Conan The Hyborian Age RPG by Monolith Preview

[ngenius]

Conan: The Hyborian Age is a tabletop roleplaying game of swords and sorcery, set against a backdrop of Robert E. Howard’s Conan stories. With King Conan perched upon the throne of Aquilonia, it is time for other brave warriors to take up the mantle of adventurer, to craft their own stories, and to face unknown horrors in the darkest corners of the world. In temple and tomb, through desert and forest, threats lurk unseen, ready to slay and devour. Will you be steady of sword and steadfast of mind? Will you survive an age undreamed of? It is time to carve your own legend.

This Quick Start booklet contains everything a Game Master and up to five players need to explore adventures in Conan’s world, providing a “lite” overview to the setting, all the required core rules, five pregenerated characters, and a ready-to-play Tale: “The Seal of Acheron.”

Minimialist game design with just frou stats: MIGHT (Strength), EDGE (Dexterity), GRIT (Constigution), WITS (Wisdom, Intelligence).
Polyhedral dice but most commonly the D6., D8 and D10.

https://monolithedition.com/download/conan-the-hyborian-age-rpg-quickstart-en/

• A Game Master-friendly approach, requiring minimal preparation for each adventure.
• Accessible and streamlined rules, with an intuitive dice system.
• Visceral, fast, and empowering combat mechanics that promote a feeling of forward momentum.
• A gritty, brutal setting, where only the mighty can thrive

Cover art is by Phrolian Gardner (he worked on the Modiphius 2d20 Conan too, especially The Barbarian cover, so a real human, not A.I.).

 

[Thanatis]

That stat block looks suspiciously ready for miniature play.

 

[aramis erak]

That stat block looks suspiciously ready for miniature play.

As do the other NPC blocks... but it's got most of the same data as the PCs...
I did a first skim... and there are elements that aren't amenable to casual skim of the rules. So no judgement yet.
The Flex Die for one. took me 3 times through the tasks and the flex die description to grasp what's happening.

The high ratio of random to static values in checks, plus the minimum failure rate... gives me pause... especially the minimum success chance for PCs being 10% (worst flex die d10 being 1/10 chance of a flex)... gives me a bit of a pause...