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Mutants & Masterminds: Wild Cards

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Green Ronin has created a terrific supplement with this WILD CARDS sourcebook by John J. Miller. Miller--one of the series' original and ongoing writers--has brought the complex, fascinating world of the Wild Cards (survivors of an alien virus that kills 90% of infectees and gives the rest superhuman talents from the godlike to the riduculous) into the Mutants & Masterminds game.

The book is divided up about as you'd expect, with the first segment a thorough history of Wild Cards Earth, followed by a compendium of major characters, with the closing section a discourse on how to build roleplaying adventures in the Wild Cards setting.

Miller has done a topnotch job of making the world easy to grasp and game. Roleplayers eager to find (or rediscover) this terrific sf world should buy this book.Wild Cards: A Mutants & Masterminds Campaign Setting

A marvelously readable compendium of all things WILD CARD! An original WILD CARDS mafioso and major contributor to the shared-world anthology and novel series, John Jos. Miller is uniquely qualified to write the definitive reference.

And he has.

I've never played the game MUTANTS & MASTERMINDS, so I can't comment on the book's game-specific aspects. The book itself is a high-quality product. It's also beautifully illustrated, with some illustrations being taken from the books themselves and others done originally for this Campaign Setting. It's definitely easy on the eyes.

Whether you're a gamer or a reader, if you want to know about WILD CARDS - universe, places, events, and most of all the characters - this is the place. We writers of the series use this book as our encyclopedia (and wish we had something like it long ago): it's WILD CARDS canon.

Full Disclosure: I'm a long-time friend of John Miller and his wife Gail Gershner-Miller (another WILD CARDS contributor.) Feel free to discount my opinions on that basis.

The fact remains: this book is the guide WILD CARDS writers use.

And - thanks for reading (and gaming) WILD CARDS!

Wildcards is an interesting setting for Mutants and Masterminds with its own novel line built in. The book converts the long standing series of novels and short story compilations into a coherent and viable campaign for Mutants and Masterminds. The bulk of the book details the history, setting and major characters of the Wildcards world.

For me this was my formal introduction to the setting and I am now sorely tempted to pick up the literature surrounding it. I more than likely will pick up a few books and enjoy them. Whether you are new to the series or a veteran if you like superheroes in a fairly realistic fashion pick this one up.

This is definitely a must have reference book for all Wild Card fans. Learn more about your favorite characters and expand your knowledge and understanding of the complex Wild Card world. If you are new to the Wild Card series this book will make your journey a rich and fanciful experience.
John Jos. Miller is the perfect author for this book because he has written and had a hand in many of the books in the Wild Card series. His experience and in-site make this book interesting and fun.
I very much enjoyed it, and would highly recommend it.