Conan: The Roleplaying Game

Conan: The Roleplaying Game

Conan: The Roleplaying Game
First Edition cover (2004)
Illustration by Chris Quilliams (2003)
Designer(s) 1st edition (2004): Ian Sturrock, Paul Tucker, Harvey Barker & Vincent Darlage
2nd edition (2007): Ian Sturrock, Paul Tucker, Harvey Barker, Vincent Darlage & Gareth Hanrahan
Publisher(s) Mongoose Publishing
Publication date 2004
Genre(s) Sword and sorcery
System(s) D20 System/OGL System

Conan: The Roleplaying Game is a sword and sorcery British role-playing game first published in January 2004 by Mongoose Publishing,[1] mainly designed by Ian Sturrock and set in the fictional Hyborian Age of Conan the Barbarian, created by Robert E. Howard in the 1930s.

Development

The project of the game started in Mongoose Publishing when the British company acquired in 2003 a license for a Conan role-playing game. In December 2003 the first printing was ready and the publication and distribution of the game started in January 2004. This first printing of the core rulebook was published including an illustration map of the Thurian continent during the Hyborian Age, painted by Spanish artist Jesús Barony, but very soon in 2004, in August, a reprint of the first edition was released, subtitled as the Atlantean Edition,[2] and Barony's map was replaced by another one, this time made by the well-known American cartographer Clayton Bunce. Bunce's map was included as an illustration among the pages of the Atlantean Edition rulebook and almost simultaneously released (in a folded poster format) with the Conan gamemaster's screen. A second edition of the game was published in 2007,[3] with numerous supplements compatible with both editions and finally, in 2010, Mongoose dropped the license and stopped the line of all its Conan gaming products.

Translations

During the game publication's run the Atlantean Edition was translated into Spanish, in Spain, by the Spanish publishing house Edge Entertainment in 2005[4] and into French, in France, by the UbIK editor (based in Toulouse) in 2007.[5] The following year, in September 2008, both editors, the French UbIK and the Spanish Edge Entertainment, folded in a single company, but the French partner moved its headquarters from France to Spain and adopted the Spanish name as Edge Entertainment France.[6]

In addition to the Spanish and French translations, in 2006 the Atlantean Edition was also translated into Italian (as Conan il gioco di ruolo) by the publishing houses Stratelibri and Wyrd Edizioni.

Setting

Main article: Hyborian Age

The core rulebooks include an important volume of useful information and data dealing with the world of Conan, sourced on Howard's material and literature.

System

The main game mechanics is based on the so-called OGL System, a Mongoose adaptation of the D20 System for a series of role-playing games.

Core rulebooks and supplements

                    
First Edition (January 2004)        Atlantean Edition (August 2004)        Pocket Edition (January 2005)        Second Edition (September 2007)

Core rulebooks

Supplements

See also

References

  1. ↑ Ian Sturrock, Paul Tucker, Harvey Barker and Vincent Darlage, Conan: The Roleplaying Game, Mongoose Publishing, Swindon (England), 1st Edition: January 2004, cover art by Chris Quilliams, map by Jesús Barony, inner illustrations by Andrew J. Hepworth, Warren Mahy, Danilo Moretti, Chris Quilliams, Jason Rosenstock, Chad Sergesketter, Ronald Smith, Vebjorn Strommen and Alejandro Villén Real, hardcover, 352 p., ISBN 1-904577-69-5
  2. ↑ Conan: The Roleplaying Game - Atlantean Edition, as mentioned in Waynes Books, a specialized website
  3. ↑ Ian Sturrock, Paul Tucker, Harvey Barker, Vincent Darlage and Gareth Hanrahan, Conan: The Roleplaying Game - Second Edition, Mongoose Publishing, Swindon (England), 2nd Edition: September 2007, cover art by Chris Quilliams, map by Clayton Bunce, inner illustrations by Andrew J. Hepworth, Warren Mahy, Danilo Moretti, Chris Quilliams, Jason Rosenstock, Chad Sergesketter, Ronald Smith, Vebjorn Strommen and Alejandro Villén Real, hardcover, 1.4 x 8.3 x 10.8 inches, 424 p., ISBN 978-1905850068
  4. ↑ STURROCK Ian, Conan, el juego de rol; edición atlántea, Edge Entertainment, Seville, February 2005, translated from English into Spanish by Antonio Rico, 352 p., 27x21 cm, hardcover, ISBN 84-95830-47-7
  5. ↑ Ian Sturrock, Paul Tucker, Harvey Barker and Vincent Darlage, Conan, le jeu de rôle ; édition atlante, UbIK, Toulouse (France), May 2007, translated from English into French by Guilhem Arbaret, Sandy Julien, Dominique Lacrouts, Geoffrey Picard and Jérôme Vessiere, hardcover, 352 p., ISBN 978-84-95830-47-0
  6. ↑ Archived: on October 1, 2008, Edge Entertainment Spain announces its fusion with the French UbIK publishing house
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