Superheroes
The world faces a crisis only superheroes can solve. Players enter one by one, each naming their own absurd superpower, until the full team is assembled. Then they solve it in reverse order.
About
Superheroes is a high-energy character game that rewards specificity and escalation. Each superhero must have a power that is both useless-sounding and somehow perfectly suited to the crisis at hand. The second half of the game - where heroes leave and the team shrinks back to one - challenges players to justify how the remaining powers can possibly wrap up the story.
How to Play
- 1
The audience suggests a ridiculous world crisis (e.g. all the world's chairs have become slightly damp).
- 2
The first player enters as a superhero, names themselves and their power, and begins addressing the crisis.
- 3
Each new player enters, is given a name by the first player on stage, declares their power and joins the effort.
- 4
Once all players are on, the crisis should be at its most chaotic. The first player to enter then saves the day and exits.
- 5
One by one, each hero declares victory and exits until only the last player remains to deliver the final resolution.
Variations
- -Superhero origins: after the crisis is resolved, each hero briefly tells the story of how they got their power.