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. 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[edit]
Collectible card game[edit]
Conan the Barbarian is a 5-reel video slot from the Amaya gaming platform. The video slot, which can be played on between one and nine paylines, might not be as epic as the eponymous movie starring Arnold Schwarzenegger, but it's pretty damn thrilling nonetheless.
- Conan the Barbarian has been hugely influential in the world of role playing games. The concept of the barbarian hero can be almost entirely attributed to Conan, and anything influenced by sword and sorcery epics bears the mark of the Cimmerian. Bits of Dungeons and Dragons, for example, would not exist without the character.
- Conan Exiles is an online multiplayer survival game, now with mounts and mounted combat, set in the lands of Conan the Barbarian. Enter a vast, open-world sandbox and play together with friends and strangers as you build your own home or even a shared city.
Hyborian Gates is a collectible trading card game.
Board game[edit]
Internet casino reviews. Age of Conan: The Strategy Board Game is a board game published by Fantasy Flight Games (2009)
Conan (2016) is a board game with miniatures, published in 2016 by Monolith and Asmodee. One player controls the evil creatures (Necromancer, Picts, monsters, etc) and the other players control Conan and his companions. The game launched through Kickstarter in January 2015, and released worldwide in November 2016.
Role-playing games[edit]
Conan (D&D supplements)[edit]
Capitalizing on the release of the Conan movies, TSR created two licensed Conan adventures for their Dungeons & Dragons role-playing game in 1984. The line sold very poorly and in time was discontinued; the adventures (called 'modules' in the Dungeons & Dragons community) often found their way to the bargain bin in most hobby shops but are now often prized by collectors.
- CB1 Conan Unchained!
- CB2 Conan Against Darkness!
- RS1 Red Sonja Unconquered (Although not strictly based on Conan, it features a female character adventuring through the lands of the Hyborian Age, as featured in the Conan stories).
Conan Role-Playing Game[edit]
The Conan Role-Playing Game was published by TSR, Inc. 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.
Supplements:
- CN1 Conan the Buccaneer
- CN2 Conan the Mercenary
- CN3 Conan Triumphant
GURPS Conan[edit]
GURPS Conan for the GURPS roleplaying system was produced in 1989 by Steve Jackson Games. The other GURPS Conan books were GURPS solo adventures and started a year before, with GURPS Conan: Beyond Thunder River
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- GURPS Conan: Beyond Thunder River (1988)
- GURPS Conan and the Queen of the Black Coast (1989)
- GURPS Conan: Moon of Blood (1989)
- GURPS Conan the Wyrmslayer (1989)
Conan: The Roleplaying Game[edit]
Conan: The Roleplaying Game, by Mongoose Publishing, was published under the Open Game License using a custom adaptation of the d20 System. The game comprises a 352-page rulebook (a second edition was expanded to 424 pages) and various add-on adventures and sourcebooks for both the first and second editions.
- Conan: The Roleplaying Game (hardcover, 352 pages, January 2004)
- Conan: The Roleplaying Game (Atlantean Edition, hardcover, 352 pages, August 2004: revised and corrected second printing of the original edition)
- Conan: The Roleplaying Game (Pocket Edition, softcover, January 2005)
- Conan: The Roleplaying Game (2nd Edition, hardcover, 424 pages, September 2007)
Supplements:
- Across the Thunder River
- Adventures in the Hyborian Age (2nd Edition)
- Aquilonia - Flower of the West
- Argos and Zingara
- Bestiary of the Hyborian Age (2nd Edition)
- Betrayer of Asgard (2nd Edition)
- The Black Stones of Kovag-Re
- Catacombs of Hyboria (2nd Edition)
- Cimmeria (2nd Edition)
- Cities of Hyboria (2nd Edition)
- The Coming of Hanuman
- The Compendium
- Faith and Fervour
- The Free Companies
- Game Master's Screen
- The Heretics of Tarantia
- Hyboria's Fallen - Pirates, Thieves and Temptresses
- Hyboria's Fiercest - Barbarians, Borderers and Nomads
- Hyboria's Finest - Nobles, Scholars and Soldiers
- Khitai (2nd Edition)
- The Lurking Terror of Nahab
- Messantia - City of Riches
- The Pirate Isles
- Player's Guide to the Hyborian Age (2nd Edition)
- Reavers of the Vilayet
- Return to the Road of Kings (The Road of Kings 2nd Edition)
- The Road of Kings
- Ruins of Hyboria
- The Scrolls of Skelos
- The Secrets of Skelos (The Scrolls of Skelos 2nd Edition)
- Shadizar - City of Wickedness
- Shem - Gateway to the South
- Stygia - Serpent of the South
- Tales of the Black Kingdoms
- Tito's Trading Post
- The Tower of the Elephant
- Trial of Blood (2nd Edition)
- The Warrior's Companion (2nd Edition)
Robert E. Howard's Conan: Adventures in an Age Undreamed Of[edit]
Conan: Adventures in an Age Undreamed Of, by Modiphius Entertainment, is the role-playing game currently officially licensed from Conan Properties Inc. The main game consists of a 368-page full colour hardcover book using the innovative 2d20 system. The game was launched in 2017 through a hugely successful Kickstarter crowd-funding campaign, and since then, a number of supplements have been published in book form:
- Player's Guide
- Conan the Thief
- Perilous Ruins & Forgotten Cities
- Blessing of Mitra
- Conan the Barbarian
- Conan the Mercenary
- The Book of Skelos
- Jeweled Thrones of the Earth
- Forbidden Places & Pits of Horror
- Conan the Pirate
- Horrors of the Hyborian Age
- Conan the Brigand
- Nameless Cults
- Ancient Ruins & Cursed Cities
Miniatures and strategy games[edit]
Hyborian War is a play-by-mail strategy game published by Reality Simulations as of 1985. The game gives players strategic control of a Hyborian nation.[1]
There is also an Age of ConanStrategy Board Game published by Nexus Editrice.[2]
Video games[edit]
Conan The Barbarian 1982 Free
Conan: Hall of Volta[edit]
Conan: Hall of Volta was released for the Apple II series, Atari 8-bit family, and Commodore 64 in 1984.
