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| The same year ''Warriors of Mars'' was published (and then un-published), Gygax published the first edition of ''Dungeons & Dragons'', where he paid homage to Burroughs in the last paragraph of the "Preface": | The same year ''Warriors of Mars'' was published (and then un-published), Gygax published the first edition of ''Dungeons & Dragons'', where he paid homage to Burroughs in the last paragraph of the "Preface": | ||
| :"Those wargamers who lack imagination, those who don't care for Burroughs' Martian adventures where John Carter is groping through black pits.. will not be likely to find DUNGEONS and DRAGONS to their taste."<ref>Gary Gygax, "Preface", ''Dungeons & Dragons'', first edition, 1974.</ref> | :"Those wargamers who lack imagination, those who don't care for Burroughs' Martian adventures where John Carter is groping through black pits.. will not be likely to find DUNGEONS and DRAGONS to their taste."<ref>Gary Gygax, "Preface", ''Dungeons & Dragons'', first edition, 1974.</ref> | ||
| ==Publication history== | |||
| TSR published ''Warriors of Mars'' in 1974, a miniatures rules book set in the fantasy world of ], originally imagined by ] in his series of novels about ], to which Gygax paid homage in the preface of the first edition of ''D&D''. However, Gygax and TSR published the ''Mars'' book without permission from (or payment to) the Burroughs ]. ''Warriors of Mars'' was quietly dropped from the catalog and never reprinted.<ref name="peterson477">{{harvnb|Peterson|2012|pp=477-479}} Peterson notes that TSR never gave a reason for the lack of a reprint and thus did not directly corroborate this, but the claim from later sources that TSR never had a license to make such a Barsoom spinoff work is credible enough.</ref> | |||
| ==References== | ==References== | ||
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Warriors of Mars is a 1974 miniatures wargame rule book, written by Gary Gygax and Brian Blume and published by Tactical Studies Rules. It simulates combat in the fantasy world of Barsoom, originally imagined by Edgar Rice Burroughs in his series of novels about John Carter of Mars. It is a 56-page booklet in the same style as the original Dungeons & Dragons books, even sharing the same artist Greg Bell. Gygax and TSR published the rules without permission from Burroughs estate and soon after its release they issued a cease and desist order and the game was pulled from distribution. Because only a few copies were sold the book is now rare and sells for a high price.
The same year Warriors of Mars was published (and then un-published), Gygax published the first edition of Dungeons & Dragons, where he paid homage to Burroughs in the last paragraph of the "Preface":
- "Those wargamers who lack imagination, those who don't care for Burroughs' Martian adventures where John Carter is groping through black pits.. will not be likely to find DUNGEONS and DRAGONS to their taste."
Publication history
TSR published Warriors of Mars in 1974, a miniatures rules book set in the fantasy world of Barsoom, originally imagined by Edgar Rice Burroughs in his series of novels about John Carter of Mars, to which Gygax paid homage in the preface of the first edition of D&D. However, Gygax and TSR published the Mars book without permission from (or payment to) the Burroughs estate. Warriors of Mars was quietly dropped from the catalog and never reprinted.
References
- ^ Steve Zieser. "Warriors of Mars", Iron Rationales, August 28, 2010
- ^ James Maliszewski. "Retrospective: Warriors of Mars", Grognardia, March 14, 2012.
- Gary Gygax, "Preface", Dungeons & Dragons, first edition, 1974.
- Peterson 2012, pp. 477–479 harvnb error: no target: CITEREFPeterson2012 (help) Peterson notes that TSR never gave a reason for the lack of a reprint and thus did not directly corroborate this, but the claim from later sources that TSR never had a license to make such a Barsoom spinoff work is credible enough.
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