In addition to buying every official Green Ronin book put out for M&M, I have been following and supporting just about every book with rules for ICONS that has been put out.
My story with Icons started about a year after my last superhero campaign fell apart. I suffered extreme system burnout and was looking for something new. A different approach.
After dabbling with Fate Core and Fate Accelerated, I just took a break and floundered for a bit.
A friend on Seconde Life was running an Icons game and invited me. So I joined, and had fun. So I bought into the game myself. And am happy with it.
Just to clarify. It was not M&M that supported the campaign that fell apart. It was a different system entirely.
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Re: ICONS
I read the first edition of the Icons game, solely because Steve Kenson’s name was on the cover. Given his track record with Silver Age Sentinels, Mutants & Masterminds, and Freedom City, and DC Adventures I had high expectations... and he met them.
I wasn’t quite willing to give up M&M3e for it, but it was definitely a good game. I haven’t checked out the “Assembled Edition,” but I have every reason to expect it to be quite good.
I wasn’t quite willing to give up M&M3e for it, but it was definitely a good game. I haven’t checked out the “Assembled Edition,” but I have every reason to expect it to be quite good.
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Re: ICONS
I joined ICONS with the Assembled Edition. The rulebook is solid. Very good. It combines a lot from the prior edition into one volume.Batgirl III wrote: ↑Wed Mar 31, 2021 1:46 am I read the first edition of the Icons game, solely because Steve Kenson’s name was on the cover. Given his track record with Silver Age Sentinels, Mutants & Masterminds, and Freedom City, and DC Adventures I had high expectations... and he met them.
I wasn’t quite willing to give up M&M3e for it, but it was definitely a good game. I haven’t checked out the “Assembled Edition,” but I have every reason to expect it to be quite good.
That said. I bought just about every rules expansion for the game in hardcover. Plus the two villains books, Antagonists and Rogues.
ICONS is definitely its own thing. It's not a spinoff from M&M. It has its own characters and loose setting.