Lone Wolves (adventure)

Lone Wolves is a role-playing game adventure published by TSR in 1984 for the Marvel Super Heroes role-playing game.

Plot summary

Lone Wolves is a scenario set in New York City, pitting Daredevil, the Black Widow, Power Man, and Iron Fist against Kraven, Modok, Sabretooth, and maybe the Punisher.^[1]

Lone Wolves pits Daredevil, the Heroes for Hire, and Black Widow against an assortment of criminals. A loose association of supervillains is active in New York, annoying the Kingpin of Crime and threatening the Heroes for Hire agency's client.^[2]

Publication history

MH4 Lone Wolves was written by Bruce Nesmith, and was published by TSR, Inc., in 1984 as a 16-page book, a large color map, and an outer folder.^[1]

Reception

Marcus L. Rowland reviewed Lone Wolves for White Dwarf #69, rating it 6/10 overall.^[2] He commented that Lone Wolves was "apparently designed for just the opposite effect" compared to the Secret Wars adventure: "it isn't a mega-adventure, and the heroes won't save the world or the universe, but every episode crawls with chances to make contacts, learn more about the underworld, and perform feats of deduction and detection".^[2] Rowland concludes that the "exact motives for the odd series of crimes are fairly enigmatic and, even after re-reading the adventure twice, a little unconvincing. However, the slightly chaotic overall effect does reflect the fairly peculiar attitudes of supervillains. With a slightly tighter plot this would be an extremely enjoyable scenario; as it is, it can still be the basis for an excellent adventure, but the referee should consider altering a few details."^[2]

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