Earth-196169 An Earth near the Nexus of all Universes
1st March 2,018 CE
The Multiverse
You’re about to embark on an epic journey through the vast and thrilling Marvel Multiverse. It is a boundless expanse of alternate realities and dimensions, each with its own unique versions of characters and stories grounded in your base reality of Earth-196169. Bordering strange realities where there are no metahumans or enhanced individuals, or with a sliding timeline that erases events over 13 years ago, or even realities where the schemes of villains are solved like episodes in a television series or a movie franchise, Earth-196169 weaves through these realities sharing storylines and suffering incursions from those other planes.
Welcome to Earth
Get ready to be amazed! While this Earth might seem similar to others, the intervention of higher beings and advanced extraterrestrial species has catapulted everyday life to new heights with cutting-edge sciences. Imagine living in a world where the Stark Industries Arc Reactor, the Wakandan Quinjet, Dr. Doom's Time Platform and advanced artificial intelligences like Ultron and the Vision are not just concepts but realities!
Though many futuristic technologies remain exclusive, some groundbreaking innovations have been shared with the public, such as anti-aging demethylation medication and superluminal communication. The inhabitants of Earth-196169 still navigate familiar social, political, and economic challenges yet enjoy a slightly more advanced technological landscape when compared to many other realities.
The Inspiration for Earth-196169
Up until recent years, I had a regular table-top RPG group that ran games weekly. After we played Enter: Hydra in the original Marvel Multiverse playtest, we decided to see how it played in a campaign setting. I created an initial timeline that was going to contain all of my favorite superhero-genre storylines. I decided that I would restrain that timeline back to just Marvel storylines, although my original temptation was to include DC, Spawn, TMNT, City of Heroes, Champions Online and others. The thought of really fleshing out my own expansive crossover universe kept tugging at me.
In the years after COVID, things changed quite a bit with the living situations and commitments among my table-top group and the regular games broke up. I still had an itch to play, however. So, I thought perhaps I'd turn my passion for table-top gaming into a gig by running games as a professional GM and providing insights and advice through streams. I decided to start with Marvel Multiverse because Marvel has a strong following, the system is fairly easy (especially through Roll20), and that would give me the opportunity to flesh out my crossover universe. I may add more from the world of comics later, like TMNT, Powerpuff Girls or Invincible. For now, strap in and get ready for some action.
Disclaimer for Readers, Players, Potential Players, and their Families: If you subscribe to fringe theories—including but not limited to racial superiority, great replacement theory, ancient aliens building pyramids, satanic cabals trafficking children, vaccines causing autism, all GMOs being carcinogenic, NASA hiding cosmological truths, “Rothschild” space lasers, George Soros controlling governments, or lizard people running the world—then a superhero RPG is not for you. What you need is a therapist or a qualified psychiatric professional. Additionally, if you support the 45th/47th President of the United States, you’re not welcome here.
Cinematic Setting Elements Drawn From:
Warner Bros.
- King Kong
- Superman
- Superman 2
- Supergirl
- Godzilla 1985
- Superman IV: the Quest for Peace
- Batman
- Batman Returns
- Batman: the Animated Series
- Superman: the Animated Series
- The New Batman Adventures
- Godzilla 2000
- Justice League
- Teen Titans
- Justice League Unlimited
- Constantine
- Godzilla
- Gotham
- Ash vs. Evil Dead
- Lucifer
- Suicide Squad
- Kong: Skull Island
- Wonder Woman
Sony Pictures
- The Evil Dead
- Red Sonja
- Spider-Man
- Spider-Man 2
- Conan the Barbarian
- The Amazing Spider-Man
- Spider-Man: Into the Spider-verse
- Spider-Man: Across the Spider-verse
Universal Studios
- Conan the Barbarian
- Conan the Destroyer
- Army of Darkness
- Hulk
Paramount Pictures
- King Kong
- Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom
- Raiders of the Lost Ark
- Evil Dead II
- Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade
- Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull
- Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny
20th Century Fox
- X-Men: the Animated Series
- Spider-Man
- X-Men
- X2: X-Men United
- X-Men Origins: Wolverine
- The Wolverine
- X-Men: First Class
- Logan
- Deadpool
Marvel Cinematic Universe
- Captain America: The First Avenger
- Agent Carter
- Captain Marvel
- Iron Man
- The Incredible Hulk
- Iron Man 2
- Thor
- Marvel's Avengers
- Marvel's Agents of SHIELD
- Thor: the Dark World
- Captain America: The Winter Soldier
- Guardians of the Galaxy
- Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2
- Daredevil
- Jessica Jones
- Avengers: Age of Ultron
- Luke Cage
- Ant-Man
- Iron Fist
- Captain America: Civil War
- Black Widow
- The Defenders
- Doctor Strange
- Spider-Man: Homecoming
- Thor: Ragnarok
- Inhumans
- The Punisher
- Runaways
- Cloak & Dagger
- Black Panther
- Avengers: Infinity War
- Spider-Man: Far from Home
- The Eternals
- Spider-Man: No Way Home
Marvel Studios
- The Punisher
- Big Hero 6
Earth-196169 has 6 Followers
Print Setting Elements Drawn From:
The Works of H.P. Lovecraft
- The History of the Necronomicon
- The Call of Cthulhu
- The Nameless City
- The Hound
- The Dream Quest of Unknown Kadath
- The Festival
- The Case of Charles Dexter Ward
- The Dunwich Horror
- The Shadow over Innsmouth
- At the Mountains of Madness
The Works of Robert E. Howard
- Exile of Atlantis
- The Curse of the Golden Skull
- The Shadow Kingdom
- The Altar and the Scorpion
- Riders Beyond the Sunrise
- The Cat and the Skull
- The Screaming Skull of Silence
- The Mirrors of Tuzun Thune
- By This Axe I Rule!