Conan: The Cimmerian[edit]
- Player's Guide
- Conan the Thief
- Perilous Ruins & Forgotten Cities
- Blessing of Mitra
- Conan the Barbarian
- Conan the Mercenary
- The Book of Skelos
- Jeweled Thrones of the Earth
- Forbidden Places & Pits of Horror
- Conan the Pirate
- Horrors of the Hyborian Age
- Conan the Brigand
- Nameless Cults
- Ancient Ruins & Cursed Cities
Miniatures and strategy games[edit]
Hyborian War is a play-by-mail strategy game published by Reality Simulations as of 1985. The game gives players strategic control of a Hyborian nation.[1]
There is also an Age of ConanStrategy Board Game published by Nexus Editrice.[2]
Video games[edit]
Conan The Barbarian 1982 Free
Conan: Hall of Volta[edit]
Conan: Hall of Volta was released for the Apple II series, Atari 8-bit family, and Commodore 64 in 1984.
Conan: The Cimmerian[edit]
This version was released for MS-DOS and Amiga in 1991 by Virgin Games, Inc.
Conan: The Mysteries of Time[edit]
A version of the game Myth: History in the Making programmed by System 3 was rebranded as Conan: The Mysteries of Time and released for the Nintendo Entertainment System. Published by Mindscape in 1990, this was a side scrolling game reminiscent of Castlevania.
Conan (2004)[edit]
Conan (2004) is 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)[edit]
For the Xbox 360 and Sony PlayStation 3. It was released in the US on October 23, 2007. Conan (2007) is a single player, third-person perspective videogame. The game combines a range of traditional video game challenges with a focus on particularly brutal game-play featuring decapitations and dismemberment. The game also features the voice-acting of Ron Perlman as Conan.
Age of Conan: Unchained[edit]
Age of Conan: Unchained is an MMORPG created by Funcom. In addition to typical MMO gameplay, it features PvP siege gameplay where players build and attack each others' cities.
Conan: Tower of the Elephant[edit]
Conan: Tower of the Elephant is a game made for the iOS by Chillingo Ltd.[3]
Conan Exiles[edit]
Conan Exiles is an open-world survival game made for the PC, PS4 and Xbox One made by Funcom.[4] The playable character is a player created character who is rescued by Conan.[5]
Age of Hyboria[edit]
Age of Hyboria is a strategy videogame based on the world of Conan the barbarian for PC. It is currently being developed and there is a playable demo.[6]
Conan Unconquered[edit]
Conan Unconquered is a real-time survival strategy game set in the barbaric world of Conan the Barbarian where you must build your stronghold and assemble an unconquerable army to survive the savage hordes of Hyboria. Conan Unconquered was released on 29 May 2019.[7]
References[edit]
- ^[1] - Retrieved on 2012-09-17
- ^Nexus Editrice to publish the strategy board game - August 8, 2006 - retrieved on February 18, 2007
- ^Conan: Tower of the Elephant's official site
- ^Official Site for Conan Exiles
- ^Developer Diary #1 - An Introduction to Conan Exiles - January 29th, 2016 - retrieved on March 16th, 2016
- ^https://gamejolt.com/games/AgeOfHyboria/330052
- ^https://www.conanunconquered.com
Today, developer Mighty Kingdom and publisher Funcom announced that the latter's new Conan the Barbarian game will release next year. More specifically, the pair revealed that Mighty Kingdom's four-player action-adventure game set in the Conan the Barbarian universe, dubbed Conan Chop Chop, will hit PS4, Nintendo Switch, Xbox One, and PC (via Steam) on February 25, 2020. At the moment of publishing, it's currently unclear how much the game will cost, but a budget-friendly price point is expected.
Meanwhile, the pair also released a brand new trailer -- pictured above -- showing of the game's four-player action-adventure gameplay, its charming chibi stick figures, and some of its like rogue-like elements that are designed to keep players playing.
'Conan Chop Chop is the most epic and realistic stick figure game ever to be set in the world of Conan the Barbarian, thus there will be an excessive amount of gore and flying limbs. Be warned that this may in turn lead to uncontrollable outbursts of joy and/or profanities, usually depending on which end of the sword you are on.'
Conan Chop Chop will be available on PS4, Xbox One, PC, and Nintendo Switch when it releases. At the moment of publishing, there's been no word of a Google Stadia port or any other additional ports.
Below, you can read more about the game, courtesy of an official story synopsis provided by Funcom:
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comments'The treacherous wizard Thoth-Amon has devised a plan to resurrect the ancient evil that is Xaltotun. If he succeeds, he will condemn the world to an eternity of darkness and enslavement. Only you can stop him, but in order to do so you must use all your cunning. All your guile. You must summon all your courage and swordsmanship. You must… Chop Chop!'
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