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[Conan/Hyborian Age, any system] What are/were/would be your games like?

Started by The Butcher, May 25, 2015, 01:09:56 PM

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AsenRG

#15
June 04, 2015, 06:43:15 PM Last Edit: June 04, 2015, 06:45:16 PM by AsenRG
Quote from: RPGPundit;834473Yeah, I guess, but I've always been more inclined toward the Lankhmar end of the spectrum.

I actually agree on that account, though lately I've been mixing S&S liberally with S&P, C&D, dark fantasy, mythic and swashbuckling influences, and even stuff from some Eastern genres. So I guess I'm no longer a purist.
Of course, being a purist about S&S, given that the whole thing is an exercise in swiping from other genres without the constraints of said genres, is kinda a challenging proposition in the first place:D!
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Christopher Brady

#16
June 04, 2015, 07:12:57 PM
I've been thinking about how I'd run a Hyborean game, and I think it would be more closer to the Savage Sword comic/magazine spectrum than anything truly Howardian, if that's a term we can use.

But I'm also not averse to a City based campaign like Lankmhar.
"And now, my friends, a Dragon\'s toast!  To life\'s little blessings:  wars, plagues and all forms of evil.  Their presence keeps us alert --- and their absence makes us grateful." -T.A. Barron[/SIZE]

Matt

#17
June 05, 2015, 02:26:18 PM
Quote from: RPGPundit;834473Yeah, I guess, but I've always been more inclined toward the Lankhmar end of the spectrum.

Whereas I find Fafhrd and Grey Mouser unreadable and unlikable. No accounting for the RPG Pundit's depravity.

Matt

#18
June 05, 2015, 02:28:13 PM
Quote from: AsenRG;835095I actually agree on that account, though lately I've been mixing S&S liberally with S&P, C&D, dark fantasy, mythic and swashbuckling influences, and even stuff from some Eastern genres. So I guess I'm no longer a purist.
Of course, being a purist about S&S, given that the whole thing is an exercise in swiping from other genres without the constraints of said genres, is kinda a challenging proposition in the first place:D!

S&P? Now you have me envisaging Conan crashing thru Wall Street. Would that be a bullish market? What shall become of poor Dow & Jones?

Christopher Brady

#20
June 06, 2015, 12:18:38 AM
Quote from: Skywalker;835316Sword and Planet?

OH!  John Carter of Mars et al.  I was wondering what S&P stood for, which is odd, as I'm a fan of the genre.

...I have no idea what Matt is going on about either.
"And now, my friends, a Dragon\'s toast!  To life\'s little blessings:  wars, plagues and all forms of evil.  Their presence keeps us alert --- and their absence makes us grateful." -T.A. Barron[/SIZE]

Matt

#21
June 06, 2015, 02:22:27 AM
Quote from: Christopher Brady;835324OH!  John Carter of Mars et al.  I was wondering what S&P stood for, which is odd, as I'm a fan of the genre.

...I have no idea what Matt is going on about either.

Standard & Poor's? By Crom, man, own ye no stocks?

Christopher Brady

#22
June 06, 2015, 03:26:52 AM
Quote from: Matt;835339Standard & Poor's? By Crom, man, own ye no stocks?

I'm disabled and on a government stipend for the rest of my life, so no.  I don't.
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Trond

#23
June 07, 2015, 12:34:45 AM
I ran a game heavily influenced by Kull (specifically the Shadow Kingdom) and Conan stories using somewhat simplified Stormbringer 5 rules. It was one of our coolest games ever. Those battles were brutal :D

Jason D

#24
June 09, 2015, 04:30:57 AM
Quote from: Trond;835496I ran a game heavily influenced by Kull (specifically the Shadow Kingdom) and Conan stories using somewhat simplified Stormbringer 5 rules. It was one of our coolest games ever. Those battles were brutal :D

That sounds magnificent.

AsenRG

#25
June 09, 2015, 08:44:36 AM
Quote from: Matt;835212S&P? Now you have me envisaging Conan crashing thru Wall Street. Would that be a bullish market? What shall become of poor Dow & Jones?

Quote from: Skywalker;835316Sword and Planet?
Skywalker has the right of it.
Conan crashing through Wallstreet is a game that just has to exist, though:D!

Quote from: Matt;835339Standard & Poor's? By Crom, man, own ye no stocks?
That's right, I own no stocks;).
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Herne's Son

#26
June 09, 2015, 10:12:42 AM
Quote from: Trond;835496I ran a game heavily influenced by Kull (specifically the Shadow Kingdom) and Conan stories using somewhat simplified Stormbringer 5 rules. It was one of our coolest games ever. Those battles were brutal :D

The Stormbringer "Major Wounds" system is one of the best things in any RPG ever. So perfectly captures the feeling of brutal, bloody S&S combat.

AsenRG

#27
June 09, 2015, 04:30:00 PM
Quote from: Herne's Son;835799The Stormbringer "Major Wounds" system is one of the best things in any RPG ever. So perfectly captures the feeling of brutal, bloody S&S combat.
Care to elaborate how it works, and what is different from the Big Golden Book of BRP:)?
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K Peterson

#28
June 09, 2015, 04:46:08 PM
I haven't run a straight Conan campaign before, but if I did I'd use Chaosium's Elric! system with Jason Durall's Conan conversion doc for it. Sprinkle in Mongoose's Return to the Road of Kings and some re-reads of some select REH stories for further inspiration, and go.

The closest I've come to this is in 2011 when I did my own conversion of Xoth Publishing's The Spider God's Bride to the MRQ2 system, and ran a number of linked adventures. It wasn't Conan, but it was sword & sorcery as all hell, and my players had a great time. These days, I don't think I'd go for a system as detailed as MRQ2. I'd be more comfortable with the abstractness of the Elric! system.

K Peterson

#29
June 09, 2015, 04:53:49 PM
Quote from: AsenRG;835826Care to elaborate how it works, and what is different from the Big Golden Book of BRP:)?
Same Major Wound Table, and same rules.
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