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Title: Conan Rpg by Paul Tucker, Ian Sturrock ISBN: 1-904577-69-5 Publisher: Mongoose Pub. Date: January, 2004 Format: Hardcover Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $49.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 3.67 (3 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: Conan done right
Comment: Finally, someone has done the Hyborian Age justice. Yes, here are typos. Ok, lots of mistakes actually, but nothing critical and the fabulous online support on the Mongoose.com site makes up for it. I'm sure the second printing won't be all chewed up.
Thats the bad... heres the good...
This book captures Howards Hyborian Age and this work drips with flavor. The D20 rule tweaks in this OGL game are excellent. The artwork is amazing! Best of all, this book is PACKED with information.
The $50 price tag is steep, especially considering the amount of mistakes inside the book, but it was worth every penny. I LOVE this book and so far the only supporting book "Scrolls of Skelos" is just as good.
For this, I give it 5 stars!
Rating: 3
Summary: Poor editing and price, but still worth it for Conan fans.
Comment: The new Conan RPG from Mongoose publishing is an Open Gaming License (OGL) Roleplaying Game, based off of the D20 core ruleset used by Wizards of the Coast in the Third and Third Revised Editions of Dungeons and Dragons. Conan, of course, is a fictional barbarian hero created by Robert Howard in the 1920s and 1930s.
The good:
- Snippets of text from Conan stories as background information and justification for rules all throughout the book. They really emphasize the flavor and Robert Howard's exciting and action packed writing style.
- The rules do Conan better than I ever thought they could. Even if I didn't like Conan, this is the game I always wanted Dungeons and Dragons - or any fantasy roleplaying, for that matter - to be. I may never play Dungeons and Dragons again. Characters become truly powerful, but not superheroic, as time goes on. Magic and Sorcerors do not dominate the setting, although an evil Sorceror is still a deadly foe. (The magic is not like standard Dungeons and Dragons spellcasting at all.)
- The setting information is thorough and complete, including Robert Howard's thorough essay on the world of Hyboria.
- The book does not require possession of any other Open Gaming License or D20 products for use, although as the game rules are a little complicated it will take someone new to OGL or D20 a while to get started.
The bad:
- The snippets of text to add flavor throughout the book do not list which Conan story is their source. If a particular passage catches your eye and you want to read the rest of that tale, good luck finding out which Conan tale it is.
- The editing is poor. The biggest mistake is the occurence of 'lb.'. I'm guessing someone realized that 'lb.' is the proper abbreviation for pound and did a global replace on 'lb' without thinking it through and realizing that words like elbow and hellbent would become elb.ow and hellb.ent. The OGL feat Whirlwind is listed but never detailed - no problem for someone used to other OGL games, but a nuisance for everyone else. Other minor gaffs abound. There are some questions with the rules for feinting and modifiers to defense by parrying that are unclear.
- Every page has a picture of a scantily clad woman in the border. I have no personal moral objection to such depictions. Still, removing them would probably have saved the publisher and hopefully the buyer a lot of money on pages and ink, and some potential buyers or players will find the pictures offensive.
- It's expensive. I obtained a copy for $30 including shipping and consider it well worth the cost, but I am a big fan of the Howard Conan stories.
- The D20 or OGL ruleset is relatively complicated as far as Roleplaying games go. While I think the tweaks to fit Conan are positively top notch, someone looking for a simpler gaming experience might look elsewhere.
Rating: 3
Summary: Disappointing work from Mongoose!
Comment: Mongoose sure dropped the ball on this one. Whatever happened to the concept of editing and proof reading guys? This book is filled with typos and errors. Tables don't match given text and text doesn't fit with examples, this list goes on and on. There are also instances where in looks like passages were just cut and pasted from the d20 SDR! On a positive note, the background given on Hyborian world is both rich and extensive but not worth the $50 price tag.
Save your money until the second printing comes out. Hopefully Mongoose will have thier act together by then.
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