I picked up a full run of Conan The Savage off of eBay, and I read the first book. Man! It's fantastic!
The art is amazing and does complete justice to the Hyborian Age. It's a B&W book, meant for an older crowd. The series was an attempted reboot of The Savage Sword of Conan. I can't imagine why this book didn't run longer, based on what I've read in the first issue.
The first issue contains two over-sized stories. The first one focuses on an Aquilonian commander leading a relief troop to the northern face of the Eiglophian Mountains. There, the Aquilonians have established a fort, like they did in Cimmeria with Fort Venarium.
The troop commander finds the fort commander dead and must take over just before the savage Vanir attack. There is a Cimmerian (blue eyed, square cut mane of black hair) chained to a grinding wheel in the camp. It seems this mercenary has broken the jaw of the Aquilonian Sergeant in charge of the mercs over a drunken dispute on the salt payments.
The second story sees a thirsty Conan crossing the Stygian desert and coming upon an Oasis that is walled in a circle-like configuration that makes a maze that must be solved, from the outer wall and desert to the Oasis at its center.
The first story could easily be used as an encounter in a Conan campaign, but the second story could serve as an entire short adventure, playable in one night's gaming.
The art is amazing and does complete justice to the Hyborian Age. It's a B&W book, meant for an older crowd. The series was an attempted reboot of The Savage Sword of Conan. I can't imagine why this book didn't run longer, based on what I've read in the first issue.
The first issue contains two over-sized stories. The first one focuses on an Aquilonian commander leading a relief troop to the northern face of the Eiglophian Mountains. There, the Aquilonians have established a fort, like they did in Cimmeria with Fort Venarium.
The troop commander finds the fort commander dead and must take over just before the savage Vanir attack. There is a Cimmerian (blue eyed, square cut mane of black hair) chained to a grinding wheel in the camp. It seems this mercenary has broken the jaw of the Aquilonian Sergeant in charge of the mercs over a drunken dispute on the salt payments.
The second story sees a thirsty Conan crossing the Stygian desert and coming upon an Oasis that is walled in a circle-like configuration that makes a maze that must be solved, from the outer wall and desert to the Oasis at its center.
The first story could easily be used as an encounter in a Conan campaign, but the second story could serve as an entire short adventure, playable in one night's gaming.
