CONAN RPG cover and details released

[Wulf Ratbane]

I thought Mongoose said they would have a Frazetta cover-- or did I dream that?

That cover don't look like Frazetta to me... (as opposed to the one shown on Amazon).

Wulf

 

[NeuroZombie]

The Mongoose sites cover is very good, but the Frazetta on will make the rpg simply jump off the racks, IMHO.

 

[Felon]

Well, it certainly would be cool to have an RPG that captures the flavor of the sword-and-sorcery genre. I'm wondering what kind of approach will be taken towards character classes and party design. Are wizards intended to playable as PC's? If so, do they hurl fireballs at 5th-level like your garden-variety magic-user? How is healing handled if there aren't any clerics? For this book to be true to its source, it'd have to deviate sharply from vanilla D&D.

 

[BigFreekinGoblinoid]

like the cover shown at Amazon better myself.

Will these be 352 COLOR pages? That would help justify the hefty price tag.

edit: I also noticed that the Amazon price was based on 30% off of $44.95, not $49.95, SAmazon's price may go up sometime...

 

[Krieg]

Please don't suck, please don't suck, please don't suck!

Sorry, I don't typically utter my mantra out-loud.

 

[trancejeremy]

Well, the same author of the Conan RPG did the Slaine RPG for Mongoose. That was excellent, and somewhat similar in tone/style (Slaine being a bit more primitive).

 

[johnsemlak]

If it's OGL, does this likely mean it's an self-contained RPG that doesn't require the core books?

 

[BonesMcCoy]

If it's OGL, does this likely mean it's an self-contained RPG that doesn't require the core books?

Yep, that's exactly what it means.

 

[bushfire]

I thought Mongoose said they would have a Frazetta cover-- or did I dream that?

That cover don't look like Frazetta to me... (as opposed to the one shown on Amazon).

That was Necromancer Games that has the Frazetta cover on the Judges Guild Wilderlands Players Guide.
http://secure.white-wolf.com/catalog/default.tpl?point=08391

bushfire

 

[Wulf Ratbane]

That was Necromancer Games that has the Frazetta cover on the Judges Guild Wilderlands Players Guide.

Errr, riiiight, and it was Mongoose publishing that had the Frazetta cover on their preview at Amazon. (Unless you're just being helpful by pointing out the hundreds of Frazetta paintings that have appeared in RPGs so far).

http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/A...50645/sr=11-1/ref=sr_11_1/002-4553550-8723232

Let's see, Ian Sturrock, Mongoose Publishing... Yep. That looks like a certain death dealer to me...

So I really want to know what the heck happened.

Wulf