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Calico Jesse

Speaking of classic Sci-fi, the first six John Carter of Mars stories are in the public domain. I’m kind of surprised there aren’t more indie RPGs for it.

#SciFi #TTRPG #JohnCarter #JohnCarterOfMars

11 August at 5:07 | Open on dice.camp
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Tim_Eagon

@deinol Are they even popular anymore?

11 August at 12:29 | Open on dice.camp
Isaac Ji Kuo

@Tim_Eagon @deinol

Does it have to be popular? I mean, the John Carter of Mars setting is definitely more popular than "Setting I just made up in my head". That's a head start compared to square one, right?

11 August at 14:48 | Open on spacey.space
Tim_Eagon

@isaackuo @deinol No, but it certainly helps make sales. Any John Carter indie games have to compete with the more visible ones, like the Modiphius version, and deal with 100+ years of baggage and expectations.

11 August at 15:21 | Open on dice.camp
Calico Jesse

@Tim_Eagon @isaackuo

I guess I don’t know how popular it is. I know I’m fond of it, but I’d prefer a lighter game than the Modiphius offering.

Was just some late night musings.

11 August at 16:16 | Open on dice.camp
PJ Coffey

@deinol @Tim_Eagon @isaackuo

Troll Lord games are having a bash at Helium Mars (not Carter, which is an _excellent_ choice). There should be a link in the shownotes.

morrus.podbean.com/e/307-castl

11 August at 17:10 | Open on mastodon.ie
Winchell Chung ⚛🚀

@deinol

I remember TSR's miniatures wargame Warriors of Mars (1974). I still have my copy.

en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Warrio

11 August at 13:31 | Open on spacey.space
FredKiesche 🇺🇦

@nyrath @deinol And Heritage Models had a rules set to go with their miniatures. And SPI did a strategic game with some very tactical elements.
11 August at 13:37 | Open on dice.camp
Winchell Chung ⚛🚀

@FredKiesche @deinol

SPI John Carter had a clever random encounter table. It was for meeting an ally character from the book series. The table ensured that the ally tended to be one who lived in the city-state closest to John Carter's current location.

11 August at 14:45 | Open on spacey.space
Isaac Ji Kuo

@nyrath @FredKiesche @deinol

The random encounter table for ally characters sounds like SPI John Carter could be adapted to a Lords of Midnight or The Hobbit style CRPG. Instead of true random encounters, the allies could move about the map doing their own thing.

11 August at 14:51 | Open on spacey.space
Stefan Edward Jones

@isaackuo @nyrath @FredKiesche @deinol I regret not springing for the SPI barsoon game back in the day.

Now . . . even if I had it, I'm not sure if I'd ever get around to playing it. Which is why I decided not to get the Voyage of the Pandora re-release.

It is saddening that a whole class of clever games has become . . . obsolete? Terminally niche?

11 August at 16:57 | Open on dice.camp
J. Steven York

@StefanEJones @isaackuo @nyrath @FredKiesche @deinol
I remember when a friend and I used to play our enhanced version of OGRE on Panzer Battles maps.

11 August at 17:08 | Open on mastodon.social
J. Steven York

@StefanEJones @isaackuo @nyrath @FredKiesche @deinol
I recently found all my old Ogre/GEV stuff on n storage. Somehow still have it!

11 August at 17:44 | Open on mastodon.social
J. Steven York

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Now every Trumpie, yahoo, redneck, gun-nut and right-winger has them plastered all over their home, business, person and pickup truck, and commercially exploitive versions are sold everywhere. Make of that what you will.

#usflag #patriotism #hypocracy #Election2024

When I was a kid in the 60s and 70s, conservatives would have considered these sorts of denigrated, tattered, recolored, modified or desaturated US flag unpatriotic, insulting, or even traitorous.
Now every Trumpie, yahoo, redneck, gun-nut and right-winger has them plastered all over their home, business, person and pickup truck, and commercially exploitive versions are sold everywhere. Make of that what you will.
11 August at 18:02 | Open on mastodon.social
Winchell Chung ⚛🚀

@StefanEJones @isaackuo @FredKiesche @deinol

Some great #TTWG games I have, which I know I am probably never going to play again, I am gifting to my young teenager great-nephew. Because

[1] He is the closest thing I have to a son or grandson
[2] My sister, his grandmother, assures me both my nephew and great-nephew are so much like me that we're practically clones.
[3] ...so I know he'll enjoy them
[4] and the games will help making him even more my clone.

11 August at 17:10 | Open on spacey.space
FredKiesche 🇺🇦

@nyrath @StefanEJones @isaackuo @deinol Given the designer, I’m surprised it hasn’t been reprinted. So I assume it’s due to $$$ for any names/creatures still covered by copyright.

11 August at 18:13 | Open on dice.camp
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