"Mixing your Martians?" Topic

The two biggies for VSF Martians are probably Burroughs' and Wells' versions. Do you mix the two in your VSF universe?

In my on again, off again campaign, the Wellsian Martians are actually have one of the moons of Jupiter as their planet of origin. Burroughs' Red, White, Yellow, Black, Blue and Green Martians are the true inhabitants of Mars, which is now largely a battlefield, between Earth and the Tripods.

The Burroughsian Martians are caught in the middle. The Red and Yellow Martians largely side with the Earthmen, the White Martians largely side with the Tripods, and they have developed a mind-control device that causes many of the Blue Martians to fight for them as well.

The Green and Black Martians are mercenaries, usually selling their services to the highest bidder. I have some special rules for these types that make them cheap to buy, but they just might turn on you and join the enemy (the Black martians are more likely to do this than the Green).

I hardly ever use Wells' idea of martians

In my background:

I have Space 1889 Martians (sort of a space elf) or various types and technical sophistication, City, town, country, hill, but not winged ones. They are free willed, but wrapped in many layers of tradition. They were once all very technologically sophisticated, but the decay of their society means they have lost most of this and treat the remaining as if it were magic. They now are mostly subsistence farmers (very hard scrabble) or hunter gatherers.

The cephalopods are not "true" Martians but a service race to an unseen world building race. They have a base on Mars from which they deployed to start the War of the Worlds. They are "programed" to operate the equipment but have no sense of curiosity. So they are doomed to do what they are told and continue to fail if not redirected.

The Earth's Moon has the insect hive people from the "First Man In the Moon".

Venus is a primeval world with reptile people.

All following the basic idea of the closer to the Sun the newer your world is.

A hollow Earth is critical to my back-story as well.

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I use Space 1889 as a background. The two genre of Martians both exist on my Mars.

I use a mix of all three, the Wells, Bourroughs, and Space 1889 Martians.

I liked League of Extraordinary Gentlemen II, where Burroughs' Martians, reinforced by C.S. Lewis' Martians drove Wells' Martians off the planet. I have used that as something of a template ever since.

I use Space 1889 as well, which are essentially ERB's red Martians.

I use Burroughs Martians as well as many of the Space 1889 settings.

rotanddrivel.com/Mars.htm

Red Martians, Green Martians, (Beastmen type Martians) and a Wellian race of Martians here.

Space1889 Martians here too, and using Elves where I need too.

Space 1889,Yellow. Red as ERB. I do have Tripods but haven't used them. Venusians are repitillian. Have some EPT for Atlantians.

I'm still trying to find some 15mm pseudo-Kraag, which is what I want for aero 'nef-to-'nef actions. Flying assaults ala Hawkmen vs. WarCruiser Ajax would warm my heart.

If I had one…

Doug

I have a friend who is a sculptor and I keep trying to get him to make 15mm High Martians / Kraag warriors. No success yet, but I keep plugging away at him.

@ J Womack – Maybe he's trying to find a way to do them that doesn't step on any toes?

I have a very vaguely outlined versions of Mars, when I do go there. I use S:1889 as the basis, but with opening for other races like in a proper Burroughs type world.

I like the idea that they used in the MARS RPG where they turned the white apes into a sort of Planet of the Apes empire on Mars.

-Eli

Its Space 1889 for me.