FROM THE FOLDER FRIDAY - A NEW UNCOMING FEATURE

 

As I have previously mentioned, I have played superhero TTRPGs a lot. Most of that time was in the past, when I had more time and more regular available players interested in such. Most of that time was split between the Marvel Superheroes RPG by TSR and Champions. I dabbled in DC Heroes, Heroes Unlimited, Guardians and Icons. I even homebrewed a very basic system with a friend back in the early 80's, before Iknew about any of these games and had only seen Villains & Vigilantes. I haven't played much in recent years but my love of the genre and these games remains.

Most of my current interest lies mostly with the classic Marvel Superheroes RPG from TSR. The continued fan works for this game are outstanding and I cannot rave enough about the hard work being put in by fans of the comics and that game system. The Unofficial Canon Project is a massive storehouse of modern materials for this classic game. When I have ideas for superhero TTRPGs, I generally default to this game system for stats as I can practically build in it by memory after so many years binging this. Which brings me to the new feature.

Pictured above is a stack of folders which contains tons of art and character write-ups from my glory days of the MSHRPG. While this is certainly not everything I ever created - much of that was lost through various moves and the happenstance of bachelor life - they constitute a massive collection of useable material. The art in them ranges from some of my oldest, crudest work, to later works where i had gained skill and confidence though none of it is anywhere near commercial grade. In fact, much of it reflects how I learned to draw comics characters as back in the day , tracing body forms and outlines and applying our own customes and detail work over them was how we learned the basics. 

Starting tomorrow (Friday), my goal will be to dive into these folders, scan the images, warts and all, with minimal editing (I have not the skills or tech) and post them here each Friday. I hope to present each with game stats, some background information and commentary on my thoughts (as I can recall them) from when I made them. 

I hope you will enjoy seeing my work and that it might inspire you to tinker with your own. 

-Eli