I'm gearing up to run Breakout for a gaming club at the FLGS, and in so doing found Marvel's Events are pretty well-organized as-is. That said, I find "useful-at-the-table" notes and summaries to be a great way to breakdown a pre-made adventure/scenario and get use out of the paper it's printed on, rather than never referring to it and killing trees for no reason. More importantly, there are enough moving bits in Marvel when you consider Scene Distinctions and various options for spending Doom Dice to add enemies or events to a scene that it's worth having a cheat sheet.
An example of how this translates to at-the-table use is that I can, at a glance, know what Scene Distinctions to write down on index cards (folded into "tents" and placed so everyone can see them at the table). Furthermore, it consolidates all the special uses of the Doom Pool for any given Scene, so I don't forget something in play or glance over important text that's buried in a paragraph of fluff in the book.
So I came up with what appears below for Breakout. I'm not posting this just to show off, but more to see what other people do to prep Marvel, and how it might help develop my own Events later on, once I've finished all the pre-made ones.
Let me know what you think.
*Liberate the Sentry
*Round Up the Fugitives
*SHIELD Super-agent
Doom Pool 2d6
67 highly trained SHIELD agents (Expert SHIELD Agent BR7)
Foggy Nelson: acts as a mobile Scene Distinction; d8+ effect die can knock Foggy out and deliver =d Emotional Stress to his defender
Get Me My Gear BR14: d6+ doom die to re-power
The Man is Keeping Us Down BR15: villains begin with Drugged d10 or Dampened d10 complication; d10+ doom die to remove
Landing Deck
Open to the Elements
Reinforced Entry Bay Doors
Underwater Levels
Very Dark
Maze of Hallways
(Holding Cells):
Extraordinary Security Features
Power-Neutralizing Agents
Elevator Shafts & Air Ducts
Good Places to Hide
Enclosed Space
Power Plant
Stark Technology
Cheap Tech
5/10 - Unlock the Sentry
5/10 - Unlock Champion Clearance with SHIELD
5/10 - Unlock Redemption of a Raft Inmate
Electro BR9
(Optional) Chang to an Action Scene, adding Hydro-Man and Living Laser as a Team with Electro. For large groups, or split parties, add Silver Samurai and Mentallo as Buddies.
Setting: Landing Deck?
Count Nefaria BR11
(Optional) Add Tiger Shark BR46 and Armadillo BR34 (remember chained together Complication), Living Laser BR 42, or Grey Gargoyle BR40
Setting: Underwater Levels
Carnage BR12
d10+ doom to spawn a Symbiote of Spawn BR13 that infects a non-powered inmate
(Optional) Add Cutthroat BR39, Jigsaw BR41, or Razor-Fist BR45 to take advantage of the chaos Carnage sows
Setting: ?
Mob of Minor Villains BR14
(Optional) d6+ doom to power a villain from the Get Me My Gear list during the fight
(Optional) Add an opposing Mob of Minor Villains for a three-way fight
Doom Pool 2d6
The Jungle
Dangerous Flora and Fauna
Tropical Wilds
Remnants of Civilization
Super-Science Domes
Overgrown
The Higher Ground
Covered in Grassy Plains
Strewn with Rubble
Setting: The Jungle
Gigantic T-Rex BR25
Pack of Raptors BR25
Setting: any
Mob of Mutates BR26
As soon as Doom Pool +2d or Mob is defeated: add Barbarus BR26, Brainchild BR27, Lupo BR27, and Vertigo BR27
(Optional) Brainchild’s Machines BR30
Setting: The Higher Ground
Sauron BR29
Any undefeated mutates from Mutate Attack! (Barbarus, Brainchild, Lupo, and Vertigo)
Heroes have Embarrassingly Restrained d12 Complication
d8+ doom to add Amphibius BR31, Whiteout BR31, or Worm BR31; d10+ for all three at once
d6+ for a Mob of Mutates
(Optional) As soon as Doom Pool +2d to have Black Widow and SHIELD Agents BR32 arrive to kill Sauron
Setting: Remnants of Civilization
Black Widow (Yelena Belova) BR32
SHIELD Strike Team BR32
(Optional) Black Widow has Sniper Rifle d8 Resource; Black Widow can use Explosive Bullets d8 Stunt