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.
- 1Board games
- 2Role-playing games
- 4Video games
Board games[edit]
Conan Edogawa (江戸川 コナン,Edogawa Konan) is the alias used by Shinichi Kudo in his shrunken form. Indeed, he took the appearance of a 7 years old boy after being forced to swallow a poison, a prototype called the APTX 4869, by two men in black later revealed to be members of the Black Organization.
- Conan Exiles is a survival video game developed and published by Funcom for Microsoft Windows, PlayStation 4, and Xbox One.The game is set in the world of Conan the Barbarian, with the custom playable character being rescued by Conan, beginning their journey.
- Welcome to the Conan Exiles Wiki. Conan Exiles is a PvPvE survival video game developed and published by Funcom for Microsoft Windows, PlayStation 4, and Xbox One. The game is set in the world of Conan the Barbarian, with the custom playable character being rescued by Conan, beginning their journey. Early access versions of the game were released in 2017, with the official release date for all.
- The Official and #1 Conan Exiles Wiki, an open-world survival game in the brutal lands of conan the barbarian! Keep up to date on game speculation, as well as information on crafting, building, combat, exploration and more!
- Conan: The Roleplaying Game is a sword and sorcery British role-playing game based on the D20 System first published in January 2004 by Mongoose Publishing, mainly designed by Ian Sturrock and set in the fictional Hyborian Age of Conan the Barbarian, created by Robert E. Howard in the 1930s.
Collectible card game[edit]
Hyborian Gates is a collectible trading card game.
Board game[edit]
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
Supplements:
- 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 through a hugely successful Kickstarter crowd-funding campaign.
List of upcoming supplements:
- 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
- Conan Board Game Sourcebook
- Beasts of the Hyborian Age
- Conan the Brigand
- Nameless Cults
- Conan the Wanderer
- Ancient Ruins & Cursed Cities
- Conan the Adventurer
- Conan the Scout
- Conan the King
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 a slated Age of ConanFantasy Battle Game in development by Mongoose Publishing[2] and an Age of ConanStrategy Board Game published by Nexus Editrice.[3]
In January 2015, a new Conan miniatures boardgame will be launched through Kickstarter. Conan:Hyborian Quests, published by a Monolith, is based on Robert E. Howard's short stories, and opposes one player controlling the evil forces to the heroes, played by 2 to 4 players, controlling Conan and his companions.
Video games[edit]
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]
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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 particularly brutal and satisfying game-play. Conan offers a good variety of weapons and combos to enable the player to pull off some amazing kills, sending limbs and heads flying everywhere. The game also features the voice-acting of Ron Perlman as the Mighty Barbarian.
Age of Conan: Unchained[edit]
Age of Conan: Unchained is a massively multiplayer online game created by Funcom that allows players from around the world to populate the world of Hyboria and even allow them to create their own cities.Opponents include everything from scorpions to forest crawlers including Conan's famous camel.Play modes include a single player option to learn you character alone, a multiplayer mode, which is similar to EverQuest and finally a player versus player siege mode.The Age of Conan
Conan: Tower of the Elephant[edit]
Conan: Tower of the Elephant is a game made for the iOS by Chillingo Ltd. [4]
Conan Exiles[edit]
Conan Exiles is an open-world survival game made for the PC, PS4 and Xbox One made by Funcom.[5] The playable character is a player created character who is rescued by Conan.[6]
Age of Hyboria[edit]
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Age of Hyboria is a strategy videogame based on the world of Conan the barbarian for PC, its currently being developed and there is a playable demo[7].
References[edit]
- ^[1] - Retrieved on 2012-09-17
- ^Age Of Conan: Fantasy Battle Game from Mongoose PublishingArchived 2008-01-28 at the Wayback Machine - June 1, 2006 - retrieved on January 25, 2007
- ^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
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Conan Exiles | |
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Developer(s) | Funcom |
Publisher(s) | Funcom |
Director(s) | Joel Bylos |
Composer(s) | Knut Avenstroup Haugen |
Engine | Unreal Engine 4 |
Platform(s) | |
Release | May 8, 2018 |
Genre(s) | Action-adventure, survival |
Mode(s) | Single-player, multiplayer |
Conan Exiles is a survival video game developed and published by Funcom for Microsoft Windows, PlayStation 4, and Xbox One. The game is set in the world of Conan the Barbarian, with the custom playable character being rescued by Conan, beginning their journey. Early access versions of the game were released in early 2017, officially leaving early access on May 8, 2018.[1]
- 1Gameplay
- 2Reception
Gameplay[edit]
The most basic premise of Conan Exiles is survival in the fictional prehistoric Hyborian Age.[2]Player characters begin convicted of various crimes, sentenced to death, and are crucified under the scorching desert sun. The player is rescued by Conan, however, and as an exile must now navigate a harsh desert landscape, appropriately titled The Exiled Lands. Though large, this was initially the only biome available for exploration. A later update added a biome called The Frozen North, which added new elements to build, new armors and a whole new land to explore. It also added Star metal which is used to build strong armor, and better tools and weapons. An additional biome, The Highlands, was added in 2017. A high-level Volcano area followed in Q2 2018 in the northern-most region of the game map. This newest addition also added Obsidian, used to create powerful tools and weapons rivaling their Star Metal counterparts. According to Funcomcommunity manager, Jens Erik, the finished game is around 53 km2.[3]
Character creation[edit]
Conan Exiles features a fair number of customization options such as gender, voice, and several physical attribute sliders for both head and body. Many races may be chosen from including, Cimmerian, Stygian, Hyborian, Nordheimer, and more. More controversially, sliders for both breast and penis size are also available, the latter being censored in North America by the ESRB.
