The Guardians are set in the V&V universe. Villains & Vigilantes was published by Fantasy Games Unlimited. It was created by Jeff Dee and Jack Herman. You can read more about V&V at Living Legends/V&V site
The Guardians were formed in November of 1992. Chess's primary team, called Justice Force, was ungoing internal struggles that threatened its viability. Chess hoped that three at large agents, Crocodile, Doctor Desist, and Entropy, would form the nucleus of a new Justice Force incarnation. Instead, the three wound up fighting a local crimelord called the Organizer. Before the battle was over, a new team, called the Guardians were formed. They would emerge the mightiest superhero team of the United States.
Chess era-the Guardians started as a Chess team. The team broke with Chess after Chess put TOTEM clones onto the Guardian roster
Guardians Incorporated-the Guardians became a corporation, renting out their services for good causes. Shadow Knight, their backer, decided that a non-profit team would be preferable
Guardians of Earth-now answerable only to their own conscience, the team protected the world from all threats, internal and external. After defeating the Kritagorf, the weakened team was destroyed by the Organizer
The New Guardians-the team regrouped to defeat the Organizer and clear their name. Entropy and Crocodile then formed a new team to serve the world
The Guardians mission log