Conan: The Roleplaying Game

Conan: The Roleplaying Game is a sword and sorcery British role-playing game based on the D20 System first published in January 2004 by Mongoose Publishing,[1] mainly designed by Ian Sturrock and set in the fictional Hyborian Age of Conan the Barbarian, created by Robert E. Howard in the 1930s.

Not to be confused with Conan Role-Playing Game.
Conan: The Roleplaying Game
Conan: The Roleplaying Game
First Edition cover (2004)
Illustration by Chris Quilliams (2003)
Designer(s)1st edition (2004): Ian Sturrock, Paul Tucker, Harvey Barker & Vincent Darlage
2nd edition (2007): Ian Sturrock, Paul Tucker, Harvey Barker, Vincent Darlage & Gareth Hanrahan
Publisher(s)Mongoose Publishing
Publication date2004
Genre(s)Sword and sorcery
System(s)D20 System/OGL System

Development

The project of the game started in Mongoose Publishing when the British company acquired in 2003 a license for a Conan role-playing game. In December 2003 the first printing was ready and the publication and distribution of the game started in January 2004. This first printing of the core rulebook was published including an illustration map of the Thurian continent during the Hyborian Age, painted by Spanish artist Jesús Barony, but very soon in 2004, in August, a reprint of the first edition was released, subtitled as the Atlantean Edition,[2] and Barony's map was replaced by another one, this time made by the well-known American cartographer Clayton Bunce. Bunce's map was included as an illustration among the pages of the Atlantean Edition rulebook and almost simultaneously released (in a folded poster format) with the Conan gamemaster's screen. A second edition of the game was published in 2007,[3] with numerous supplements compatible with both editions and finally, in 2010, Mongoose dropped the license and stopped the line of all its Conan gaming products.

Translations

During the game publication's run the Atlantean Edition was translated into Spanish, in Spain, by the Spanish publishing house Edge Entertainment in 2005[4] and into French, in France, by the UbIK editor (based in Toulouse) in 2007.[5] The following year, in September 2008, both editors, the French UbIK and the Spanish Edge Entertainment, folded in a single company, but the French partner moved its headquarters from France to Spain and adopted the Spanish name as Edge Entertainment France.[6]

In addition to the Spanish and French translations, in 2006 the Atlantean Edition was also translated into Italian (as Conan il gioco di ruolo) by the publishing houses Stratelibri and Wyrd Edizioni.

Setting
Main article: Hyborian Age

The core rulebooks include an important volume of useful information and data dealing with the world of Conan, sourced on Howard's material and literature.

System

The game's game mechanics is Mongoose's adaptation of the D20 System as licensed by the OGL System.

Character Creation

The Conan game does not feature non-human races at all. Instead, players choose a race from one of the ethnicities depicted in the fictional world.[7]


Books

Core rulebooks

  • Conan: The Roleplaying Game (1st Edition, hardcover, 352 p., January 2004)
  • Conan: The Roleplaying Game (Atlantean Edition, hardcover, 352 p., August 2004: second printing of the 1st Edition)
  • Conan: The Roleplaying Game (Pocket Edition, softcover, January 2005)
  • Conan: The Roleplaying Game (2nd Edition, hardcover, 424 p., September 2007)

Supplements

  • Across the Thunder River
  • Adventures in the Hyborian Age (2nd Edition)
  • Aquilonia - Flower of the West
  • Argos and Zingara
  • Bestiary of the Hyborian Age (2nd Edition)
  • Betrayer of Asgard (2nd Edition)
  • The Black Stones of Kovag-Re
  • Catacombs of Hyboria (2nd Edition)
  • Cimmeria (2nd Edition)
  • Cities of Hyboria (2nd Edition)
  • The Coming of Hanuman
  • The Compendium
  • Faith and Fervour
  • The Free Companies
  • Game Master's Screen
  • The Heretics of Tarantia
  • Hyboria's Fallen - Pirates, Thieves and Temptresses
  • Hyboria's Fiercest - Barbarians, Borderers and Nomads
  • Hyboria's Finest - Nobles, Scholars and Soldiers
  • Khitai (2nd Edition)
  • The Lurking Terror of Nahab
  • Messantia - City of Riches
  • The Pirate Isles
  • Player's Guide to the Hyborian Age (2nd Edition)
  • Reavers of the Vilayet
  • Return to the Road of Kings (The Road of Kings 2nd Edition)
  • The Road of Kings
  • Ruins of Hyboria
  • The Scrolls of Skelos
  • The Secrets of Skelos (The Scrolls of Skelos 2nd Edition)
  • Shadizar - City of Wickedness
  • Shem - Gateway to the South
  • Stygia - Serpent of the South
  • Tales of the Black Kingdoms
  • Tito's Trading Post
  • The Tower of the Elephant
  • Trial of Blood (2nd Edition)
  • The Warrior's Companion (2nd Edition)

See also

References
  1. Ian Sturrock, Paul Tucker, Harvey Barker and Vincent Darlage, Conan: The Roleplaying Game, Mongoose Publishing, Swindon (England), 1st Edition: January 2004, cover art by Chris Quilliams, map by Jesús Barony, inner illustrations by Andrew J. Hepworth, Warren Mahy, Danilo Moretti, Chris Quilliams, Jason Rosenstock, Chad Sergesketter, Ronald Smith, Vebjorn Strommen and Alejandro Villén Real, hardcover, 352 p., ISBN 1-904577-69-5
  2. Conan: The Roleplaying Game - Atlantean Edition, as mentioned in Waynes Books, a specialized website Archived 2014-08-26 at the Wayback Machine
  3. Ian Sturrock, Paul Tucker, Harvey Barker, Vincent Darlage and Gareth Hanrahan, Conan: The Roleplaying Game - Second Edition, Mongoose Publishing, Swindon (England), 2nd Edition: September 2007, cover art by Chris Quilliams, map by Clayton Bunce, inner illustrations by Andrew J. Hepworth, Warren Mahy, Danilo Moretti, Chris Quilliams, Jason Rosenstock, Chad Sergesketter, Ronald Smith, Vebjorn Strommen and Alejandro Villén Real, hardcover, 1.4 x 8.3 x 10.8 inches, 424 p., ISBN 978-1905850068
  4. STURROCK Ian, Conan, el juego de rol; edición atlántea, Edge Entertainment, Seville, February 2005, translated from English into Spanish by Antonio Rico, 352 p., 27x21 cm, hardcover, ISBN 84-95830-47-7
  5. Ian Sturrock, Paul Tucker, Harvey Barker and Vincent Darlage, Conan, le jeu de rôle ; édition atlante, UbIK, Toulouse (France), May 2007, translated from English into French by Guilhem Arbaret, Sandy Julien, Dominique Lacrouts, Geoffrey Picard and Jérôme Vessiere, hardcover, 352 p., ISBN 978-84-95830-47-0
  6. Archived: on October 1, 2008, Edge Entertainment Spain announces its fusion with the French UbIK publishing house
  7. Review posted by Jeremy Reaban on RPG.net March 5, 2004. https://www.rpg.net/reviews/archive/10/10146.phtml
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