Editing Bunnies & Burrows (section)

==History==

Originally published by [[Fantasy Games Unlimited]] in 1976, only two years after the first role-playing game ''[[Dungeons & Dragons]]'' was published;<ref name="sos"/> this edition is now long out of print. The game was inspired by [[Richard Adams]]' fantasy novel ''[[Watership Down]]'',<ref>{{cite book | last = Magill | first = Frank Northen | year = 1983 | title = Survey of Modern Fantasy Literature | publisher = Salem Press | isbn = 0-89356-450-8 }}</ref> and the players were given the opportunity to take on the role of rabbits.<ref name="sos"/> As such, the game emphasized role-playing over combat for, according to [[Steffan O'Sullivan]], "You're playing a rabbit, after all – how much combat do you want to do?"<ref name="sos"/> [[David M. Ewalt]], in his book ''Of Dice and Men'', commented that ''Bunnies & Burrows'' "pushed setting even farther" than other early RPGs like ''Dungeons & Dragons'' and ''[[En Garde!]]'', as the "player characters were intelligent rabbits and had to compete for food, avoid predators, and deal with internal warren politics".<ref name=ODaM>{{cite book | first=David M. | last=Ewalt | author-link= David M. Ewalt | year=2013 | title= Of Dice and Men: The Story of Dungeons & Dragons and the People Who Play It | publisher=Scribner | page=107 | isbn=978-1-4516-4052-6 }}</ref>

It was the first role-playing game to allow for animal characters, and the first to have rules for martial arts.<ref name=mahg />

Building on this first edition, in 1979, B. Dennis Sustare wrote ''"Different Worlds Present the World of Druid's Valley: A Bunnies & Burrows Campaign"'' in ''[[Different Worlds]]'', a magazine published by [[Chaosium]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.nobleknight.com/ProductDetailSearch.asp_Q_ProductID_E_4939_A_InventoryID_E_2147574686_A_ProductLineID_E__A_ManufacturerID_E__A_CategoryID_E__A_GenreID_E_ |title= #3 "Blackmoor, Bunnies & Burrows Campaign"|access-date=2008-09-03 |publisher=Noble Knight Games}}</ref> It detailed how to combine the world of ''Bunnies & Burrows'' with other [[fantasy world]]s.<ref>{{cite journal |last=Sustare |first=B. Dennis |date=June–July 1979 |title=Different Worlds Present the World of Druid's Valley: A Bunnies & Burrows Campaign |journal=Different Worlds |volume=1 |issue=3 |publisher=[[Chaosium]] }}</ref> This was followed by the [[Adventure (role-playing games)|mini-adventure]] ''"The Jackrabbits' Lair"'', written by Daniel J. Maxfield, in ''[[Pegasus (game magazine)|Pegasus]]'', a magazine published by [[Judges Guild]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.nobleknight.com/ProductDetailSearch.asp_Q_ProductID_E_3549_A_InventoryID_E_2147508749_A_ProductLineID_E__A_ManufacturerID_E__A_CategoryID_E__A_GenreID_E_ |title= #6 "Traveller - Beastmaster Safari Ship, Gorean Chess"|access-date=2008-09-03 |publisher=Noble Knight Games}}</ref>

A second edition of ''Bunnies & Burrows'' was printed in 1982 by Fantasy Games Unlimited,<ref name="pnp1">{{cite web|url=http://www.pen-paper.net/rpgdb.php?op=showbook&bookid=2217|title=Bunnies & Burrows, 2nd Ed. (1982)|access-date=2007-09-11|publisher=Pen & Paper|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050224154204/http://www.pen-paper.net/rpgdb.php?op=showbook&bookid=2217|archive-date=2005-02-24}}</ref> although the continuing popularity of the first edition is evidenced by how it was still being actively played in 2008.<ref name="played">{{cite web |url=http://forum.rpg.net/showthread.php?t=385223|title=(B&B 1st edition) - Hoppin' Mad! |access-date=2008-09-02 |date=2008-03-19 |publisher=RPGnet}}</ref>

During a rise of "retro" games in the late 1980s and early 1990s,<ref name="ptgptb9">{{cite web |url=http://ptgptb.org/0009/hist9.html |title=The History of Roleplaying |access-date=2007-09-11 |author=Steve Darlington |publisher=Places to Go, People to Be (Issue 9, August 1999)}}</ref> Steve Jackson Games entered negotiations with Dennis Sustare and Scott Robinson, the current owners of the ''Bunnies & Burrows'' copyright, to publish an official ''GURPS'' supplement.<ref name="convert">{{cite web |url=http://www.sjgames.com/gurps/articles/BnB.to.GURPS.html |title=B&B to GURPS |access-date=2008-09-02 |author=Steffan O'Sullivan |author-link=Steffan O'Sullivan |date=1988-11-30 |publisher=[[Steve Jackson Games]]}}</ref> In 1988, O'Sullivan wrote an unofficial conversion of ''Bunnies & Burrows'' to ''[[GURPS]]'' while the negotiations continued.<ref name="convert"/> He indicated that he hoped to one day work on the official supplement.<ref name="convert"/> ''[[GURPS Bunnies & Burrows]]'' was published in 1992.<ref name="GURPS" />

The setting also had an unofficial conversion in 2004 to be used in ''[[Risus|Risus: The Anything RPG]]'' by Boyd Mayberry,<ref name="risus">{{cite web |url=http://mywebpages.comcast.net/boydmayberry/Bunnies.html |title=Risus Bunnies & Burrows |access-date=2007-09-11 |author=Boyd Mayberry |date=2004-04-09 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130221105144/http://mywebpages.comcast.net/boydmayberry/Bunnies.html |archive-date=2013-02-21 }}</ref> under their "Rules for Free Fan-Supplements and Articles".<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www222.pair.com/sjohn/risus-usage.htm |title=Legal Usage: Risus Fan-Material Policies |access-date=2008-09-02 |date=2007-01-24 |publisher=Cumberland Games & Diversions |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080804194508/http://www222.pair.com/sjohn/risus-usage.htm |archive-date=2008-08-04 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

In 2019, Frog God Games released a 3rd edition of the game after a successful [[Kickstarter]] campaign.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Brannan |first=Timothy S. |title=Review: Bunnies and Burrows 3rd Edition (2019) |url=http://theotherside.timsbrannan.com/2021/06/review-bunnies-and-burrows-3rd-edition.html |access-date=2023-11-17 |website=The Other Side blog}}</ref>