A role-playing game. If you’re familiar with games like Dungeons & Dragons or Call of Cthulhu, you already know what that is, but for those who may have missed out on this kind of fun till now, let’s define that term.

A role-playing game (RPG for short) is a game in which the players take on the roles of various characters to create stories together.

In the Marvel Multiverse Role-Playing Game, the stories tend to be action-packed epics featuring super-powered heroes and villains clashing against each other in high-stakes conflicts. However, just as you can find many sorts of tales told in Marvel comics, you can create all sorts of different stories in your games too. The choice is up to you.

The game part of role-playing game comes from rolling dice to figure out what happens when there’s a question about whether a character might succeed or fail at something their player wants them to do. This can range from talking their way past a guard at the Kingpin’s mansion to firing an energy blast at Ultron or much more.

The actual answers to those specific questions are often beside the point. Succeed or fail, the story keeps going either way. The results simply tell you which direction the story heads in for the moment. A success may be a triumph in the moment, but a failure is just a temporary setback.

Unlike most kinds of games, there are no winners or losers in a role-playing game. The objective isn’t to score more points than anyone else or to have the last hero standing in a battle. The objective, instead, is to tell amazing stories with your fellow players.