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<blockquote data-quote="Crust" data-source="post: 3260877" data-attributes="member: 22330">Thanks for the responses, folks.&nbsp; Much appreciated.&nbsp; I'll look into all of the books mentioned.As for Mr. Howard, the one-and-only reason I want to game in Hyborea is because of Howard's work.&nbsp; I just finished the three Conan volumes (Coming of Conan of Cimmeria, etc.).&nbsp; I was totally blown away.&nbsp; I'm reading Savage Tales of Solomon Kane now, and even those are incredible.&nbsp; Bran Mak Morn and Kull are next, and I then plan on moving on to his other western, horror, and boxing stories.&nbsp; He has become one of favorite authors.In fact, I hope to be able to draw campaigns out of Howard's work and nothing else, taking PCs on a myriad of adventures that don't necessarily link up as a normal campaign arc might (like AoW or STAP).&nbsp; That way, should a PC get his back broken by some anthropomorphic horror or have his skull split to the teeth by some Kushite dog, that player can just roll up another PC for the next relatively unrelated adventure.&nbsp;&nbsp; <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f600.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":D" title="Big grin&nbsp; &nbsp; :D"&nbsp; data-smilie="8"data-shortname=":D" /> &nbsp;I haven't read anything after Howard aside from a pile of Savage Sword of Conan and Conan Saga comic/magazines as a kid.&nbsp; I don't have the time (or the overwhelming desire) to read any Conan stories after Howard.&nbsp; I'm sure they're great and everything.&nbsp; There just aren't enough hours in the day for me to avoid partial ignorance.&nbsp; <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f609.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=";)" title="Wink&nbsp; &nbsp; ;)"&nbsp; data-smilie="2"data-shortname=";)" />&nbsp; And yes, I definitely must have the coffee table book.&nbsp; It'll make a stunning addition to my small collection.&nbsp; I also like the graphic novel adaptations.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Crust, post: 3260877, member: 22330"] Thanks for the responses, folks. Much appreciated. I'll look into all of the books mentioned. As for Mr. Howard, the one-and-only reason I want to game in Hyborea is because of Howard's work. I just finished the three Conan volumes ([I]Coming of Conan of Cimmeria[/I], etc.). I was totally blown away. I'm reading [I]Savage Tales of Solomon Kane [/I] now, and even those are incredible. Bran Mak Morn and Kull are next, and I then plan on moving on to his other western, horror, and boxing stories. He has become one of favorite authors. In fact, I hope to be able to draw campaigns out of Howard's work and nothing else, taking PCs on a myriad of adventures that don't necessarily link up as a normal campaign arc might (like AoW or STAP). That way, should a PC get his back broken by some anthropomorphic horror or have his skull split to the teeth by some Kushite dog, that player can just roll up another PC for the next relatively unrelated adventure. :D I haven't read anything after Howard aside from a pile of [I]Savage Sword of Conan[/I] and [I]Conan Saga [/I] comic/magazines as a kid. I don't have the time (or the overwhelming desire) to read any Conan stories after Howard. I'm sure they're great and everything. There just aren't enough hours in the day for me to avoid [I]partial [/I] ignorance. ;) And yes, I definitely must have the coffee table book. It'll make a stunning addition to my small collection. I also like the graphic novel adaptations. [/QUOTE]

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