World of Conan - Setting Material?

[Thanee]

We have recently started to play a HERO (3rd/4th edition for now, but we will be ordering a few of the 6th edition books soon) campaign set in the World of Conan. One player has an old GURPS Conan softcover book, which has quite some information.

What I'm looking for are suggestions for books / websites which offer a complete overview and possibly also a more detailed look on the world (preferably fluff only, as we use the HERO System for rules).

I suppose there is a whole lot written about Conan and Hyboria.

For example, I found these nifty maps...

[SBLOCK=Map Links]http://hyboria.xoth.net/maps/chrysagon_hyboria.jpg
http://www.frpnet.net/yazilar/WindWhisperer/hyboria_880.jpg
http://vnmedia.ign.com/vault.ign.com/wiki/2/21/Map_hyboria.jpg
http://blog.starocotes.de/wp-content/uploads/2008/02/conanmap.jpg[/SBLOCK]

Any suggestions for Conan background source material?

i.e. is the Mongoose Conan RPG book useful for this purpose?

Bye
Thanee

 

[Erekose]

I was going to suggest Hyborian Age d20 Campaign Site - hyboria.xoth.net but as you've found the map you know the website!

In addition, while a supplement for the Conan RPG, you could do a lot worse than get hold of a copy of the Return to the Road of Kings which is pretty much all setting (and is on sale at the Mongoose website for £10 Mongoose Publishing : For All Your Gaming Needs ...)

 

[Thanee]

I was going to suggest Hyborian Age d20 Campaign Site - hyboria.xoth.net but as you've found the map you know the website!

I actually found the maps via Google picture search, so I havn't been on any of those sites for real.

In addition, while a supplement for the Conan RPG, you could do a lot worse than get hold of a copy of the Return to the Road of Kings which is pretty much all setting (and is on sale at the Mongoose website for £10 Mongoose Publishing : For All Your Gaming Needs ...)

Will take a look. Thanks!

Bye
Thanee

 

[Gregor]

Hey Thanee,

I'll echo Erekose and suggest Return to the Road of Kings. Its pure setting information, broken down state by state. You can get the PDF over at rpgnow.com.

Also, I would suggest that you use this map (your second link): http://www.frpnet.net/yazilar/WindWh...yboria_880.jpg as it is included in the d20 Mongoose book and I believe it is widely considered to be the most accurate.

I would also suggest that you check out this really great Conan campaign website over at Obsidian Portal: The Nemedian Chronicles | Obsidian Portal . There is a section in the wiki that talks about all the different regions and provides suitable real-world equivalents for you to take inspiration from (e.g. Zingara is medieval Spain and Portugal, Aquilonia is Middle Ages France, etc.)

 

[Thanee]

Thanks!

I read a few reviews about the RttRoK book and it sounds really good.

Bye
Thanee

 

[slwoyach]

As has been pointed out the Mongoose books are great even if you don't use d20. You might also check out these websites

Conan Wiki
Hyborian Age - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

I also second the Nemedian Chronicles. It's a great campaign site, it was even the featured campaign at Obsidian Portal for a several months.

 

[Thanael]

NG's Ancient Kingdoms: Mesopotamia sourcebook is said to be very Conanesque and good. The writer goes by the handle thulsa on the NG forums...

 

[Thanee]

Thanks, but I am definitely looking for the Hyboria. Accepting no substitutes.

Bye
Thanee

 

[Thanael]

If you check out the links section on the Hyborian Age site you should be pretty much set.

Links to the Hyborian Age

 

[cignus_pfaccari]

If nothing else, sprinkle the setting with quite a few snake cults, using the "At first, everyone thought they were just another snake cult..." line from the movie as justification.

Brad