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By Crom! Conan RPG Core Book and Jeweled Thrones are now available!

Modiphius Entertainment has announced athe first two releases for our Conan roleplaying game, the Conan: Adventures in an Age Undreamed Of core book, and Jeweled Thrones of the Earth, its first major adventure supplement

Conan: Adventures in an Age Undreamed Of core book, and Jeweled Thrones of the Earth
are now available in PDF form from Modiphius.net. There’s also still time for Conan fans to join in with some of the bigger Conan RPG Kickstarter pledges! Both books will be available in print later this spring once the Kickstarter ships and if you purchase the PDF’s, you qualify for a discount on the hardcopies.

Robert E. Howard’s Conan: Adventures in an Age Undreamed Of takes you into the world of Conan the Barbarian, where heroes raise blood-spattered swords against dire sorcery, exotic lands beckon to the daring, danger and treasure lurks in forgotten ruins, and where loathsome creatures haunt the spaces beneath the earth… as well as in the throne-rooms of mighty kingdoms! Seek your fortune in forbidden tombs or upon blood-soaked battlefields. Cast dark and terrible spells of unimaginable power, at the price of your soul. Sail upon untamed seas to lands where no human in living memory has walked. Fight for the fate of civilization – or barbarism – on a savage frontier!

  • Complete 2d20 game system, including combat, skills, talents, sorcery, and equipment suitable for adventuring in Robert E. Howard’s Hyborian Age.
  • An extensive gazetteer covering the whole of Conan’s world: featuring fair Aquilonia, gloomy Cimmeria and magic-haunted Stygia, and the far-off steaming jungles of Khitai.
  • Extensive guidelines for running scenarios and campaigns in the Hyborian Age, allowing gamemasters to create thrilling Howardian adventures.
  • Fearsome foes, ranging from bandits and sorcerers, to apes and giant serpents, Children of Set to frost giants, forest devils, and characters of renown such as Conan and his most deadly foe, Thoth-Amon.

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Jeweled Thrones of the Earth presents six complete and ready-to-play adventures for Robert E. Howard’s Conan: Adventures in an Age Undreamed Of. Within these pages gamemasters will find the means to take heroes across the whole of Conan’s world.

  • Explore a lost city in the steaming jungles of the south and dare to face the Feathered Ape, as well as other menaces in Devils Among Green Stars.
  • Sail across the eons to an island enthralled by a demon-goddess, and attempt to escape the hand of fate in The Pact of Xiabalba.
  • Seek unimaginable wealth within The Caves of the Dero, whose denizens harbor a terrifying secret.
  • Defend the frontier against an attack by Picts, spurred to war by an ancient evil known only as The Ghost of Thunder River.
  • Discover the secrets of a sinister thief-cult hidden within the heart of a city, watched over by The Thousand Eyes of Aumag-Bel.
  • Fight slavers in a desperate battle to win freedom and escape the horrors of The Red Pit.
  • Uncover a degenerate race lost to the desert and time, in The Seethers in the Sand.
  • Guidelines for linking these adventures together into complete campaigns.
  • Scattered Jewels… a dozen exciting adventure seeds to help spur further exploits.

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Conan: Adventures in an Age Undreamed Of is Conan roleplaying as Robert E. Howard wrote it – savage pulp adventure battling ancient horrors in the Hyborian Age. After a hugely successful Kickstarter campaign which raised £436K from over 4,300 backers, it now has over 20 planned source books and adventures in prospect including The Book of Skelos, Conan The Thief, and Beasts of the Hyborian Age, as well as dice and tile sets, posters, maps, dice trays and the limited Edition Conqueror’s Edition bag.

With a team of iconic fantasy and Conan artists, including Brom, Tim Truman, Simon Bisley, Esteban Sanjulian, Maroto, Mark Schultz, Tomás Giorello, it was developed in close consultation with award-winning Conan scholars, making it the most authentic roleplaying depiction of Conan and his world ever published.

BROM Cover Art for Conan!

