This is the question.
I have promised to do a retro-clone this year of MSH Classic (FASERIP for those who remember) in response to my feelings on 4C. Yes I wasn't very impressed.
Now over on Grognardia there was some talk about MSH Classic today and I posted about this. Naturally I posted about my plan to do this and how I wanted to call it "Mighty Super Heroes!" Get it? M-S-H?
Anywho, an upright citizen named Delta reminded me and everyone that Marvel and DC hold the trademark on the term "super hero". Now while I don't fear that they would come after me for a "free" project, nonetheless anarchist (yes I see the delicious irony in that) suggested calling it "Excelsior!" instead. I like that too.
So what do you think folks? What are you thoughts on title?
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Hey all. So as I sit down to look at powers I find myself at a crossroads. 70% (or so) of superhero rpgs use a "builder" system, ...
MSH it will at least be recognizable to people. I wonder if anyone owns a copyright on the word "FASERIP" though?
ReplyDeleteSo I just read far too much on the trademark of the term "Super Hero" and I have to say it sucks. A damn shame that such a simple and widespread term is not allowed to be used for promotion or advertising thanks to the legal system.
ReplyDeleteNow someone has suggested that the word "Excelsior" is trade-marked, but I can't find any evidence of that with my limited search abilities.
Anyone got any leads?
Thanks Walt, I appreciate the offer and will take you up on it.
ReplyDeleteOne of the ideas I had for this was to hold a patronage money drive after the rules are done to build up cash for art (Hell if we could get enough was gonna see if there was a way to get a George Perez commissioned cover ;) ).
Do you have a web gallery or something where I can see some of your work?
Cool stuff Walt! Thanks for the link :) We will certainly speak again when this project gets more developed than just the seed it is right now ;)
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