The weak points: I am negatively surprised by the Travel Guide not making it into a physical product. Not only they can be used in sandboxes as is, they also give a better idea of what one can opt for when using the system that preceded them. The premade places are more entertaining than I expected. I enjoyed that, depending on the situation, you get to use only a handful of tables.
With only a modicum of extra work, these can turn into fully-fledged and cohesive encounters, irrespective of whether you choose what you want or let Lady Luck decide for you. The exploration system leads to a variety of locales and their inhabitants.
#Old barsoom how to#
The advice on how to tackle journeys might not be ground-breaking, it is however useful especially for new GMs. Unless your toddler starts putting them on your fridge, I doubt you will ever run out of them. Modiphius has been very generous with the stickers. It already contains more than two dozen entries, there are however many more for the characters to explore. It is also the only one that can be modified by stickers. Barsoom is admittedly the more impressive and useful one. Both maps are atmospheric, with orange, brown, and red as their dominant colours. The strong points: Mars is a big place, and you have a lot of ground to cover. As expected, these locations have been created through the previously mentioned rules and tables. They include eight locations like the Lost city of Uram-Aram and the Crumbling Peak. The Travel Guide closes with two pages of already made places. You can build seven distinct types of situations (cave complex, city, curiosity, hidden, mystery, natural, travelers), using from one to six out of the system's seven features (artifacts, environs, features, size, pits, and inhabitants). The guide's third and biggest part is comprised of exploration tables. The second is about running travel-heavy games, with a handful of narrative tricks: time jumps, cutaways, flashbacks, and story hours.
The first provides advice on how to use the map and the stickers. The pdf-only Travel Guide is divided in three parts. The locations are temples, cave complexes, mysterious structures, hidden cities/strongholds, ruins, farms, and villages/towns. The remaining 96 stickers show different types of locations, with a minimum of 12 and a maximum of 24 stickers per design. 120 of them relate to the five different types of Martians (24 stickers per colour), namely the Okar, the First Born, the Red Martians, the Green Martians and the other races. It is accompanied by 216 (!) light stickers. It includes two pdfs: one includes the two maps like in the physical version, while the other is a 19-page Travel Guide which does not exist in physical form.Ĭontents: The map is printed in thick cardstock at a size of 42 x 58 cm. The product can also be purchased in electronic form for GBP 3,99. What you get: Your GBP 15 or equivalent will buy you the Legacy Map of Barsoom, an accessory for the John Carter of Mars: Adventures on the Dying World of Barsoom game line.
#Old barsoom pdf#
You will receive the pdf Legacy Map and Travel Guide to download right away!' PDF Travel Guide for narrators, featuring information on how to use the map, additional advice on how to run travel heavy games, exploration roll tables to build new locations and their features, as well as a number of pre-written locations and their features described for use in your adventures. Custom marker stickers, illustrated to match the existing location markers, with options for various Martian cities, temples, caves, ruins, farms, villages, mysterious structures, and hidden strongholds. One side features the map of Barsoom, the other the city of Korad.
#Old barsoom full#
Double sided, full colour A2 Map of Barsoom detailing all the prominent locations seen in the RPG and the novels. To aid even further in creating your own interesting locations for players to explore is a pdf Travel Guide designed as a resource for narrators filled with further guidance for exploration. As you play through your adventures and create your version of the world, you'll no longer forget where you placed your custom city, mysterious structure, ancient ruin or hidden stronghold as you can mark them on the map with the included custom marker stickers. A double sided, full colour A2 map of the beloved world created by Edgar Rice Burroughs shows you all the known locations and cities on Barsoom, with the other side showing the city of Korad. Review Summary: Explore the arid landscapes of Barsoom legacy-style.īlurb from the publisher: 'The Legacy Map of Barsoom gives you the tools to make the Red Planet your own.
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