Ah yes there is a Beowulf TTRPG too!But I'm thinking less Vance and more Beowulf,

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Ah yes there is a Beowulf TTRPG too!But I'm thinking less Vance and more Beowulf,
And one using Fudge.And you have at least one D&D 5e compatible game based on Wizard of Oz
Any Burroughs DNA?While it’s not based on one book or even one writer, Space:1889 is grounded in and extrapolates from the writings of HG Welles and Jules Verne.
Call of Cthulhu works because of Lovecraft's focussed descriptive style and detailed imagination. Imagine horror RPGs based on J G Ballard, Angela Carter, or William S Burroughs . . .(Edgar Rice, that is. William S. would be weird.)
Space: 1889 has nothing to do with the Burroughs John Carter (A Princess of Mars, etc.) stories, does it? I've never heard of any connection there.The John Carter Series has both Space: 1889 from GDW and now published by some other company, and the official John Carter of Mars 2d20.
THAT matches my recollection.While it’s not based on one book or even one writer, Space:1889 is grounded in and extrapolates from the writings of HG Welles and Jules Verne.
It slipped my mind because the Verne/Welles influence is so strong and part of the core, but the way Mars was handled was VERY Burroughs. There’s “wild” and civilized Martians. Their cities are big, there’s canals. They have flying ships thanks to “liftwood”- as opposed to the Terran aether propellers.Any Burroughs DNA?
(Edgar Rice, that is. William S. would be weird.)
Could you expand on that? Are there analogues to the red, green (etc) martians?It slipped my mind because the Verne/Welles influence is so strong and part of the core, but the way Mars was handled was VERY Burroughs.
I expanded a bit in my edited post, above.Could you expand on that? Are there analogues to the red, green (etc) martians?