Recent content by bpauls

Dynamite Entertainment has a good "John Carter: Warlord of Mars" series. Here's an adaptation of an unnamed creature from issue 13.

I love the rules for creating intelligence swords in Cook's and Marsh's D&D Expert rules. Here's one I made, drawing heavily on Greek myth and the works of Michael Moorcock. https://bxbandits.substack.com/p/magical-treasure-retributor-scourge?sd=pf

3d6 Down the Line is back, with the best B/X actual play available. This time they take on The Halls of Arden Vul! https://bxbandits.substack.com/p/state-of-play-3d6dtl-goes-byzantine?r=9qcce&s=w&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web

The ice ravager is my interpretation of the savage apt, which haunts the north pole of Mars in Burroughs' "Barsoom" series. https://bxbandits.substack.com/p/monster-of-the-week-ice-ravager?sd=pf

How Erin Smale's "B/X Options: Class Builder" brought me around on race-as-class. https://bxbandits.substack.com/p/how-i-learned-to-stop-worrying-and?sd=pf

In the latest State of Play, Total Party Kilroy presents “Barrowmaze Campaign #2”, B.N. Drake gives us “Tic-Tac-Toe”, and Tale of the Manticore releases “Lord Rabbit”. https://bxbandits.substack.com/p/state-of-play-week-of-8-6-22?r=9qcce&s=w&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web

What makes B/X Mars unique, IMHO, is the unique art style, and the inclusion of a variety of compatible influences to accent the Barsoomian foundation.

Edgar Rice Burroughs' Barsoom series has had a significant influence on Dungeons & Dragons. Michael Gibbons 2019 sourcebook, "B/X Mars" gives B/X DMs the tools to take their players to the Red Planet...

Reviews of four active B/X actual-play streams, and summaries from two private games! https://bxbandits.substack.com/p/state-of-play-week-of-7-31-22?sd=pf

I finish up my reviews of Burroughs original Barsoom trilogy with "The Warlord of Mars", and how it can provide inspiration for your B/X games (including how it can extend the Lost City campaign beyond the Cynidicea setting)...

The vespine horror is my interpretation of the sith (yes, that's right) of Barsoom, from Edgar Rice Burroughs' "The Warlord of Mars". Monster of the Week: Vespine Horror

In "State of Play" for last week's games--B12: "Queen's Harvest" is back; peril in Brighthaven!; the "house campaign" begins... https://bxbandits.substack.com/p/state-of-play-week-of-7-24-22?r=9qcce&s=w&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web

When I started B/X Bandits, I also embarked on a long-time goal--to read through the works and authors listed in Moldvay's and Davis' "Inspirational Source Material"! Source Material: What’s up with all the books?

Highlights and analysis for two B/X games posted online last week--the third episodes of both "Tale of the Manticore", season 2, and "Of Steam Steel & Murder" streaming B12: "Queen's Harvest" in B/X...

Draw your sword, Barsoomian! Here is my B/X version of the weird plant men, from "The Gods of Mars" by Edgar Rice Burroughs. https://bxbandits.substack.com/p/monster-of-the-week-plant-folk?r=9qcce&s=w&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web