Adventure · Fantasy

Conan

2–5 players90 minages 14medium difficulty

About the game

What is Conan

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.

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Game details

Players: 2–5
Age: +14
Duration: 90 min
Difficulty: Medium
Type: Board game
Year: 2016
Mechanics: Action Points · Area Movement · Dice Rolling
Categories: Adventure · Fantasy · Fighting
Designer: Pascal Bernard
Publisher: Monolith Board Games

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davidarribas4/10

Conan no es que no esté acabado, es que ni siquiera lo empezaron a hacer. No deja de ser un juego de escaramuzas y sinceramente, el mercado está lleno de juegos de escaramuzas de minís mejores que esto. Un juego con unos componentes sobresalientes y unas miniaturas fantásticas pero con un diseño de escenarios penoso, sin campaña o conexión argumental: cierto, Conan nunca tuvo una campaña en el cómic, cada número son aventuras individuales pero en este juego hablamos de encuentros. El sistema de activación es muy similar al de los videojuegos y es lo más nombrado del juego pero no lo veo muy