SUPERWORLD The SuperPowered RolePlaying Game contributors JIMMY AKIN I by Steve Perrin editing WILLIAM BARTON TADASHI EHARA JOHN CARNAHAN production JOHN SCOTT CLEGG YUREK CHODAK cover MICHAEL DOONEY CHUCK HUBER, JON MATTSON STEVE MAURER SANDY PETERSEN KEN ROLSTON JOHN SULLIVAN interior art CHRIS MARRINAN MARKUS HARRISONBOX CONTENTS. ‘An Explanation of the Parts ‘The boxed SUPERWORLD role-playing game contains three booklets, a set of reference sheets, a set of character sheets, a set of gamemaster aid sheets, a sheet of cardstock character silhouettes for Use in the game, six dice, and other enclosures. Each major item fulfills or supplements a particular need. SUPERHEROES BOOK contains the character generation, game mechanics and combat portions of the game. Use this book to create superheroes by rolling up basic characteristics, determining ‘occupations, and skill levels as part of superheroes? secret identities. Generate Hero points for purchasing superpowers, determine hit points, damage bonuses, and extra equipment. The game mechanics cover action times, delaying tactics, multiple actions, crucial rolls, boosting, special ‘damage, and sizes of common objects. The combat section covers weapon types, combat movernent, combat modifiers, defending against attack, and damage. ‘SUPERPOWERS BOOK contains descriptions of superpowers, power advantages, skills, handicaps, and power disadvantages. This book is used together with the Superheroes Book for supplying superpowers to the superheroes. Use hero points to select various superpowers, skills and power advantages. GAMEMASTERS BOOK contains gamemaster material. The gamemaster materials include cam- paign control, superhero income, supervillains, bystanders, rationale, organizations, the law, and animals, There are two scenarios included in this book. The first scenario is Deadly Devices of Doctor Dread. This is a multi-scenario campaign that features encounters with various groups of supervillains before the resolution of the plot. The Haunting is a single session scenario in volving the denizens of a haunted house. ‘The REFERENCE SHEETS cover character generation, resistance tables, size tables, combat charts, an impact damage table, weapon charts, action times, and other tables important for game play. ‘The PLAYER-CHARACTER SHEETS include eight character sheets containing two different male and two different female superhero outlines. Permission is granted to photocopy these sheets as needed for personal use — they may not be reproduced for sale. The GAMEMASTER SHEETS include an operatives sheet, an action rank control sheet and a player control sheet. Permission is granted to photocopy these sheets as needed for personal use — they may not be reproduced for sale. ‘The CHARACTER SILHOUETTES can be cut apart, colored, and used to represent the position of, the player superheroes and opposing villains they meet; these figures make the complexities of who- does-what-to-whom in a melee round much more understandable, SIX DICE (2020, 108, 306) sufficient for play. If you are unfamiliar with dice, please read about them in the front section of the Superheroes Book.SUPERWORLD CREDITS Design: Steve Perrin Editing: Tadashi Ehara Production: Yurek Chodak Copy Editing & Proofreading: Sherman Kahn Cover Art: Michael Dooney Interior Illustrations: Chris Marrinan, Markus Harrison Figure Outlines: Mark Williams Sithouettes: Lisa A. Free Consultant: Lynn Willis Last Minute Help: Charlie Krank Contributors: Jimmy “Golem” Akin Il, William “The Sleuth” Barton, John Carnahan, John Scott “Crimson Claw” Clegg, Chuck “'Tesseract” Huber, Jon “Mantis” Mattson, Steve Gemini” Maurer, Sandy “Maestro” Petersen, Ken “Brain” Rolston Playtesters: Allison “Red Diamond” Bridgeford, David "G.I. Ghost” Cheever, Yurek “Mr. Stretch” Chodak, Barr “Sculptor” Chugg, Jacqueline “Citten”” Clegg, Morgan “Palomar” Conrad, Gigi “Miss. Sweet” D’arn, Bruce Atomic Crusader” Dresselhaus, Ray “Vulkan” Greer, Jim “Ultra” Hammer, Larry “Grey Beret” Hastings, Steve “Mr. Arcade” Hastings, Gigi “Fury”” Henderson, Steve “Mech Man” Henderson, Tony “Clare Voyant"’ Hughes, Marc “‘Sludgeman” Hutchison, Ken “Mr. Wonderful” Kaufer, Charlie “Mockingbird” Krank, Zoran “Artemis” Kovasich, Apple “‘Super-Freeway” Lane, Mary “Diamond” LeDuc, George “Scanner” MacDonald, Karl “Rad Lab” Maurer, Hal “Crystal” Moe, Gordon “Neutron” Monson, Hilary “Firebug” Powers, Pamela “Shadow” Sullivan, Glenn ‘'Shaper” Thain, Art “Werewolf” Turney, Matt “Destructor” Walker. GOLDEN LOCUST AWARD ‘An Annual Presentation For the Year 1982, the Golden Locust Prize goes to the Superworld playtesters Omnum Esophagum