I can tell you with absolute confidence Imaginos that you won't lose your opportunity to purchase Giant #1 and a rules upgrade is in the planning for 2011 as well as other game edifying materials...

Exactly... any rules supplement is going to be generated from the subject matter experts amongst the fanbase's experience...
There's been 25 years + of home tweaking that are mostly viable upgrades that have been tried and true.
FGU has already touched base on this possibility with a few writers about how to do this potential project, but again, it's cart before the horse to think about it too much right now.
We're focusing on building the product catalog to a modern state, adding game support, and then revision can come later.
I promise this: No hero/character/point build system... it's counter to the open judgment that GMs have right now in creating a discretionary point of being arbiter of their universe. Points means flat structure and boolean or mean values that can't be negotiated...
Sounds crappy to me...?

One of my favorite concepts that pushes toward a more organized character creation was the Assymmetry rules by Brian Rogers.  Characters were defined by an overall power level, which determined how many power "facets" they receive.  I highly recommend checking out the website (which I cannot link to because it is blocked from my work).

AlabasterKnight wrote on Oct 6^th, 2010 at 11:35am:


I was talking to DSumner on the phone the other night about much the same thing. In truth, I'm extremely happy with the system and am totally on board with Galaxy Boy's desire to keep the classic random set up versus a point build system. In truth, the one thing that I would like to see added as far as a rules set is a better focus on handling things that would normally be considered a skill check... hacking alien computers, flying strange aircraft, etc. etc. However, rather than implementing a cap system that could require a modification addition to all pre-existing characters, I've pondered about basically utilizing a clever analysis of pre-existing information about characters and incorporating that with typical skill saves. Basically looking at their primary ability scores and then adding circumstancial roll modifiers based on things such as their listed occupations (as computer programmers would naturally get a set bonus to doing computer related skill checks, mechanics would get a bonus towards rigging and repairing such equipment, counselors would get a bonus to diplomacy checks, etc.) and then also perhaps the type of environment the character was raised in, their back story, etc.
Basically you would have a simple tier of bonuses/penalties (-2,-4,-6 or +2,+4,+6 perhaps) and a broad list of guidelines on how to make it work.

I don't know, something I'm just playing around with.

PulpCitizen- good point (again, this is just something that is floating about in my head and I've not had the chance to sit at the playtest table and give it a spin but something I'm definitely going to personally play with to see if it is feasible and fairly accurate).
-Granted, a more polished skills system would probably give more fine tuned, accurate results, but that would possibly come at a cost of having to add additional information to character sheets and so forth. Coming up with a system that can pretty much take data that already exists and compute it is my preference... but that is just my preference.

I'm at work right now, but I'll chime in on this I prefer that any "new" skills system keep it simple, and not try to re-write the existing rules.

Any planned expansion should include more examples of open-ended powers like Body Power, Chemical Power, Magical Spells, Psionics, Mutant Power, and Willpower B.

Imaginos wrote on Oct 7^th, 2010 at 10:53pm:


Also an expansion on other ways to use inventing points.

Not offended in the slightest myself.   

So did they ever settle it?
Are there enough fans to make it lucrative for them to even produce materials?
Much as I love the game... I just don't see how well this one can survive when it has had it's head held underwater for so long.
But I could be wrong. There might very well be more RPGers out there than I think.
I was just under the assumption that people would rather play stuff on game-stations or Computer over table top dice rolling.

Too bad the whole lot of them simply couldn't put their heads together (A long time ago) and produced materials back when it would have really mattered... and not virtually two decades later.

That is my opinion.

G7

And Fantasy Games Unlimited has a pretty massive list of new product too.  But don't take my word for it:
http://www.fantasygamesunlimited.net/category/Villains-and-Vigilantes-8

Oops!  Forgot to add the free stuff:
http://www.fantasygamesunlimited.net/page7.html

I think the conventions are showing there are customers.  The VandV twitter account for Monkey House Games stated that they sold out of all the rule books at CoastCon on the second day and the discussion panel for V&V 3.0 rules was very engaging with a good turn out.