John Carter: Warlord of Mars – Adventure Gaming HandbookPlayers
2 - 20Play Time
60 minutes
Mechanics
  • Critical Hits and Failures
  • Dice Rolling
  • Events
  • Impulse Movement
  • Measurement Movement
  • Paper-and-Pencil
  • Ratio / Combat Results Table
  • Role Playing
  • Scenario / Mission / Campaign Game
  • Simulation
  • Simultaneous Action Selection

John Carter: Warlord of Mars – Adventure Gaming Handbook

One of only a handful of licensed games based on the John Carter of Mars saga by Edgar Rice Burroughs. Published by Heritage Models in 1978 and now very rare. Supported by a line of 25mm lead miniatures, also released by Heritage. The Handbook includes a miniatures painting guide, descriptions of the different races of Mars, and a set of man-to-man action rules for recreating battles on the savage world of Barsoom (whether as independent scenarios or as part of a role-playing campaign).

Also released around the same time by Heritage was a Barsoomian Battle Manual that provides rules for fighting out large-scale battles using miniatures.