- The Striking of the Gong
- The Black City
- Wizards and Warriors
- Swords of the Purple Kingdom
- The King and the Oak
- Kings of the Night
- The Hyborian Age
- The Forst Giant's Daughter
- The Tower of the Elephant
- The God in the Bowl
- Rogues in the House
- Black Colossus
- Queen of the Black Coast
- Shadows in the Moonlight
- A Witch Shall Be Brown
- Shadows in Zamboula
- The Slithering Shadow
- The Devil in Iron
- The People of the Black Circle
- The Vale of Lost Women
- The Pool of the Black One
- Red Nails
- The Teeth of Gwahlur
- Beyond the Black River
- The Black Stranger
- The Phoenix on the Sword
- The Scarlet Citadel
- The Hour of the Dragon
Marvel Comics
- 1872
- A-Force
- Age of Apocalypse
- Age of Ultron
- All Winners Comics
- All Winners Squad: Band of Heroes
- Alpha Flight
- Amazing High Adventure
- The Amazing Spider-Man
- Angela: Asgard's Assassin
- Ant-Man
- Armor Wars
- Avengers
- Avengers West Coast
- Bizarre Adventures
- Black Knight
- Black Panther/Captain America: Flags of Our Fathers
- Black Widow
- Blade
- Blaze of Glory
- Blink
- Cable & Deadpool
- Cable
- Cage
- Captain America Comcis
- Captain America
- Captain Marvel
- Civil War
- Cloak and Dagger
- Combat Casey
- Combat Kelly
- Conan the Barbarian
- Daredevil
- Daring Mystery Comcis
- Darkhawk
- Darkhold: Pages from the Book of Sins
- Deadpool
- Deathlok
- Defenders
- Doctor Strange, Sorcerer Supreme
- Dracula
- Druid
- E is for Extinction
- The Eternals
- Excalibur
- The Exiles
- Fantastic Four
- Fear Itself
- Frankenstein
- The Further Adventures of Cyclops and Phoenix
- Future Imperfect
- Generation-X
- Ghost Rider
- Gorilla-Man
- Guardians of the Galaxy
- Hank Johnson: Agent of Hydra
- Hercules
- Heroes for Hire
- House of M
- The Human Torch
- The Incredible Hulk
- Infinity Crusade
- Infinity Gauntlet
- Infinity War
- Inhumans
- Invaders
- Iron Age
- Iron Fist
- Iron Man
- Jouney Into Mystery
- The Knights of Pendragon
- Loki
- Magneto
- The Man-Thing
- Marvel Atlas
- Marvel Chillers
- Marvel Comics Presents
- Marvel Comics
- Marvel Mystery Comics
- Marvel Premiere
- Marvel Spotlight
- Marvel Super-Heroes
- Marvel Tales
- Marvel Team-Up
- Marvel Two-in-One
- Marvel Universe
- Marvels Project
- Miles Morales: Spider-Man
- Moon Knight
- Morbius
- Motion Pictures Funnies Weekly
- Ms. Marvel
- Mutopia
- Mystic Comics
- Mystic
- The New Avengers
- The New Mutants
- New Warriors
- Nightstalkers
- Nomad
- The Official Handbook of the Marvel Universe
- Old Man Logan
- The Order
- Planet Hulk
- The Pulse
- The Punisher
- Quasar
- The Rise of Apocalypse
- The Runaways
- S.H.I.E.L.D.
- Secret War
- Secret Warriors
- Secret Wars
- Sgt. Fury
- Shang-Chi: Master of Kung Fu
- She-Hulk
- Silk
- Silver Sable and the Wild Pack
- Silver Surfer
- Spectacular Spider-Man
- Spider-Gwen
- Spider-Island
- Spider-Man
- Spider-Man 2099
- Spider-Man Unlimited
- Spider-Verse
- Spider-Woman
- Spirits of Vengeance
- Squadron Sinister
- Strange Tales
- Sub-Mariner
- Supervillain Classics
- Tales of Suspense
- Thing
- Thor
- Thunderbolts
- Thunderstrike
- U.S.A. Comics
- Ultimate Comics Spider-Man
- The Ultimates
- Ultron
- Venom
- Warheads
- Warlock and the Infinity Watch
- Warlock Chronicles
- Weapon X
- Web of Spider-Man
- What if?
- Winter Soldier
- Wolverine
- Wonder Man
- World War Hulk
- X-Factor
- X-Force
- X-Man
- X-Men
- X-Men '92
- X-Tinction Agenda
- Years of Future Past
- Young Allies
DC Comics
- 1st Issue Special
- Action Comics
- Adventure Comics
- All-American Men of War
- All-Star Squadron
- Aquaman
- The Atom
- Batman
- Booster Gold
- Brightest Day
- Convergence
- The Demon
- Detective Comics
- Final Crisis
- The Flash
- Green Lantern
- Hawkgirl
- Hawkman
- Hawkworld
- Hellblazer
- Jonah Hex
- Justice Leage of America
- Justice Society of America
- Legends
- Lucifer
- Mystery in Space
- The Power of Shazam!
- Secret Origins
- Silver Age
- Solomon Grundy
- Spectre
- Steel
- Superboy
- Supergirl
- Superman
- Swamp Thing
- Unknown Soldier
- Wonder Woman
- World's Finest
Image Comics
- Angela
- Spawn
Interactive Setting Elements Drawn From:
NCSoft
- City of Heroes
- City of Villains
- City of Heroes: Going Rogue
Activision
- Marvel: Ultimate Alliance
- Marvel: Ultimate Alliance 2
- Marvel Heroes Omega
Arc Games & Atari
- Champions Online
2K Games
- Marvel's Midnight Suns