The Weird, Weird West
The Weird, Weird West is an adventure published by TSR in 1989 for the superhero role-playing game Marvel Super Heroes
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| Publishers | TSR |
|---|---|
| Systems | Marvel Super Heroes |
Contents
The heroes discover that time is breaking down, and famous personages from history such as Napoleon, Genghis Khan, Alexander the Great, and more, are all converging on 1871.[1] The heroes must travel back in time to thwart an alien invasion and find the cause of the time warp.[2]
Publication history
MT2 The Weird, Weird West was the second Marvel Superheroes adventure in TSR's Time Warp series.[3] The 64-page book with outer folder was written by Ray Winninger, with illustrations by Jeff Butler, Cory Graham, Paul Hanchette, and John Statema, and was published by TSR, Inc., in 1989.[1]
Reception
In the September–October 1989 edition of Games International (Issue #9), Mike Jarvis admitted that "I'm not greatly enamoured with this product. It's not that it is a bad scenario as such; merely that it isn't particularly original." Jarvis also found the adventure lacked a "superhero atmosphere", and the pre-generated characters provided were not a good fit for the adventure. Jarvis concluded by giving the adventure a poor rating of 2 out of 5, saying, "This is a lacklustre product [...] As a superhero adventure it didn't inspire me, and probably won't thrill your players either."[2]
References
- Schick, Lawrence (1991). Heroic Worlds: A History and Guide to Role-Playing Games. Prometheus Books. pp. 54–55. ISBN 0-87975-653-5.
- Jarvis, Mike (September–October 1989). "Rolegames". Games International. No. 9. p. 42.
- Green, Paul (2016). Encyclopedia of Weird Westerns: Supernatural and Science Fiction Elements in Novels, Pulps, Comics, Films, Television and Games (2nd ed.). McFarland. ISBN 9781476662572.