History DarthWiki / GlobalGuardiansPBEMUniverse

The Global Guardians PBEM Universe stuck faithfully to most [[ComicBookTropes Comic Book]] and [[SuperheroTropes Superhero]] Tropes, and was intended to be a "Four Color setting with Modern Sensibilities" (basically [[UsefulNotes/TheBronzeAgeOfComicBooks Bronze Age]]). The [[UsefulNotes/TheDarkAgeOfComicBooks Iron Age]] style [[AntiHero anti-heroes]] and vigilantes were generally discouraged (except for a specific, single-player campaign that featured such), and [[VillainProtagonist player-controlled villains]] were likewise banned (again, except for a specific campaign that featured a Comicbook/SuicideSquad-style team of convicted criminals who fought crime to earn time off of their sentences).

* '''Arachne:''' A female Franchise/SpiderMan [[CaptainErsatz homage]]. She is the same Arachne that was turned into a spider by the goddess Athena, now released from her curse to fight crime.

* '''Guardsman:''' A former French soldier given an omnipowerful costume capable of [[GreenLanternRing manipulating solid energy]]

From May of 1994 to September of 2006, [[http://www.angelfire.com/biz4/globalguardians/campaigns/campaignindex.html the Global Guardians PBEM Universe]] was the largest and most active privately-owned SharedUniverse [[PlayByPostGame Play-By-Email]] setting on the internet, in any genre of Roleplaying Game. It used the TabletopGame/{{Champions}} rules to present multiple campaigns featuring [[SuperHero Comic Book superhero roleplaying]]. At its height, the setting was host to nearly forty separate campaigns, all interacting in the same background universe, with almost three hundred active and semi-active players. Over the course of the setting's history, it featured almost sixty different campaigns (most of which lasted no more than a year), and nearly a thousand different players (very few of whom managed to continue through the entire history of the setting).

* '''Tachyon:''' A talking [[EverythingsBetterWithMonkeys gorilla]] with SuperSpeed.

From May of 1994 to September of 2006, the Global Guardians PBEM Universe was the largest and most active privately-owned SharedUniverse [[PlayByPostGame Play-By-Email]] setting on the internet, in any genre of Roleplaying Game. It used the TabletopGame/{{Champions}} rules to present multiple campaigns featuring [[SuperHero Comic Book superhero roleplaying]]. At its height, the setting was host to nearly forty separate campaigns, all interacting in the same background universe, with almost three hundred active and semi-active players. Over the course of the setting's history, it featured almost sixty different campaigns (most of which lasted no more than a year), and nearly a thousand different players (very few of whom managed to continue through the entire history of the setting).

The background universe in which the campaigns were set was the creation of Jack Butler (the creator of the legendary [[JackButlersOriginalEvilOverlordList Evil Overlord List]]), who originally conceived of the setting for his private TabletopGame/{{Champions}} campaign in the early 1990s. Butler kept a tight rein on new characters, information, and concepts introduced into the Global Guardians Universe, and for the most part this adherence to a single "vision" is credited for the depth and detail of the setting.

* '''Warlock:''' TheArchmage of the ''Roleplay/GlobalGuardiansPBEMUniverse.''