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New Conan game on KS

Started by AsenRG, February 17, 2016, 07:59:35 PM

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Vonn

#330
March 07, 2016, 02:20:09 PM
Quote from: CRKrueger;883820Modiphius will make a great Conan game.

Exactly!

Quote from: 3rik;883830I've been reading good things about D101 Games' Crypts & Things, a new edition  of which is currently being workd on. I'll likely pick that up just to see how it handles S&S stuff.

Hmm, don't know it...any ideas how it's different from (for example) Runequest 6?
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Madprofessor

#331
March 07, 2016, 02:31:39 PM
QuoteOriginally Posted by Vonn
Hmm, don't know it...any ideas how it's different from (for example) Runequest 6?

Crypts and things is an excellent hack of Swords and Wizardry/OD&D for swords and sorcery style games.  It's old school D&D hacked for the Hyborian Age with the REH Trademarks and serial numbers filed off. It's very different from RQ6 (classes/levels etc).  If you want Conan with D&D - this is it!

Vonn

#332
March 07, 2016, 02:41:31 PM
Quote from: Madprofessor;883843Crypts and things is an excellent hack of Swords and Wizardry/OD&D for swords and sorcery style games.  It's old school D&D hacked for the Hyborian Age with the REH Trademarks and serial numbers filed off. It's very different from RQ6 (classes/levels etc).  If you want Conan with D&D - this is it!

Yeah, I wanted to edit my post after reading some reviews. I saw D101 as publisher and automatically assumed it was some OpenQuest S&S supplement, but it's "D&D and Conan" indeed! :cool:

@3rik: now I understand why you made this reference...duh...:o
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AsenRG

#333
March 07, 2016, 02:57:58 PM
Quote from: Madprofessor;883816I am not familiar wit 43 AD, I'll have to check that out.
I'm almost sure you'd find it interesting;).
QuoteAs a general principal I would agree.
Cool, we agree on the important parts:D!

Quote from: CRKrueger;883820Yeah it's definitely going to be at least the all-pdf level, maybe the pdfs+Core Rules hardbound or PDFs+Hardbound+"three hardbounds supplements of your choice".  From what I've seen so far of the adventures, spells, monsters, etc. Modiphius will make a great Conan game.  

It won't be a game that fits our needs for a regular, long-term, roleplaying campaign, but since a lot of the adventures it seems will be roughly during the adventuring life of Conan, my group has been talking about just doing the published adventures kind of like the conceit of the One Ring/LotRO.  Conan we all know is doing X, what's everyone else doing?  

Since my campaign is set post-Hour of the Dragon, these episodes will serve as history of my campaign, just like Howard's own stories are.  One of my players already wants to make up a young clanswoman related to Maeve who wants to leave, inspired by the tales of her relative who made the Stand at Thunder River.

Depending on how the Monolith game is, our Conan gaming might be a three-pronged attack.
Sounds great, would you remind me whether you're posting an Actual Play account somewhere?
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crkrueger

#334
March 07, 2016, 03:28:21 PM Last Edit: March 07, 2016, 03:32:02 PM by CRKrueger
Quote from: AsenRG;883857Sounds great, would you remind me whether you're posting an Actual Play account somewhere?

I posted one here on the site a few days ago.  It's not roll-by-roll though.
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3rik

#335
March 07, 2016, 04:01:44 PM
Quote from: Vonn;883848Yeah, I wanted to edit my post after reading some reviews. I saw D101 as publisher and automatically assumed it was some OpenQuest S&S supplement, but it's "D&D and Conan" indeed! :cool:

@3rik: now I understand why you made this reference...duh...:o
They did do a Conan-with-the-serial-numbers-barely-filed-off supplement for OpenQuest, titled The Savage North. It's just a setting, though. There's no rules adaptations to make it more S&S than generic OpenQuest IIRC.

Generally speaking, with D101 Games, you don't get anything that looks particularly flashy, but it usually works like a charm. Hence my trust in Crypts & Things delivering what it claims to do.
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ArrozConLeche

#336
March 07, 2016, 04:04:41 PM
Quote from: 3rik;883880They did do a Conan-with-the-serial-numbers-barely-filed-off supplement for OpenQuest, titled The Savage North. It's just a setting, though. There's no rules adaptations to make it more S&S than generic OpenQuest IIRC.

Generally speaking, with D101 Games, you don't get anything that looks particularly flashy, but it usually works like a charm. Hence my trust in Crypts & Things delivering what it claims to do.

