B/X Bandits--"Source Material: 'A Princess of Mars', by Edgar Rice Burroughs"

[bpauls]

I've long been fascinated by the influence Edgar Rice Burroughs' Barsoom series has had on D&D in general, and B/X in particular--it's referenced in both Gygax's "Appendix N", and Moldvay's "Inspirational Source Material". Here's my analysis of the impact of the first book, "A Princess of Mars".

Source Material: “A Princess of Mars”, by Edgar Rice Burroughs

 

[James Gasik]

I don't think I've run into too many references to it over the years. Thri-kreen might be Tharks, the Girallon is surely a Martian White Ape. There might be others I'm not thinking of at the moment.

Athas, the world of Dark Sun, certainly shares some DNA with Barsoom, but it's more bleak than heroic.