I've got Adamant's Mars d20 and the Iron Lords of Jupiter setting.  Anyone know off hand of any other planetary romance type settings?  I guess you could stretch and call Space: 1889 one too; it's close enough.

I've had a bit of a fetish for this subgenre since I was very young, so if there's some good interpretations of the genre out there somewhere, I don't want to miss them.

Or if you've just homebrewed it, what have you used?  I've been in a pretty good tongue in cheek True20 planetary romance game that I worked well too.

It's been suggested that Talislanta is sort-of a planetary romance setting, or at least has the potential to be one if you just create a template for "lost astronaut" (as I believe it was Silverlion did on these here boards).

There is a GURPS Planet of Adventure book, based on the Jack Vance tetralogy.

That's all I got, but many an S&S setting/game ought to be just a hop skip & jump from planetary Romance. Consider perhaps Barbarians of Lemuria (Thongor) and Under the Broken Moon (Thundarr)--both free.

You might want to check out Under the Moons of Zoon.  I've heard some good things about it, and it is on my reading list.  Alas, Planetary Romance is not on my gaming radar right now, so it may be a while before I give it a good read myself.  If you do check it out let us know what you think.


TGA

PS I concur with Elliot's recommendation of the GURPS Planet of Adventure book.

Have a look at Dictionary of Mu.

Well I guess everyone knows what my choice would be :

http://www.jorune.org/

Regards,
David R

That zoon link isn't working for me...but this does:

http://artikid.altervista.org/zoon/Moons_zoon.pdf

Or just go to http://artikid.altervista.org/ click What and proceed from there.

John Carter, Warlord of mars was an RPG put out by Heritage games in 78. Lord knows if you could still find a copy. Also saw this, god knows of what quality it is. This Free RPG might fit the bill too. I dont know too much about it though. Came across it sailing across the web.

Jason Durall (main author of the BRP rulebook) is working on what I'm hoping could be the definitive planetary romance sourcebook, for BRP. As far as stuff that is already out, I recommend GURPS Planet of Adventure if you like your Vance.

I think T&T is a good fit, and I'm working on a setting/rules variant for 7th ed.

I'm looking forward to the BRP book as well. I've done a number of planetary romance campaigns, with rules from D&D/Arduin to Fudge to GURPS to the others mentioned above. I love the genre, but I don't think it's very system-dependent.

Quote from: Ronin;254788John Carter, Warlord of mars was an RPG put out by Heritage games in 78. Lord knows if you could still find a copy. Also saw this, god knows of what quality it is.

Fixed the link for you.

Quote from: Ronin;254788John Carter, Warlord of mars was an RPG put out by Heritage games in 78. Lord knows if you could still find a copy.

I found a copy years back while house-sitting for the parents of a friend.  I got pretty hopped up for a short while, until I sat down and started reading it.  Page after page of character and creature stats, with only the barest descriptive text (seemingly assuming that one was already intimately familiar with the setting).  No art.  It was very much a product of its time -- a book of stats for those who already knew the novels inside and out.

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Wow, lotsa links!  Thanks, folks.  Looks like I'll be busy for a while.

I'll comment on them after I get a chance to check them out.  In case anyone's curious.

Hollow Earth Expedition is an rpg by a company called Exile Games.  It draws on lots of things for inspiration, but I think the biggest is ERB's Pellucidar stories.  In addition, Exile Games has recently announced a forthcoming sourcebook to be titled "Revelations of Mars".  There's not much out on the book- it's slated for a Fall 2009 release, but from the hints dropped on the message boards it sounds very much like it will support John Carter style games of planetary romance.  Of course you can use the Hollow Earth Expedition rules to run such a game right now.

I have a copy of the 1977 "Flash Gordon and the Warrior of Mongo" rpg by Fantasy Games Unlimited written by Lin Carter. It's not much of a rolepalying game, but it's got a great map of Mongo.

I was going to second Hollow Earth and some of Savage Worlds things are thick with Swords and Planets influence.

I would dodge the JCM and Flash Gordon and the Warrior of Mongo games, unless you are a total completist. They were kind of painful back then, they will be even more so right now.

There have been pdf and web versions of Barsoom and similar settings done for Uni-System (html), Fusion (pdf), there has been some spotty work in Hero systems a couple of places, and supposedly Risus, but I can't find it.

I am unable to recomend it because I have never seen it, but there is one game not mentioned:
Mars: The Roleplaying Game of Planetary Romance

"Not Mars as it is an airless, most likely lifeless, with only the faintest hints of what might have once been a damp, if not necessarily lush and living, world billions of years in the past. No, this is Mars as it should be and as it was once imagined to be an ancient, dying, but not yet dead world, a world where a vast canal network reaches from pole to pole, bringing water and life to vast and fantastic cities. A Mars where albino apes run a vast empire in the last surviving jungle, a world where warrior tribes of Green Martians raid the outlying cities of the canal dwellers, a world where, in places dark and quiet and forgotten beneath the surface, ancient and terrible intellects plan dark and dire deeds.

"It is a Mars of sky-corsairs, of duels with blade and blaster, of vile plots, fantastic inventions, daring rescues, arena battles, and spectacular stunts. It is a Mars where ancient cities can be discovered and their lost treasures plundered, a Mars where a trek across the dry sea bottoms can yield amazing discoveries, where terrible monsters roam the rocky wastes. It is the Mars of pulp fiction and Saturday morning serials. It is now yours.

"Adamant Entertainment's long-awaited Roleplaying Game of Planetary Romance features everything you need to get started telling tales of adventure beneath the moons of Mars. From character creation to combat, from strange science to even stranger beasts, MARS has it all. No other rulebooks required - although guidelines are provided on using other versions of the world's most popular role-playing rules as well, allowing you to use Mars as a setting for your fantasy campaigns, or to transport your Modern characters to the Red Planet!"

More when I get hold of a copy! I have been meaning to get it, but just have not done it.


Locations: Adamant Entertainment Online Store (Book) , DriveThruRPG (PDF download)  or RPG Now (PDF download)   http://adamant.rpgnow.com/index.php?cPath=272_4256