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<blockquote data-quote="Water Bob" data-source="post: 7117047" data-attributes="member: 92305">1 out of 5 rating for Conan: Adventures in an Age Undreamed OfI now own the game.&nbsp; There's a lot of love put into this thing.&nbsp; I want so much to like it.&nbsp; But, the game rules just kill it.&nbsp; The 2d20 System is a complete &quot;pass&quot; for me.&nbsp; It's a poor choice to represent the Hyborian Age.&nbsp; It's got a meta-game mechanic in it that should be used for games where there is some over-riding power that exists in the world, like the Force in Star Wars or Dark Symmetry in Mutant Chronicles (for which the game system was designed).The game system is also too &quot;gamey&quot;.&nbsp; It focuses the player on the dice--not on roleplaying a character.&nbsp; Players are too consumed with how many dice they're going to throw for a particular task, and where they're going to get that extra bonus, rather than living the life of a person during the Hyborian Age.With a different game system, this would probably be a pretty slick game.With the 2d20 system, it's a complete &quot;pass&quot; and &quot;non-recommend&quot; in my book.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Water Bob, post: 7117047, member: 92305"] [b]1 out of 5 rating for Conan: Adventures in an Age Undreamed Of[/b] I now own the game. There's a lot of love put into this thing. I want so much to like it. But, the game rules just kill it. The 2d20 System is a complete "pass" for me. It's a poor choice to represent the Hyborian Age. It's got a meta-game mechanic in it that should be used for games where there is some over-riding power that exists in the world, like the Force in Star Wars or Dark Symmetry in Mutant Chronicles (for which the game system was designed). The game system is also too "gamey". It focuses the player on the dice--not on roleplaying a character. Players are too consumed with how many dice they're going to throw for a particular task, and where they're going to get that extra bonus, rather than living the life of a person during the Hyborian Age. With a different game system, this would probably be a pretty slick game. With the 2d20 system, it's a complete "pass" and "non-recommend" in my book. [/QUOTE]

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