"Battles on Mars. Dragon Rampant or Men who would be Kings" Topic

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D6 Junkie	28 Dec 2016 7:57 a.m. PST
So for Victorian Battles on Mars would you suggest Dragon Rampant or Men who would be Kings? The latter captures the flavor of colonial skirmishes but the former allows for oddities of Mars.
Cyrus the Great	28 Dec 2016 8:07 a.m. PST
Why not combine them?
The Ummer	28 Dec 2016 9:56 a.m. PST
TMWWBK references Martian scenarios in the rule book. You'd probably have to tweak for ray guns or whatever, but can't see why it wouldn't work in a Parroom type setting.
robert piepenbrink	28 Dec 2016 10:23 a.m. PST
TMWWBK. Victorian Mars is a colonial situation, and you'd use colonial rules. Tribal Martians might square off under DR, of course. I'll admit I haven't found something I'm altogether happy with myself, but I traveled to Barsoom with Burroughs and Leigh Brackett rather than Frank Chadwick: I'm more interested in taking a handful of heroes and rescuing a princess than in formal battles.
Ney Ney	28 Dec 2016 1:05 p.m. PST
Can they be combined? Both a rules play pretty different don't they?
Micman	28 Dec 2016 5:09 p.m. PST
We have used MWWBK on Mars for a couple of games. Previously we used TSATF as a base for Mars games. Space 1889 is our source material. MWWBK is a much faster game, do to more hits and not being able use saving rolls. Still a work in progress for us.

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