Supergame (role-playing game)
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Supergame is a role-playing game originally published by DAG Productions in 1980, and now published by Precis Intermedia.
Description
Supergame is a superhero system featuring "build-it-yourself" character construction, with superpowers, rules for flying and magic, plus a combat system, armor and weapons, scenario suggestions, and campaign guidelines.
Publication history
Supergame was designed by Jay Hartlove and Aimée Karklyn, and was published by DAG Productions in 1980 as a 64-page book.{{cite book|last=Schick |first=Lawrence|authorlink=Lawrence Schick|title=Heroic Worlds: A History and Guide to Role-Playing Games|publisher=Prometheus Books |year=1991|isbn=0-87975-653-5|page=56}} The second edition was published in 1982 as a 40-page book featuring a color cover.
Supplements included Reactor (1983) and The Heroes of Poseidonis (1984).
The first and second editions are now published as a single volume by Precis Intermedia, with a third edition also available.{{cite web|title=Supergame: Classic Super-Powered Roleplaying|url=http://www.pigames.net/store/default.php?cPath=135|website=Precis Intermedia|accessdate=27 November 2017|ref=PI Supergame|language=en}}
Reception
Lawrence Schick describes the system as "Undistinguished".