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3D box
Belit picture
Conan: Hyborian Quests, Monolith, 2015 — cover artwork sans logo (image provided by the publisher)
Belit miniature (front view)
Pictish Village - First scenario (Homemade 3D map)
Thog miniature
Zogar sag, Shevatas and necromancer miniatures
Almost finished Pict Village board
A piece of the swamp map.
Giant Snake miniature

Conan (2016)

Players
2–5
Best: 4
Playing time
90–90 min
Age
14+
7.63
Average rating
4,873
Ratings
2.79/5
Weight
#783
BGG rank
Top 1,000
Designer:Pascal Bernard, Bruno Cathala, Frédéric Henry, Croc, Ludovic Maublanc, Laurent Pouchain, Antoine Bauza
Artist:Paolo Parente, Adrian Smith, Kekai Kotaki, Xavier Gueniffey Durin, Xavier Collette, Yannick Hennebo, Georges Clarenko, Viktor Dragosani, Stéphane Simon
Publisher:Monolith Board Games
Average rating, ratings count, weight and rank are sourced from BoardGameGeek (BGG).
Game DNA
  • This game: Strategy 5, Luck 7, Interaction 9, Complexity 5.6, Theme 7
Strategy5.0
Luck7.0
Interaction9.0
Complexity5.6
Theme7.0

This game's strategy, luck, interaction, complexity and theme.

FantasyAdventureFightingMiniaturesNovel-basedAction PointsVariable Player PowersTeam-Based GameArea MovementDice RollingVariable Phase OrderPlayer Elimination

Overview

Conan, based on the Conan universe by Robert E. Howard, is a scenario-based semi-cooperative asymmetric miniatures board game. One player is the Overlord, playing the opposition forces, and the other players play Conan and his companions: Shevatas the thief, Hadrathus the Priest/Sorcerer, Belit the pirate queen, Valeria the warrior, etc. The game is based purely on Robert E. Howard's novels and short stories.

Each game is a scenario, played on a map. There are 4 maps included in the retail copy of the game, and each map can have several scenarios set on it. The game is fast, one hour approximately. It's possible to play several scenarios in a campaign, but you can also play each scenario individually. There are 9 scenarios in the base box.

At the beginning of a scenario, players choose their team (Conan and two or three other heroes). The Overlord gathers all the miniatures (picts, Necromancer, skeleton warriors, monsters, etc.), tokens, and cards from the chosen scenario. The game usually plays in a limited number of turns (ten, for instance). Each scenario can have very different objectives.

During their turn, the heroes can activate or rest. If they activate, they can spend "gems" from their energy pool to do all sorts of actions: move, fight (melee or distance), defend, pick a lock, reroll, etc. If they rest, they can move a lot of gems from their "spent" pool box to their "available" pool box. The Overlord plays differently. He uses a board with eight slidable tiles, plus his own Energy gems. Each tile corresponds to one unit (1 to 3 miniatures) on the game mat, and all of the miniature abilities are written on this tile (movement, armor, attack, special abilities). The tile position on the board corresponds to the numbers 1-8. The Overlord has a pool of energy gems and each time he activates one unit, he needs to spend a number of gems matching the tile placement.

In a typical scenario, the heroes need to accomplish something and the Overlord wins if the heroes fail to reach their objective — but in some scenarios, the Overlord has his own objectives and the Heroes win if they prevent him from accomplishing his goal.

Expansions

Conan: Khitai
Conan: Stygia
Conan: Nordheim
Conan: Collectors Box
Conan: Paolo Parente Guest box
Conan: Vanir Valkyrie
Conan: Kushite Witch Hunters
Conan: Crossbowmen
Conan: Baal-pteor
Conan: Black Dragons
Conan: The Black Ones
Conan: Sabertooth Tiger
Conan: Giant Wolves
Conan: Demon of the Earth
Conan: Yogah of Yag
Conan: Dragon
Conan: Brom Guest Box
Conan: Xavier Collette Guest Box
Corinthia: A Conan / Mythic Battles – Pantheon Crossover
Conan: The Legend of the Devil in Iron
Conan: Book of Set
Compendium: The Overlord – Tome I (fan expansion for Conan)
Compendium: The Overlord – Tome II (fan expansion for Conan)
Conan: The Monolith Sourcebook
Conan: The Conqueror
Conan: Tome of Skelos
Conan: Tales of the Red Brotherhood
Conan: The Shadow Kingdom
Conan: The Hidden Chambers
Compendium: The Overlord – Tome IV (fan expansion for Batman)
Conan: Gods of the North
Conan: Red Nails
Conan: Frazetta Box
Conan: Versus
Conan: Worms of the Earth
Conan: Shadows Over Luxur
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