Religion plays an important role in Conan Exiles. Players may initially swear allegiance to one of six pantheon gods, Set, Yog, Mitra, Ymir, Derketo, or Crom. All of the religions can later be learned from NPCs in-game, with the exception of Crom, as choosing this is the equivalent of choosing none at all, and is not represented by any in-game benefit. An additional deity, Jhebbal Sag, may be acquired only by speaking with a non-player character (NPC) and completing a certain dungeon. The player may then use any combination of their benefits at any given time, which mainly consists of special crafting recipes. Upon gathering enough offerings specific to each deity, their avatar may also be summoned by the player as a pinnacle form of offense, most commonly against other player bases.
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Mechanics[edit]
Utilizing natural resources, the player must manage hunger and thirst gauges in addition to warding off hostile enemies, including other players if participating on a PvP server. NPC enemies include savannah and delta fauna such as crocodiles, hyenas, rhinoceroses, and more. Fictional creatures such as dragons, dinosaur-like 'shalebacks', and various undead also populate The Exiled Lands. A number of aggressive human NPCs exist in small encampments, villages, and the small city. These human NPCs may be captured using Conan Exiles'sthrall system. Depending on their profession and rank, captured thralls can provide a number of benefits to the player including faster crafting speeds, reduced material costs, exclusive crafting recipes, and melee or ranged defense. As of a 2018 update, pets were added to the game, allowing animals to be captured in the wild in the form of baby animals or eggs, and raised as travel companions or player home defense. A mount system was planned for the game, but was not included in the game's release due to console performance limitations. As of April 2019, the mount system has yet to be implemented.
Progression[edit]
Experience points are earned through successful combat, gathering, and crafting, as well as small amounts simply with the passing of time. Though lacking a formal class system, each level-up allows a degree of customization through the selection of attribute points and crafting recipes.
Backstory[edit]
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The history of the Exiled Lands is revealed to the player by Warmaker Klael, one of the Giantkings, the ancient rulers of the Exiled Lands. Klael reveals that the humans once came to the giantkings as refugees, and the giantkings offered the humans the frozen wastelands of the North to settle. The humans built a city among the trees and practiced weird sciences and worshiped demon gods. There was peace and trade for a thousand years between the humans and giantkings. However due to human greed, war eventually broke out. When the war began, the giantkings created the bracelet, adorned by all players to bend the will of the human prisoners of war, allow them to understand the language of giantkings, and to prevent the humans from escaping. They came to rely on human prisoners to fight and labor for the giantkings. The warmaker is now unsure of the bracelets new purpose. Near the end of the war, humans revealed a new weapon, forged of science, smashing through troops and encasing the survivors in stone. In desperation, the giantkings created the ritual that summoned the Sandstorm, which scorched and destroyed everything in its path. This is why most of the exiled lands are now a desert like waste. Now all the giantkings are dead, except Warmaker Klael. After thousands of years, Conan comes to speak with the Warmaker and goes to search for the Serpent Ring of Set.
Reception[edit]
Early access[edit]
In the first week of Conan Exiles's early access release on Steam, it sold over 320,000 copies.[4] Within the first 28 days, it had sold over 480,000 net copies (after returns and chargebacks), which was 7,000 short of the amount Funcom had projected to sell in the first year.[5] As of May 2018, the game has sold over 1 million copies.[6]
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Accolades[edit]
Conan Exiles received 'mixed or average' reviews on all platforms, according to review aggregator Metacritic.[7][8][9]
References[edit]
- ^Romano, Sal. 'Conan Exiles launches for PS4, Xbox One, and PC in early 2018, published by Koch Media'. Gematsu. Retrieved 21 August 2017.
- ^Funcom (2017). 'The Game'. Retrieved 12 February 2017.
- ^Erik, Jens (6 January 2017). 'Map Size?'. Retrieved 12 February 2017.
- ^Makuch, Eddie (10 February 2017). 'Conan Exiles Sells 320,000 Copies In One Week, Mod Tools Released'. GameSpot. Retrieved 12 February 2017.
- ^'Funcom's Fourth Quarter Financial Report for 2016, pg.3'(PDF). Retrieved 27 February 2017.
- ^'Conan Exiles Out Today, Over 1 Million Sold'. 8 May 2018.
- ^'Conan Exiles for PlayStation 4 Reviews'. Metacritic. Retrieved 8 January 2019.
- ^'Conan Exiles for Xbox One Reviews'. Metacritic. Retrieved 8 January 2019.
- ^'Conan Exiles for PC Reviews'. Metacritic. Retrieved 8 January 2019.
External links[edit]
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