How is it as a supplement?

AsenRG

#337
March 07, 2016, 04:38:51 PM
Quote from: CRKrueger;883870I posted one here on the site a few days ago.  It's not roll-by-roll though.

Thanks, I've missed it. Roll-by-roll is not required.
Well, it might have been nice, but from experience, it's also much more work.
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crkrueger

#338
March 07, 2016, 04:44:24 PM
Quote from: AsenRG;883893Thanks, I've missed it. Roll-by-roll is not required.
Well, it might have been nice, but from experience, it's also much more work.

I didn't want to slow the game down by writing stuff down, and I didn't want to record the session on media for a number of reasons, but I remember some key rolls and list them.
Even the the "cutting edge" storygamers for all their talk of narrative, plot, and drama are fucking obsessed with the god damned rules they use. - Estar

Yes, Sean Connery\'s thumb does indeed do megadamage. - Spinachcat

Isuldur is a badass because he stopped Sauron with a broken sword, but Iluvatar is the badass because he stopped Sauron with a hobbit. -Malleus Arianorum

"Tangency Edition" D&D would have no classes or races, but 17 genders to choose from. -TristramEvans

AsenRG

#339
March 07, 2016, 05:14:54 PM
Quote from: CRKrueger;883898I didn't want to slow the game down by writing stuff down, and I didn't want to record the session on media for a number of reasons, but I remember some key rolls and list them.

That's really not important. I can recover what happened, more or less, to the degree that this is necessary:).
But the point of my question was about your Runequest sessions;).
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crkrueger

#340
March 08, 2016, 10:59:53 PM
You guys might get a kick out of this.  Someone went and did up a short little gameplay summary, using Age of Conan for the graphics.  Not sure in a couple parts why he didn't just play video instead of move a static graphic around (like with Kalanthes approaching Tina), and he doesn't explain *why* some things work, but it's still fun.
Even the the "cutting edge" storygamers for all their talk of narrative, plot, and drama are fucking obsessed with the god damned rules they use. - Estar

Yes, Sean Connery\'s thumb does indeed do megadamage. - Spinachcat

Isuldur is a badass because he stopped Sauron with a broken sword, but Iluvatar is the badass because he stopped Sauron with a hobbit. -Malleus Arianorum

"Tangency Edition" D&D would have no classes or races, but 17 genders to choose from. -TristramEvans

crkrueger

#341
March 10, 2016, 06:13:28 PM
Hey Spinach, since you're talking about looking at this as more of a "boardgame night" game, they're coming out with a crossover product with Monolith's Miniatures game.  It's going to have a 2d20 adventure with Conan and Belit, and will include combat scenarios for the Monolith game.

So it's like one of those transmedia events that you can experience from one side, the other, or both.

Man, with the Monolith game being miniatures combat, the Modiphius game being so heavily and purposely focused on the storytelling headspace, there sure is a vacuum here (and most importantly, money to spend) that a traditional RPG to fill in to make this a Conan trifecta.
Even the the "cutting edge" storygamers for all their talk of narrative, plot, and drama are fucking obsessed with the god damned rules they use. - Estar

Yes, Sean Connery\'s thumb does indeed do megadamage. - Spinachcat

Isuldur is a badass because he stopped Sauron with a broken sword, but Iluvatar is the badass because he stopped Sauron with a hobbit. -Malleus Arianorum

"Tangency Edition" D&D would have no classes or races, but 17 genders to choose from. -TristramEvans

Spinachcat

#342
March 11, 2016, 09:51:55 PM
Quote from: CRKrueger;884432So it's like one of those transmedia events that you can experience from one side, the other, or both.

I gotta give Modiphius major kudos on their Kickstarter marketing.

I am debating the boardgame add-ons. The new maps look very good.

Christopher Brady

#343
March 11, 2016, 10:56:48 PM
I'm simply impressed on how easily we gamers are swayed by promises.
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Madprofessor

#344
March 11, 2016, 11:55:46 PM
QuoteOriginally Posted by CRKrueger
Man, with the Monolith game being miniatures combat, the Modiphius game being so heavily and purposely focused on the storytelling headspace, there sure is a vacuum here (and most importantly, money to spend) that a traditional RPG to fill in to make this a Conan trifecta.

That's what I have been saying.  I can't understand Modiphius' business model, unless they have some narrative theory chip on their shoulder.  There is a clear gap here in their marketing.  Why wouldn't they want to create a product to capture the traditional market?  It doesn't make business sense.
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