I left out the cash rules because I'm not sure those are anyone's favorites. And I left out the knowledge/skills areas because V&V kind of requires you to bring your own interpretation to the table. I also left out the AMAZING art because that's kind of a given.

I think everything else is great!!! So pick your favorite part of the game and vote!!

It was a tough choice between Power Description and the Attack/Defense chart.  I finally choose the Power Descriptions because having the powers set up the way they are is why the Attack/Defense chart exists.

I have never been able to play the other games because everyone have Power Blast then 2 to 3 modifiers.  It is the modifiers that made Ice Ray different from Fire Beam different from Energy Blast.   To me it is difficult to read and silly.  I just can't get past it.

Nothing makes me  more that reading about a speedster who has Flight: only useable when touching the ground (feet).

I went with the power descriptions although I've got to say that personally, as both a gamer and a designer, the random chart is my absolute fave! Plus the fact that the game is very small yet literally full of endless ideas... its something that I can turn most prospective gamers on to simply because its a minimal investment.... a cheap set of dice (usually a hand me down) and an $8 book.
(Although I must admit that I'm personally not a V&V purist in the sense that I use modified Heroclix minis and toy cars instead of the cardboard counters..... but that has nothing to do with the quality of the counters, its just a me thing)

The Cougar wrote on Feb 27^th, 2010 at 11:04am:


If you'd have quit leaving them in the shower, it wouldn't have been an issue.   

When I first started playing V&V I was stunned ( in a good way) that hit points came directly from the attribute scores.  I hated that in D&D you can have an 18 in strength and constitution and still roll a one for hits!   Some amazing health you got there  Erk the Slayer!
   And power points just gave the game a dimension that was lacking in so many of the other games.   All the rest was gravy.  But the Hit and Power Poing systems  are the cornerstones of this game.

dsumner wrote on Feb 27^th, 2010 at 2:02pm:


Funny you should say that.  When I first introduced V&V to my college game group,  one of the players had a hard time with the idea that he could do basically what ever he wanted as long as he could explain it.   That and he could multiple attack too freaked him out.  He was used to the super structured rules of D&D.    I gave up on D&D when a player, running a swashbucking pirate type, wanted to swipe at an orc, then follow with a punch and I basically ruled that he couldnt because I couldn't figure out how to do it.    He was mad at me until he looked up the rules himself.   A few months later we were all playing V&V and pretty much haven't touched D&D since.

This was a tough one, and I very nearly put down the Attack/Defense Combat Chart.  But in the end I had to go with the Power Descriptions, as the open-ended descriptions gives such variety and inspires creativity.