar
Silver Samurai
Siryn
Snowbird
The Stepford Cuckoos
Sunfire
Synch
Talisman
Toad
Warlock
Warpath
Wild Child
Wolfsbane

Glossary:
(1 page total; in-universe entries only)
Adamantium
Alpha Flight
Anti-Telepathy Helmet
Arakko
Avengers Unity Squad
Blackbird
Brood
Brood Implantation
Cerebro
Danger Room
Department H
E.V.A.
Exiles
External
Five, The
Generation X
Hellions
Hope Serum
Horsemen
Krakoa
Legacy Virus
M-Day
Marauders
Marginalian
Mister Sinister
Morlocks
Mummidrai
Mutant
Mutant Growth Hormone
New Mutants
Phoenix Force
Quiet Council
Secondary Mutation
Tallus
Technarch
Techno-Organic Virus
Transmode Virus
X-Cise
X-Factor
X-Force
X-Gene
X-Men
other entries: Adventure Hooks, Corroding, Infected, Mental Duel, Mutant Reputation, Narrative Powers, Poisoned, Random Encounters, Schooling

I've started the process of reworking this thread into a general Marvel RPG thread, as opposed to classic version. I haven't added any of the new game in yet, but I've added three Saga books: the Roster Book that came with the game, the X-Men Roster Book, and the Fantastic Four Roster Book. As with other long lists, profiles are now listed in a Google doc.