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We’ve created it under license and with the cooperation of the estate of Edgar Rice Burroughs, author of the original Barsoom novels. John Carter of Mars – Adventures on The Dying World of Barsoom is a planetary romance tabletop role-playing game. With scarcely a parting glance I turned my eyes again toward Mars, lifted my hands toward his lurid rays, and waited…” – John Carter, Gods of Mars And with that they’ve unlocked some incredible stretch goals, including a beautiful leather-bound Collector’s edition, miniature packs, and more. So far the Kickstarter is wildly successful, coming in at almost $130,000 of their asked for ~$27,000. They’ve got the book in Layout, so much of the waiting is kind of already taken care of–probably due in part to the fact that they’re propping this up on their Momentum system, which you can see on display in Star Trek Adventures and the Mutant Chronicles. What’s interesting about this Kickstarter is that it’s mostly done. Which, incidentally, one of the stretch goals (that they have already reached) is aa conversion kit for Modiphius’ own Conan game. Players can take the roles of duelists, Beastmasters, assassins, even heroes from Earth–the whole thing feels a little more savage.

The team behind the game definitely knows what makes the Barsoom Saga tick–looking through their Kickstarter, you’ll find the same sort of retro-sci-fi concepts making their way into the game. That’s right, the pulpy, sword-and-planet adventures that take you through the dying world of Barsoom, full of Martian princes and princesses, lush alien landscapes, ferocious beasts, irksome betrayals, and then some. Modiphius is bringing the world of Edgar Rice Burrough’s John Carter of Mars–so, Mars–to your tabletop thanks to Kickstarter. John Carter of Mars is a setting rife with adventure, now you can bring the pulp stories of Barsoom to a tabletop near you.