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The Breeder Bombs

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Publisher(s)
  
TSR

System(s)
  
Marvel Super Heroes

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The Breeder Bombs is a role-playing game adventure published by TSR in 1984 for the Marvel Super Heroes role-playing game.

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Plot summary

The Breeder Bombs is a scenario pitting the X-Men against Magneto, who has planted four dirty radioactive bombs that the heroes must deactivate before they go off. The Breeder Bombs pits the X-Men against Magneto and other super-villains in the X-Men's headquarters, and sites in the USA, USSR, Australia, and Chile. Seven chapters lead the characters through a search to destroy four "breeder" bombs designed to increase radiation levels and cause millions of mutations.

Publication history

MH1 The Breeder Bombs was written by Jeff Grubb, and was published by TSR, Inc., in 1984 as a 16-page book, a large color map, and an outer folder. This scenario has 16 pages, and is packed with a cover folder containing character details and a double-sided 22"x17" map.

Reception

Marcus L. Rowland reviewed The Breeder Bombs for White Dwarf #62, rating it 7/10 overall. He stated: "There are several tricks and twists, which lead to an amusing and apocalyptic conclusion." Rowland reviewed the adventures The Breeder Bombs, Time Trap, and Murderworld! together, and declared that "All three adventures work reasonably well, but stress combat above role-play or campaign development. None give any opportunity for the characters to use their secret identities (an important feature of the game rules), all are extremely violent."

Reviews

  • Space Gamer #70 (July/Aug. 1984)
  • Game News #8 (Oct. 1985)
  • Different Worlds #46 (May/June 1987)
  • References

    The Breeder Bombs Wikipedia