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Roll for Origin: Supers TTRPG History: Ep. 8 Smallville & Marvel Heroic
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- Around the Hearth
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- Apr 7, 2026
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- 2809
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Summary
Roll for Origin: Supers TTRPG History looks at two closely linked licensed supers games: Smallville and Marvel Heroic . To dig into this pair, Lowell and Jay bring on Rich Rogers ( Hit the Streets: Defend the Block; +1 Forward ) to give his perspectives as a GM and player. We talk about the system mechanics of the two games, including the big differences, the publication history of MWP, the media touchstones for these properties, and then give our general thoughts-- including wondering where our Smallville retroclones are... If you dig this series, please rate, review, and subscribe. Jay's the author of By Aecer’s Light , The Clockwinders for Fate , Cortex Prime's Supers , and a contributing author on Pathfinder’s Mwangi Expanse , Trophy Gold, Hit the Streets: Defend the Block , and the upcoming Lifted: Indomitable RPG , a supers game about everyday folks with extraordinary powers in a tech-aggressive world. Check out Mad Jay's work at Play.Fearless and at the Diceology Podcast . You can find Rich's game, Hit the Streets here. Lowell is the designer and co-author of Hearts of Wulin . He's the ENnie-winning creator of the Age of Ravens blog and community manager for the Open Hearth Gaming Community. You can find Lowell's work on YouTube , on Itch.io , and on DriveThruRPG. Find out more about the Open Hearth Gaming Community Support us on Patreon! Our actual play podcast can be found here Follow us on Tumblr: https://www.tumblr.com/blog/open-hearth-rpg Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/openhearthrpg Mastodon: @[email protected] 00:00 Intro 01:48 Pitch and Mechanics 12:11 Publication History 17:46 Where these Licenses Were 23:28 Thoughts