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<blockquote data-quote="Guest 6801328" data-source="post: 7269237">Ugh...seduced back into this thread.I'm pretty far on the &quot;D&amp;D is obviously heavily influenced by Tolkien&quot; side of things, and at the same time I agree that Conan stories were all about &quot;go on grand adventures, kill everything in your way, live like a king off the loot&quot;. Now, it never really worked out* for him.&nbsp; Which is good because without his get-rich-quick schemes there wouldn't have really been a basis for Conan.&nbsp; But that doesn't mean getting rich quick wasn't his goal.Damn...now I'm starting to get my Conan itch.&nbsp; Every few years I end up re-reading the whole collection of Conan stories.By the way, can we at least agree that the mechanics of the Modiphius game utterly fail to capture the spirit/feel of Conan?&nbsp; I mean, their fluff is perfectly fine, but it feels like a generic RPG bolted on to Hyboria.*Until he strangled Numedides, of course, but his usurpation of the throne is referenced but isn't actually the subject of any of the stories, and all (?) the stories in which he is already King were completed/written by other writers.&nbsp; And, I hope we can all agree, aren't anywhere near as good as Howard's work.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Guest 6801328, post: 7269237"] Ugh...seduced back into this thread. I'm pretty far on the "D&D is obviously heavily influenced by Tolkien" side of things, and at the same time I agree that Conan stories were all about "go on grand adventures, kill everything in your way, live like a king off the loot". Now, it never really worked out* for him. Which is good because without his get-rich-quick schemes there wouldn't have really been a basis for Conan. But that doesn't mean getting rich quick wasn't his goal. Damn...now I'm starting to get my Conan itch. Every few years I end up re-reading the whole collection of Conan stories. By the way, can we at least agree that the mechanics of the Modiphius game utterly fail to capture the spirit/feel of Conan? I mean, their fluff is perfectly fine, but it feels like a generic RPG bolted on to Hyboria. *Until he strangled Numedides, of course, but his usurpation of the throne is referenced but isn't actually the subject of any of the stories, and all (?) the stories in which he is already King were completed/written by other writers. And, I hope we can all agree, aren't anywhere near as good as Howard's work. [/QUOTE]

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