![]() And with that they’ve unlocked some incredible stretch goals, including a beautiful leather-bound Collector’s edition, miniature packs, and more. So far the Kickstarter is wildly successful, coming in at almost $130,000 of their asked for ~$27,000. ![]() They’ve got the book in Layout, so much of the waiting is kind of already taken care of–probably due in part to the fact that they’re propping this up on their Momentum system, which you can see on display in Star Trek Adventures and the Mutant Chronicles. What’s interesting about this Kickstarter is that it’s mostly done. Which, incidentally, one of the stretch goals (that they have already reached) is aa conversion kit for Modiphius’ own Conan game. Players can take the roles of duelists, Beastmasters, assassins, even heroes from Earth–the whole thing feels a little more savage. The team behind the game definitely knows what makes the Barsoom Saga tick–looking through their Kickstarter, you’ll find the same sort of retro-sci-fi concepts making their way into the game. That’s right, the pulpy, sword-and-planet adventures that take you through the dying world of Barsoom, full of Martian princes and princesses, lush alien landscapes, ferocious beasts, irksome betrayals, and then some. Modiphius is bringing the world of Edgar Rice Burrough’s John Carter of Mars–so, Mars–to your tabletop thanks to Kickstarter. octaNe: mini-review and character sheet for the B-movie post-apocalypse.John Carter of Mars is a setting rife with adventure, now you can bring the pulp stories of Barsoom to a tabletop near you.White Box - OSR Fillable Character Sheets.Mouth Brood: Adapting a sci-fi exploration setting to the Cepheus Engine.Gaming on Mars: a (mostly) complete list of Barsoomian role-playing games.The universally complete and infallibly correct guide to creating your own custom RPG character sheet.It’s clearly Barsoom, even using the same names for cultures and creatures. It has several settings, including one called Red Planet. Knight Owl Publishing recently put out Pulp Triumphant, a pulp adventure RPG. Update *** Pulp Triumphant: Red Planets & Dark Jungles It’s got a description of the ancient cities of Barsoom, along with some generation tables. Its called the Deserted Cities of Mars by Jim Ward. Not a full game, but an interesting article in the August 1975 edition of the Strategic Review, the gaming fanzine TSR put out before Dragon magazine. ![]() Update *** Deserted Cities of Mars (article) You can get a free rough draft version at This is an OSR game by Jason “Flynn” Kemp designed for general Sword & Planet adventures, but the core rules are designed around Barsoom. Update *** Sword & Planet: An Old School Roleplaying Game of Planetary Romance It’s currently out-of-print, and I don’t believe there’s a PDF available anywhere. Suggested by the author in the comments below.Ī D20 Modern setting published in Dungeon Magazine – issue 101Ī RPG put out by Heritage Models, Inc. This is Keith Vaughn’s sword & planet adventure game – much of it is Barsoom-inspired. Planets of Peril: The Sword & Planet Role Playing Game It’s set on an dying alien world, with a clear Barsoom influence. Goodman games put a series of adventures for Dungeon Crawl Classics called the Purple Planet series. It’s called John Carter For Swordplay (free PDF) It’s more of a wargame than a RPG, but it’s close enough. It’s a free add-on to the man-to-man tactical game Swordplay. Suggested by high-tech-low-life on Reddit/rpgįound this one. One is Akiton, clearly a take on Barsoom. The Pathfinder supplement Distant Worlds lists some of the other planets in the Pathfinder universe. Suggested by RedwoodRhiadra at reddit/rpg Distant Worlds This is its own light RPG system, with a strong Burroughs influence on the world. Suggested by RedwoodRhiadra at reddit/rpg Under the Moons of Zoon Suggested by Simon W at Swashbucklers of MarsĪ Searchers of the Unknown hack available for free at Suggested by J_Standberg on Reddit/rpg Jarkoon – Adventures on Planet X! Suggested by omnihedrom from reddit/rpg Adventures on Dungeon PlanetĪ supplement for Dungeon World that helps to create a Sword & Planet like world. I think it’s a supplement for John Harper’s Danger Patrol ![]() This one looks out of print as far as I can tell. Suggested by roninnemo from Reddir/rpg Thought Lords of Mars Rocket Age’s Mars is clearly Barsoom-like with an ancient, dying Martian civilization. Thanks to everyone for the suggestions Rocket Age – Blood Red Mars I’ve gotten a bunch of suggestions from Reddit and elsewhere. Please list anything I missed in the comments.
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