Brom is an iconic name in fantasy gaming and literature. Well known for his work on the Dark Sun setting for Dungeons & Dragons, he also contributed to Magic: The Gathering, Alternity, Forgotten Realms, Planescape and Deadlands. His covers have graced Michael Moorcock, Anne McCaffrey and Terry Brook’s novels. Brom went on to work as a concept artist for movies like Sleepy Hollow and Van Helsing as well as illustrating DC, Chaos! and Dark Horse Comics.

When the new Conan roleplaying game was first announced early in 2015, Brom was unavailable but with the delay in launching, Brom was able to fit the cover in to his schedule. The original art by Sanjulian will take its proud place amongst the other mighty covers by Carl Critchlow, Mark Schultz, Tim Truman, Phroilan Gardner, Alex Horley, Tomas Giorello and others soon to be announced.

Robert E Howard’s Conan Roleplaying Game has been in development for the last year and promises all manner of adventure for those who join the Kickstarter launching soon. The campaign will unlock a wide range of high quality full colour hardback books, each cover featuring a maor Conan artist, accessories including beautiful dice and stunning collector’s items.

Jeff Shanks, award-winning Robert E. Howard scholar and essayist has been hard at work guiding the Modiphius team for the last year.

Tread the jeweled thrones of the earth or die in towers of spider-haunted mystery. Crom cares not!

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Robert E. Howard’s Conan RPG Announced!

conan rpgModiphius has announced a licensing deal with Conan Properties to publish Robert E. Howard’s Conan Adventures In An Age Undreamed Of. This is a Conan roleplaying as Robert E. Howard wrote it – savage pulp adventure battling ancient horrors in the Hyborian Age! We plan to bring the game right back to its roots, focusing on the original stories by Robert E. Howard.

Modiphius has scored a leading team of Hyborian Age scribes to chronicle these adventures including Timothy Brown (designer of the Dark Sun setting for Dungeons & Dragons), award-winning Robert E. Howard scholar and essayist Jeffrey Shanks (Conan Meets the Academy, REH: Two-Gun Raconteur, Critical Insights: Pulp Fiction, The Dark Man: The Journal of REH Studies, Zombies from the Pulps!), Jason Durall (Basic Roleplaying, Serenity, The Laundry), Chris Lites (Paizo, Savage Worlds, Omni, Slate), and many more to be announced.

Players and GM’s alike will feel the might of the 2d20 game system, the cinematic roleplaying rules devised by Jay Little (Star Wars: Edge of the Empire) for Mutant Chronicles, and sharpened up for intense sword and sorcery action. The 2d20 system lets players experience the true pulp adventure of the Conan stories.

Howard expert Jeffrey Shanks will approve all content, ensuring it remains true to the spirit of the source material and brings the Hyborian Age to life. World-famous Conan artist Sanjulian (Conan Ace Paperbacks, Vampirella, Eerie, Creepy) has been commissioned, as well as Carl Critchlow (Batman/Judge Dredd, Anderson: Psi Division). Joining them are other Conan greats such as Mark Schultz (The Coming of Conan, Xenozoic Tales, Prince Valiant), Tim Truman (Dark Horse Conan, Grimjack, Jonah Hex), Phroilan Gardner (Age of Conan, World of Warcraft), Alex Horley (Blizzard, Heavy Metal, Magic: The Gathering) and many more.

Modiphius is working with other Conan Properties licensing partners including Monolith Board Games, creator of the hit Conan boardgame which has surpassed $2 million on Kickstarter, and Funcom, creator of the long-running, free-to-play, MMO Age of Conan. Modiphius plans some select supplements including missions designed for the Monolith boardgame, as well as floorplan tile sets allowing you to use Conan miniatures in your roleplaying adventures!

Modiphius is already working on the roleplaying corebook for Robert E. Howard’s Conan Adventures In An Age Undreamed Of to be released this Fall. A Kickstarter is planned for the summer to fund a larger range of roleplaying supplements, campaigns, and accessories to follow the core book.