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When one of the other PBPs I'm currently running winds down, I think it would be fun to try the 1989 Mayfair Batman RPG (basically a slightly stripped-down DC Heroes or DC Heroes 1.5 edition). I'd like to have the players take on the roles of various heroes who operate in Gotham City, or existing DC comic book heroes who would fit into that milieu. For example: Batman (of course), Robin, Nightwing, Batgirl, Huntress. I'm sure there are a few others who could work as well. I'd like to have superpowers not exist: much like the 1960s TV show, everyone would be a mere mortal although they might have extraordinary skills and high tech gimmicks and gadgets that emulate some super powers (i.e., Poison Ivy would use "science" to make plants do her bidding, Scarecrow uses chemicals to induce fear, etc.). Also much like the TV series, we'd make no mention of whether Superman and Wonder Woman are in the same universe. Unlike the TV series, the tone would be in line with the Bronze Age Batman comics: mock-real, actual violence and injury, villains not merely eccentric pranksters. My Gotham would be derived from the published Mayfair Batman sourcebooks and Night in Gotham adventure module, plus whatever I can steal from the comic books. I'd use villains straight out of the comics (and possibly the TV series if they can be made less harmless without changing them too much), plus some supporting cast like Commissioner Gordon, Alfred the butler, Harvey Bullock, maybe Silver St. Cloud and/or Vicki Vale.
(If someone wants to be Dick Grayson Robin, we can eliminate Nightwing as a character, or if someone wants to be Jason Todd Robin we can have both or Nightwing can be busy elsewhere if no one selects him. Huntress could be the original Earth-2 version or the Italian crime family version depending on your preference, but I wouldn't want to get too involved in any Earth-2 stuff beyond a simple one-sentence explanation as to why she's on Earth-1 now. And so on.)
It might be some time before this can happen, but I'd like to gauge interest. Really only 2 players would be needed if they can post regularly as Batman and Robin, but it could be fun to have others. You needn't work as a "team." I can easily handle multiple scenarios going down at once: for instance, Batman and Robin could be trying to foil the Riddler's latest crime spree, meanwhile Batgirl is working on the cat-related museum thefts she assumes to be the work of Catwoman. Maybe they're connected, maybe they aren't! Meanwhile someone is abducting famous twins...could Two-Face be on the loose?
(If someone wants to be Dick Grayson Robin, we can eliminate Nightwing as a character, or if someone wants to be Jason Todd Robin we can have both or Nightwing can be busy elsewhere if no one selects him. Huntress could be the original Earth-2 version or the Italian crime family version depending on your preference, but I wouldn't want to get too involved in any Earth-2 stuff beyond a simple one-sentence explanation as to why she's on Earth-1 now. And so on.)
It might be some time before this can happen, but I'd like to gauge interest. Really only 2 players would be needed if they can post regularly as Batman and Robin, but it could be fun to have others. You needn't work as a "team." I can easily handle multiple scenarios going down at once: for instance, Batman and Robin could be trying to foil the Riddler's latest crime spree, meanwhile Batgirl is working on the cat-related museum thefts she assumes to be the work of Catwoman. Maybe they're connected, maybe they aren't! Meanwhile someone is abducting famous twins...could Two-Face be on the loose?