Conan

 

You might have seen assorted postings on various sites about the forthcoming Conan kickstarter from Monolith Board Games.  I'm not normally tempted by crowdfunded  projects but this one caught my eye, not least due to the huge amount of stuff that comes with it.

Monolith had been looking for $80k and as of today had reached just over $1.7 million!   I went for the basic Barbarian package at $90 which includes the game plus stretch goals and these seem to be being added on a daily basis at the moment.  There are also a range of more advanced packages up to $135 for the more extravagant customers.

 

 

The game itself looks excellent and pits one player controlling the baddies against 1-4 players taking on the roles of the heroes. It does seem to be a brave attempt at capturing the feeling of the books and comes with a huge number (74 in the basic game) of very nice looking figures and scenery items as well as boards, card decks etc.  The potential for using the items in a range of other games looks very good too.

 

 

Details of the game can be found here.  The Kickstarter ends on 11th February with the game itself expected in October so time's running out!