Conan (game)

The Conan the Barbarian saga has appeared in a variety of forms in the gaming community. From simple boardgames to high tech multiplayer online games. (MMO). The intention of all these games is to immerse the player in the sword and sorcery world of Hyboria. Robert E. Howard created the original Conan story but he had no hand in creating various games other than they were based on his works.

Board Games

Collectible Card Game

Hyborian Gates is a collectible trading card game similar to Magic the Gathering.

Role-playing Games

Conan Mongoose

Conan by Mongoose Games is the current role-playing game played by Conan devotees. The main game consists of a 352 page rulebook and various add-on adventures http://www.mongoosepublishing.com/
*Conan GM's Screen
*The Road of Kings: featuring King Conan
*Shem
*The Conan Compendium
*Argos & Zingara
*Reavers of Vilayet
*Tito's Trading Post
*Stygia
*Faith & Fervour
*Ruins of Hyboria
*Conan and the Lurking Terror of Nahab
*Hyboria's Fallen - Pirates,Thieves and Temptresses
*Hyboria's Finest - Nobles, Scholars and Soldiers
*Tower of the Elephant
*Heretics of Tarantia
*Tales of the Black Kingdom
*Messantia - City of Riches
*Hyboria's Fiercest - Barbarians, Borderers and Nom
*Aquilonia
*Pocket Conan RPG
*Shadizar - City of the Wicked
*The Free Companies
*Across Thunder River
*The Coming of Hanuman
*The Pirate Isles
*The Road of Kings
*The Black Stones of Kovag-Re
*The Scrolls of Skelos
*Conan RPG - Second Edition Return to the Road of Kings
*The Hyborian Bestiary

Conan GURPS

Conan for the GURPS roleplaying system was produced by Steve Jackson games.
*Conan and the Queen of the Black Coast
*Conan and Beyond Thunder River
*Conan: Moon of Blood
*Conan the Wyrmslaye

Conan TSR

Conan the role-playing game was published by TSR in 1985. This boxed game was designed for players age 10 and up contained a full-color map, a 32 page will book, a 16 page reference guide and a 48 page notebook about the land of Hyboria plus two 10 sided dice. The series was very short-lived producing only three adventures each based on novels from the Conan series.
*Conan the Buccaneer
*Conan the Mercenary
*Conan the Triumphant

Conan (D&D)

During the height of the Conan movies, TSR created two Conan Adventures for their Dungeons and Dragons role-playing game. The game sold very poorly and in time was discontinued. The adventures ( called modules in the Dungeons & Dragons community) often found their way to see bargain bin and most hobby shops but are now often prized by collectors.
*Conan Unchained
*Conan and Against the Darkness

Miniatures and Strategy Games

There is also a slated "Age of Conan" Fantasy Battle Game in development by Mongoose Publishing [ [http://www.conan.com/invboard/index.php?showtopic=3067 Age Of Conan: Fantasy Battle Game from Mongoose Publishing] - June 1, 2006 - retrieved on January 25, 2007] and an "Age of Conan" Strategy Board Game published by Nexus Editrice. [ [http://www.gamingreport.com/article.php?sid=21937 Nexus Editrice to publish the strategy board game] - August 8, 2006 - retrieved on February 18, 2007]

Video games

""

This version was released for the Apple II series, Amiga, Atari ST, MS-DOS and Commodore 64 in 1984.

"Conan: The Cimmerian"

This version was released for MS-DOS in 1991 by Virgin Games, Inc.

""

A version of the game programmed by System 3 was rebranded as "Conan" and released for the Nintendo Entertainment System. Published by Mindscape in 1990, this was a side scrolling game reminiscent of Castlevania.

="Conan" (2004)=

A third person perspective action adventure developed by Cauldron Software and published by TDK in 2004, "Conan - The Dark Axe" was a lengthy tale that saw Conan visit and fight in nearly all parts of the Hyborian world. The game was based primarily on R. E. Howard's stories but also paid homage to John Milius's movie, as well as to some of the Conan tales written by Lin Carter and Lion Sprague de Camp.

="Conan" (2007)=

For the Xbox 360 and Sony PlayStation 3. It was released in the US on October 23 2007. Conan is a single player, third person perspective videogame. The game combines a range of traditional video game challenges with particularly brutal and satisfying game-play. Conan offers a good variety of weapons and combos to enable the player to pull off some amazing kills, sending limbs and heads flying everywhere. The game also features the voice-acting of Ron Perlman as the Mighty Barbarian. [http://www.thq.com/games/gameinfo.php?id=1269 Conan]

""

"" is a massively multiplayer online game created by Funcom that allows players from around the world to populate the world of Hyboria and even allow them to create their own cities.Opponents include everything from scorpions to forest crawlers including Conan's famous camel.Play modes include a single player option to learn you character alone, a multiplayer mode, which is similar to Everquest and finally a player versus player siege mode. [http://community.ageofconan.com The Age of Conan]

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