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<blockquote data-quote="xoth.publishing" data-source="post: 9433889" data-attributes="member: 6986003">Well &quot;ackshually&quot;.... <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f913.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":geek:" title="Geek&nbsp; &nbsp; :geek:"&nbsp; data-smilie="30"data-shortname=":geek:" />While ASSH is a cool game in the same genre, the following terms are often confused due to similarity in spelling:Conan's adventures, as written by Robert E. Howard, take place in the HYBORIAN AGE ( <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hyborian_Age" target="_blank">Hyborian Age - Wikipedia</a> ) , sometime between the sinking of Atlantis and the start of our own recorded history. The Hyborian tribes of the north established several kingdoms, the first of them being HYPERBOREA. Conan is from neighbouring Cimmeria. This is the setting for all &quot;Conan RPGs&quot;. Note that people sometimes mis-spell this as the &quot;Hyborean Age&quot; or &quot;Hyperborean Age&quot;.&nbsp;Then there is the HYPERBOREA ( <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hyperborean_cycle" target="_blank">Hyperborean cycle - Wikipedia</a> ) described by Clark Ashton Smith in his stories about the thief Zatampra Zeiros, the sorcerer Eibon, the toad-god Tsathoggua, etc. This is obviously its own separate thing and has nothing to do with Howard's Hyborian Age or the kingdom called Hyperborea in the Conan stories. The &quot;Astonishing Swordsmen and Sorcerers of Hyperborea&quot; (or just &quot;Hyperborea&quot; in its third edition) is an RPG loosely based on Smith's Hyperborea, but with lots of additional stuff (from Lovecraft and yes also Howard, etc) thrown into the mix.So if you like Conan RPGs, definitely check out ASSH as well, but they do not share the same setting.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="xoth.publishing, post: 9433889, member: 6986003"] Well "ackshually".... :geek: While ASSH is a cool game in the same genre, the following terms are often confused due to similarity in spelling: Conan's adventures, as written by Robert E. Howard, take place in the HYBORIAN AGE ( [URL="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hyborian_Age"]Hyborian Age - Wikipedia[/URL] ) , sometime between the sinking of Atlantis and the start of our own recorded history. The Hyborian tribes of the north established several kingdoms, the first of them being HYPERBOREA. Conan is from neighbouring Cimmeria. This is the setting for all "Conan RPGs". Note that people sometimes mis-spell this as the "Hyborean Age" or "Hyperborean Age". Then there is the HYPERBOREA ( [URL="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hyperborean_cycle"]Hyperborean cycle - Wikipedia[/URL] ) described by Clark Ashton Smith in his stories about the thief Zatampra Zeiros, the sorcerer Eibon, the toad-god Tsathoggua, etc. This is obviously its own separate thing and has nothing to do with Howard's Hyborian Age or the kingdom called Hyperborea in the Conan stories. The "Astonishing Swordsmen and Sorcerers of Hyperborea" (or just "Hyperborea" in its third edition) is an RPG loosely based on Smith's Hyperborea, but with lots of additional stuff (from Lovecraft and yes also Howard, etc) thrown into the mix. So if you like Conan RPGs, definitely check out ASSH as well, but they do not share the same setting. [/QUOTE]

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