The rules have been kept to a minimum, the barest necessities required for con-sistancy and clarity. Campaignsrequiring a referee and several participants are generally left to the imaginations ofthose concerned, remembering that the laws which will govern all are clearly deliniatedherein. Related episodescan be attained simply by devising the background upon which to play them. Episodic games- whether based on large bottles or individual combats or adventures - can be devisedand completed without undue effort or the requirement of lengthy play.
In this regard these rules serve as a framework they provide nearly the entire structure for the simple games and adventures (the playersdevising only the scenario), but for the long-term campaign the creation is in the handsof those participating.WARRIORS OF MARS, then, gives the reader multiple levels of play. A simple game will require little effort on anyone'spart, but as play is expanded there is no question but what each participant will haveto help in the creation of the whole. As wargamesare inter-personal affairs, there is also to be considered the correlary about the chainbeing as strong as its weakest link. To a varying degree the same will be true for those who use WARRIORS OF MARS.It is axiomatical that one gets as much out of something as is put into it. ERB did not create Barsoom without labor - forethought, planning and plain hardwork. It can be the lone adventur.es of a heropitted against the harsh realities of Martian wilderness, or it can be the epic tale of avoyage of discovery aboard small flier. The tale can be as simple as a minorsk irmish between two swordsmen, or it can be as complex as the interactions which arisebetween several of the Barsoomian city-empires. The essence ofBarsoom - the fearless warriors, the men, the monstrous animals, the geography ofBurroughs' Mars, the social customs, the the weaponry - has been formalized into ruleswhich permit the creation of whole new sagas. While there are but eleven books in the entireseries there is a limitless new realm of possibility awaiting herein. These rules are an attempt to expand yourVTCar-ious enjoyment of this Martian world. INQUIRIES REGARDING RULES SHOULD BE ACCOMPANIED BY A STAMPEDRETURN ENVELOPE AND SENT TO TACTICAL STUDIES RULES, 542 SAGESTREET, LAKE GENEVA, WISCONSIN 53147.WARRIORS OF MARSThe Warfare of Barsoom in MiniatureCOMPLETE RULES FOR MINIATURE WARGAMES, INCLUDING AERIAL WARFARE,FOR MASS ARMIES OR INDIVIDUAL FIGURESGARY GYGAX AND BRIAN BLUMEILLUSTRATIONS BY GREG BELL COPYRIGHT 1974 - TACTICAL STUDIES RULES - ALL RIGHTS RESERVEDFORWARDWorlds of heroic fantasy are many, but perhaps the best known of them all is theBarsoom of Edgar Rice Burroughs where John Carter, Tars Tarkas, Dejah Thoris etoladventure endlessly in eternal youth.
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