Conan the Barbarian Roleplaying Game Crushes Its Enemies on Kickstarter!
David Gelmini
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The prayers to Crom were clearly answered! The upcoming Conan the Barbarian Roleplaying Game reached its £45,000 Kickstarter goal in just over two hours and is now at an incredible £152,852, more than three times what it set out to achieve, with nearly one month remaining. As Mako said: “Wealth can be wonderful.”
They’ve also got tons of writers and artists who’ve been involved with the franchise over the years, so this should be the definitive Conan experience.
Along with the upcoming Conan Exiles game, it looks like Robert E. Howard’s legendary creation will finally be reaching a whole new audience. Conan really will become a king by his own hand.
Synopsis:
Conan roleplaying as Robert E. Howard wrote it – savage pulp adventure battling ancient horrors in the Hyborian Age…
This Kickstarter will help fund one of the biggest lineups of major artists ever for a roleplaying game. Each book is a beautiful high quality hard cover book featuring a major commissioned cover art by one of the legendary names we have assembled along with truly authentic and evocative content by industry veterans and newcomers… all under the watchful eye of world-renowned Conan experts and scholars including Jeffrey Shanks, Patrice Louinet and Mark Finn, working together to bring you the most authentic Conan roleplaying experience yet, focusing exclusively on Robert E. Howard’s original stories.
Featuring Modiphius’ 2d20 game system, also seen in the Mutant Chronicles, Infinity, and John Carter Warlord of Mars RPGs. Try it out!
Artists assembled for this grand task include:
- Brom (Dark Sun, Magic: The Gathering, Alternity, Forgotten Realms, Planescape, Deadlands)
- Sanjulian (Conan Ace Paperbacks, Vampirella, Eerie, Creepy)
- Carl Critchlow (Batman/Judge Dredd, Anderson: Psi Division)
- Simon Bisley (Slaine, Lobo, Batman and Heavy Metal, Conan the Savage and Conan the Avenger)
- Paolo Parente (Dark Horse, Dust, Rackham, Magic: The Gathering, Mutant Chronicles, Monolith’s Conan, Lord of the Rings RPG)
- Aleksi Briclot (Mage, Vampire, C.O.P.S., Conan: Road of Kings)
- Val Mayerik (Marvel’s Conan the Barbarian and the Savage Sword of Conan, Brak the Barbarian, Throngor, The Living Mummy, Man-Thing and Eeerie, Dungeons & Dragons, Magic: The Gathering and Warhammer Fantasy Roleplay)
- Daren Bader (Magic: The Gathering, World of Warcraft, Pathfinder RPG, Art Director for Rockstar San Diego on Red Dead Redemption)
- Liam Sharp (Judge Dredd, X-Men, Hulk & Spider-Man for Marvel, Superman & Batman for DC Comics and Spawn: The Dark Ages for Todd McFarlane, Fran Frazetta’s Death Dealer, Red Sonja: One More Day)
- 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)
- Tomas Giorello (Conan The Cimmerian, King Conan, 2013 Robert E. Howard Foundation Award for Artistic Achievement)
- Esteban Maroto (Conan Ace paperback illustrations, Savage Sword of Conan, Red Sonja, Eerie, Creepy and Vampirella)
- Tom Grindberg (Conan, Savage Sword of Conan, Conan Saga, Judge Dredd, ERB’s Back to the Stone Age)
- Jose Villarrubia, one of the top colorists in the business (various Dark Horse Conan titles including the award-winning King Conan, Alan Moore’s Promethea, Dynamite’s Red Sonja, and many more)
- Giogio Baroni (Dust Adventures, Achtung! Cthulhu)
- Jose Esteras (Conan Roleplaying Game, Infinity Roleplaying Game, Airfix Battles)
PLUS: Jorge Barrero, Josh Hass & Michael Syrigos
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