Death Duel with the Destroyers
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Death Duel with the Destroyers is an adventure published by Fantasy Games Unlimited (FGU) in 1982 for the superhero role-playing game Villains and Vigilantes.
Plot summary
The second adventure published by FGU for Villains & Vigilantes, this scenario depicts the first of several battles between a team of player character superheroes and the supervillain scientist Dr. Apocalypse. A series of monster storms strikes the Eastern United States while a holographic figure of Dr. Apocalypse appears in the skies and mocks the people. The superheroes (player characters) are then alerted to a giant robot attacking Times Square, before they take on the group of supervillains known as The Destroyers.
Publication history
FGU published the first superhero role-playing game, Villains & Vigilantes, in 1979. They published their first adventure for the game in 1981, and followed that in 1982 with Death Duel with the Destroyers, a 21-page saddle-stapled softcover book written and illustrated by Bill Willingham.
This was quickly followed by a sequel, The Island of Doctor Apocalypse (1982).
Reception
William A. Barton reviewed Death Duel with the Destroyers in The Space Gamer No.
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