Category Archives: Xuh’lan

Campaign setting Swords & Super-science of Xuh’lan

Character Creation Challenge 11: Warriors of the Red Planet / Swords & Super-Science of Xuhlan

Posted on January 11, 2024 by terjenordin

WotRP is an excellent osr game for barsoom-style sword and planet adventures, and Xuhlan is my supplement for it, with a specific setting and some extra rules for super-science research, psychic combat, etc. I wanted to make a robot wizard, … Continue reading →

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Ready made player characters for Xuhlan

Posted on March 19, 2022 by terjenordin

In Umeå where I live we have an OSR convention / game day called Grottröj (“Dungeon Bashing”) once every quarter of the year. This time I ran the intro dungeon for Swords & Super-Science of Xuhlan, my setting for the … Continue reading →

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Swords and Super-Science of Xuhlan

Posted on December 29, 2020 by terjenordin

Several years ago I made a sword and planet style setting called Xuhlan on this blog. Now I’ve expanded that material and rewritten it for use with the excellent Warriors of the Red Planet rules system. The cool art was … Continue reading →

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Xuhlan campaign supplement

Posted on March 19, 2015 by terjenordin

Five or six years ago I played with an idea for a science fantasy sword and planet style campaign that I originally thought of as “Gamma Barsoom” or “Conan on Tatooine.” After having toyed around with the concept on and … Continue reading →

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Planetary adventure novels

Posted on January 30, 2013 by widugauja

Most likely you have read Edgar Rice Burrough’s Barsoom novels and Leigh Brackett’s planetary stories (but, if you havent you really should). Here are some planetary romance and sword & planet novels that you perhaps have not read. Gulliver of … Continue reading →

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God of the Crystal Caves

Posted on November 11, 2012 by widugauja

The Mexican Cave of the Crystals is a perfect match for the Xuhlani god Nyag-Alatl.

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Xuhlan Campaign map

Posted on September 1, 2012 by widugauja

My dear friend and collaborator Johan made me this gorgeous map for the Xuhlan campaign. 1 hex = 50 km / 31 miles.

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A Xuh'lani beastiary: Ghost Lights

Posted on June 29, 2012 by widugauja

Ghost Lights – Small levitating globes of spectral blue light. They possess only the most basic form of animal intelligence, but has the ability to reflect a telepathic echo of random fragments of thought within a 20 meters radius from … Continue reading →

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A Xuh'lani calendar

Posted on June 1, 2012 by widugauja

I dont intend Xuh’lan to become a richly detailed culture gaming setting, but more than once I’ve wanted to be able to refer to a specific day or date without resorting to our real-world nomenclature. And, I’m a sucker for … Continue reading →

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Visual inspiration for Xuh'lan IV

Posted on May 25, 2012 by widugauja

This music video contains so much that is relevant to Xuh’lan. It could very well depict a robotic psionic adept’s conflict with a strange space god or somethig such. Birdy Nam Nam – The Parachute Ending

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