Monolith Games to reprint RPG, board game via Kickstarter

[Whizbang Dustyboots]

If you look at the primary source, the reprint is clearly for Monolith’s own version of Conan. The journo has clearly misunderstood.

Are there Monolith supplements that would qualify for this statement from the Kickstarter page?

Fan-favorite board game and RPG content is finally returning, including items that have been unavailable for years. Click on the image above to vote for what you’d like to see reprinted.

 

[overgeeked]

I've got a ton of Modiphius Conan books because there was a fire sale on them a few years back. I've never played it, and the rules are poorly organized, but it seems like a lot of fun. Honestly, I've grown a little dissatisfied with the 2d20 for action oriented games. I'd rather use Savage Worlds for Conan.

They are some great sourcebooks, but yeah. Modiphius’ house system, especially as implemented for Conan, was just a wildly over-complicated slog. Savage Worlds is perfect for the kind of pulp action you see in Conan stories.

If there was ever an IP that cried out for the Dungeon Crawl Classics ruleset more than this one...

To each their own. But other than the trappings of cults, snakes, and art, there’s nothing mechanically about DCC that would give you a Conan-esque story. Maybe if it’s the story of the nameless mook Conan slaughters without a thought. Conan would be what, all 18-20s on his stats, 10th-level thief and 10th-level warrior, half the lucky signs, etc. The implied gonzo pulp setting, sure. The actual mechanics, no.

Besides, there’s still the moral problem of supporting Goodman now that he’s working with Bledsaw again. But then that tracks with the more racist elements of Robert E. Howard’s Conan stories.

 

[Thierry-Advent]

Are there Monolith supplements that would qualify for this statement from the Kickstarter page?

Yes, the Conan Board Games was by the Monolith KS in 2016. The supplements they are talking about are for the board game.

 

[overgeeked]

Are there Monolith supplements that would qualify for this statement from the Kickstarter page?

Reads like it’s poorly worded.

ETA: The article’s poorly written and poorly edited.

“Fans will be able to order both the new Conan board game and the new edition of the RPG from this campaign; both will feature new content.”

Should probably read:

“Fans will be able to order both the new Conan RPG and the new edition of the board game from this campaign; both will feature new content.”

 

[Thierry-Advent]

The book covers we see on the KS picture are of the Monolith RPG core book and probably the two coming expansions.Tales of Tortage and Tales of Zamora

https://monolithedition.com/en/portfolio/conan-the-hyborian-age-the-roleplaying-game/

 

[dbm]

Are there Monolith supplements that would qualify for this statement from the Kickstarter page?

Click on the survey and see for yourself what is up for reprint.

 

[Whizbang Dustyboots]

Click on the survey and see for yourself what is up for reprint.

I am not familiar enough to know anything about those expansion names.

 

[Thierry-Advent]

I am not familiar enough to know anything about those expansion names.

We are two telling you, your thread title is wrong and misleading. Maybe you could change it?

 

[dbm]

I have all the 2d20 books in PDF and the items on the reprint list are ‘none of the above’. It looks to me like reprint of miniature sets for the board game.

 

[Whizbang Dustyboots]

We are two telling you, your thread title is wrong and misleading. Maybe you could change it?

Done