“Players can then send Plot Points in order to change their pool in a number of ways and roll the dice, setting aside ‘opportunities’ (any dice that come up as 1’s). Out of the remaining dice, they add two dice together to generate a total and pick one die as their effect die. The Watcher usually rolls the dice out of his doom pool – which is similar to the players’ dice pools, but works slightly differently. If the player beats the Watcher’s total, the action succeeds at an effect equal to the effect die type (not the exact roll).” -RPGNET reveiw (http://www.rpg.net/reviews/archive/15/15789.phtml)
Since this game is so much about populating the pools for both players and watchers…..you will need either glass beads or pocker chips to represent Plot point (players)/ Doom pool (the GM “Watcher” plot points). These pools BALANCE the game so that the GM is not as powerful and assists in balancing out the game.
Some useful items for this game would be a bag of dice and poker chips for the plot/doom pools.
Check out CHESSEX’s pound-o-dice!
Let me know if you want to get started in this game….if so, WHICH MARVEL SUPERHERO will you play?
I’m bring back the RHINO! -F4x4
D.B.R.C. RACING 
more about the CIVIL WAR comics by marvel….
“The premise of Civil War involves the introduction of a Superhuman Registration Act in the United States. Similar acts have been used as literary devices in Uncanny X-Men, DC: The New Frontier, Powers, and Astro City, though never on a scale such as this; permanently altering an entire pantheon of established pop culture icons. Mark Millar, writer for the story, has said:
“ I opted instead for making the superhero dilemma something a little different. People thought they were dangerous, but they did not want a ban. What they wanted was superheroes paid by the federal government like cops and open to the same kind of scrutiny. It was the perfect solution and nobody, as far as I’m aware, has done this before.[2] ”
The act requires any person in the United States with superhuman abilities to register with the federal government as a “human weapon of mass destruction,” reveal their true identity to the authorities, and undergo proper training. Those who sign also have the option of working for S.H.I.E.L.D., earning a salary and benefits such as those earned by other American civil servants. Characters within the superhuman community in the Marvel Universe split into two groups: one advocating the registration as a responsible obligation, and the other opposing the law on the grounds that it violates civil liberties and the protection that secret identities provide. A number of villains have also chosen to take sides, some choosing to side with the registration, others against it. Luke Cage (previously the second Power Man), an African American, compared registration to slavery, and did so to Iron Man’s face. Others compared the act to the norms under which the police and soldiers operate.”—read more here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Civil_War_(comics)