Conan and Cthulhu? Holy Ftaghn!

[Aberzanzorax]

I don't usually post just links, but check this out if you're a fan of either:

6 Movie and TV Universes That Overlap in Mind-blowing Ways | Cracked.com

Apparently there's some crossover between both Conan the Barbarian and Cthulhu.

 

[Rune]

Well, yeah. Howard and Lovecraft were buddies. The threw in references to each other's works fairly frequently.

 

[Alzrius]

You're coming a bit late to this particular party, Aberzanzorax. Fans of Conan and the Cthulhu Mythos have known this for a while now.

 

[Dog Moon]

I for one did not know about this and thank you for the link.

 

[PaulofCthulhu]

Voluminous correspondents.

A Means to Freedom: The Letters of H. P. Lovecraft and Robert E. Howard (PAPERBACK) : Hippocampus Press

 

[Deuce Traveler]

And don't forget Clark Ashton Smith!

 

[amerigoV]

Apparently there's some crossover between both Conan the Barbarian and Cthulhu.

Heck, just read Howards Conan stories in chronological order. I read the first "volume" of his works recently and you could not help but to see shades of Cthulu.

 

[Erekose]

Heck, just read Howards Conan stories in chronological order. I read the first "volume" of his works recently and you could not help but to see shades of Cthulu.

I read the Complete Conan book recently and the magic in the Hyborean Age seems fundamentally linked to a "Cthulhu-esque" Otherword.

 

[Erekose]

Oops - double post!

 

[wolfpunk]

Anyone actually running an Age of Conan adventure with a heavy dose of Cthulhu? Sounds like an exciting campaign world to me.