Edgar Rice Burroughs started writing his Martian adventures in 1911. Even though science claims there is no life on Mars his stories remain vibrant and timeless tales, because Burroughs knew the appeal and power of the Martian myth. Writers like Ray Bradbury and scientists like Carl Sagan have acknowledged that Burroughs' Martian tales were the wellspring from which their own careers arose.
With his opening trilogy, considered one of the landmarks of science fiction, Burroughs created a vast and sweeping epic. Captain John Carter of the Confederate Army is whisked to Mars (Barsoom) and discovers a dying world of dry ocean beds where giant four-armed barbarians rule, of crumbling cities home to an advanced but decaying civilization, a world of strange beasts and savage combat, a world where love, honor and loyalty become the stuff of adventure.
In eleven books Burroughs takes the reader all around the Red Planet (and even to Jupiter), while the action and excitement never let up. Take a trip down the sacred River Iss to the Valley Dor at Barsoom's south pole, but be warned you might wind up the meal for a flesh-eating plant man! Visit the city of Manator, where the citizens play chess with live pieces to the death. Pay your respects to Ras Thavas, the Master Mind of Mars, who will be happy to transplant your brain into the body of your choice or maybe into the body of a giant ape. Rescue princesses from impenetrable fortresses, gallop across the sea bottoms of Barsoom astride your eight-legged thoat, or race through the thin air of Mars aboard your anti-gravity flier.
A downloadable game
It is a sci-fi map of Mars conceived in the books of Edgar Rice Burroughs and developed by cartographer Oberon Zell. It also featured in the Disney film John Carter. It follows the principles of the basic Ticket to Ride game on a special board with special cards and rules. The object of the game is to gain the most points by travelling various.
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Mars ain't what it used to be.
John Carter and Dejah Thoris are ancient history, but there's still adventure to be had on Mars..just a seedier sort of adventure.
A Troika! setting based on the Mars of the novels of Edgar Rice Burroughs (A Princess of Mars, Gods of Mars). It's set in the year 1960, where the Cold War of Earth has come to Mars. Imagine a Barsoom novel written by Graham Greene or John le Carré
Things to Do
- Visit the corrupt Cartertown (formerly Helium) where the cruel Cathoris XII, Jeddak-For-Life rules, with the aid of his Earthly puppet masters.
- Party with slumming Red Martian nobles.
- Match wits against the Communist agents of the People's Democratic Republic of Okar.
- Tussle with the brutal Green Martian Gangsters
- Race with the Martian hot rodders.
What's Inside
This is an expanded version of the Bad Barsoom pocket setting
- 36 PC Backgrounds
- 15 Enemies
- Places of Note
- Plot Seeds
- 38 pages
- A5 sized
Barsoom: 1960 is an independent production by Norton Glover and is not affiliated with the Melsonian Arts Council.
| Status | Released |
| Category | Physical game |
| Rating | |
| Author | ng76 |
Purchase
In order to download this game you must purchase it at or above the minimum price of $3 USD. You will get access to the following files:
Development log
- Small update to Barsoom: 196084 days ago
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Issus help me, but I love this weird little game. I'm dying to do spy thriller intrigues on Barsoom. The first test character I rolled up is Taro of Dusar, a Squirrel Hunter. Now I want stats for Barsoomian invasive species squirrels. demmit. We MUST know more about the Gray Menace from Jarsoom.
