The Worlds of Edgar Rice Burroughs
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DaWarbossMI
Mongoose
Check out Bronze Age Minis by Dave Soderquist.... he's produced the best martian figs to date. I absolutely love Burroughs' Mars series and well... lets just say....there's potential here.
Jay
Jay
DaWarbossMI said:
Now that you mention Davids minis... :wink:
More on my website:
http://www.agisn.de/html/victorian_sf.html
DaWarbossMI
Mongoose
Great painting Agis. I've been slowly getting my Red Men, Green Men and Black Men into form.
As far as the best RPG system for Mars... tough to tell, but I'd honestly say Feng Shui RPG system might be the best.... it is entirely driven by cinema not hard and fast rules. Given the OVER THE TOP actions of John Carter of Mars, I'd say this system would allow for the most cinematic playing.
Jay
As far as the best RPG system for Mars... tough to tell, but I'd honestly say Feng Shui RPG system might be the best.... it is entirely driven by cinema not hard and fast rules. Given the OVER THE TOP actions of John Carter of Mars, I'd say this system would allow for the most cinematic playing.
Jay
Slightly off topic but while Space 1889 is being mentioned...
http://www.peginc.com/Art/Articles/Space1889/Space1889.html
It seems it will be getting some Savage Worlds love.
I've never tried Savage Worlds, but have bought, and will buy, anything and everything 1889.
http://www.peginc.com/Art/Articles/Space1889/Space1889.html
It seems it will be getting some Savage Worlds love.
I've never tried Savage Worlds, but have bought, and will buy, anything and everything 1889.
Gentleman John
Banded Mongoose
They did, many years ago ...
http://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/34271
http://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/3369
I think it's about time the idea was revisited.
http://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/34271
http://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/3369
I think it's about time the idea was revisited.
Bewildered Badger
Banded Mongoose
Yeah, Adamant's MARS is about as close as you can get to Barsoom without actually infringing on copyright. Their Green Martians, for example, are near identical to ERB's, but have only two arms. If you prefer the classic version, it's easy enough to change under SW rules.
I think that the big problem has always been that the Burroughs Estate has blocked most of the companies from making anything Barsoom.
The result is that many companies have been putting out "just like the real thing" knock-offs, and naturally for legal reasons they can't be just like the real thing. I've got a whole pile of the stuff, and it's cool but it's not really Barsoom. (I have the SPI John Carter of Mars game, TSR's Warriors of Mars, and the Heritage minatures rules sets. They're Mars but no longer supported.)
Somebody needs to grab this franchise and do it right. Get the Michael Whelan artwork, the Frank Frazetta artwork, make it actually look like the Mars books. Get the rights to use actual names, to stat out actual characters and creatures of Barsoom. And the rulebook and any sourcebooks need to be in color. Ideally I'd love to see miniatures, but just getting a RPG would be amazing!
I'm not sure if it should be in RQ or d20 or what system. I'm not sure that it would matter. If anyone lands the franchise and does it right, I'll throw away half my Mars collection and only keep the "real thing."
The result is that many companies have been putting out "just like the real thing" knock-offs, and naturally for legal reasons they can't be just like the real thing. I've got a whole pile of the stuff, and it's cool but it's not really Barsoom. (I have the SPI John Carter of Mars game, TSR's Warriors of Mars, and the Heritage minatures rules sets. They're Mars but no longer supported.)
Somebody needs to grab this franchise and do it right. Get the Michael Whelan artwork, the Frank Frazetta artwork, make it actually look like the Mars books. Get the rights to use actual names, to stat out actual characters and creatures of Barsoom. And the rulebook and any sourcebooks need to be in color. Ideally I'd love to see miniatures, but just getting a RPG would be amazing!
I'm not sure if it should be in RQ or d20 or what system. I'm not sure that it would matter. If anyone lands the franchise and does it right, I'll throw away half my Mars collection and only keep the "real thing."
Solomon Kane
Mongoose
I saw TSR's Warriors of Mars go for a $1,000 on Ebay about 3 monthes ago. I really wish I could get a down load copy of this.
