To play the Marvel Multiverse Role-Playing Game, you need:

• This book
• A group of people to play with
• A set of dice
• Some Character Sheets
• A pencil

The Book

You’re holding it. One down!

The Group

The game requires at least two players, although it can work with as many people as you can gather. The more people you add, though, the less time each of them gets in the spotlight. Many games work best with four to six players.

Most players take on the role of a single Marvel super hero out to save anything from their friendly neighborhood to the entire Multiverse.

One of the players in each group, though, takes on the special responsibility to oversee the game for the rest of the players. They are known as the Narrator.

The Narrator’s job is to describe the world and situations in which the heroes wind up. This includes playing the role of every other character in the story, all the way from Mary Jane Watson to Doctor Doom.

The Narrator also serves as the game’s referee. Any time there’s a question about how things work in the game or what happens in the story, it’s up to the Narrator to make the final decision.

The Dice

Many other role-playing games use dice of all sorts of different shapes. The Marvel Multiverse Role-Playing Game only uses the regular cube-shaped die found in many classic board games. Because this kind of die has six sides, it’s called a d6.

You need three d6 (or 3d6) to play, ideally with one different from the other two, so you can pick it out easily.

In a perfect world, each player has their own set of three dice to play with, but if you need to, you can share one set.

Official Marvel Multiverse Role-Playing Game dice sets are available for sale separately, although regular dice serve fine too. Just make sure that you can differentiate one of The Dice from the other two so you know which one it is at all times.

Character Sheets

If you’re making your own original hero, you should make a copy of the blank character sheet in the back of this book. (You have permission to make copies for your personal use.)

If you want to play an existing Marvel character, you can copy the information from their profile on to a blank character sheet. If you’re familiar enough with the rules to know what everything on a character profile means, you can play directly off one of those, but most players will be better served by transferring that information to a proper character sheet.

The Pencil

You need something to fill out your character sheet and to mark Damage and other changes to your character that happen during play. A pencil with a good eraser is perfect for this.

Digital Options

If you prefer to play your games on a virtual tabletop or use character generator apps, there are digital alternatives for rulebooks, Character Sheets, dice and pencils. Visit marvel.com/rpg for details about these and other tools and books.