Conan: Hyborian Quests

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**JohnHwangDD**

But what if I want to run Belit, Savage Belit *and* not-Sonja as my team?

**highlord tamburlaine**

You could do a triple Belit team if you get the Brom box.

Almost as fun as multiple Conans vs Conans.

Now all I need are a pile of Bruce Lees from Dragon Tides, and we can have the clones of Bruce Lee versus time traveling Conans in an all out skirmish battle. Naturally the real ones would have to team up in the end to defeat self- aware robots sent from the future that have allied with invisible alien hunters...

Heck, that wouldn't be that far of a stretch for some of those terminator crossovers...

**JohnHwangDD**

I'm just hoping for a full team of 4 girls at the base Barbarian level:
2 Belits
Akivasha as Hero
+1 more girl

**Theophony**

Frost giant expansion just announced. On my phone right now, can't repaste right now.

**highlord tamburlaine**

According to the update, the expansion for 50 bucks contains-

Niord, Aesir Hero
5 Aesir warrior allies
10 Vanir warrior Minions
Atali, the daughter of Ymir, the frost-giant, Leader
Atali's Brothers, 2 frost giant monsters
5 Monstrous Crow minions
1 double sided game board (Frozen battlefield and deep winter forest)
4 scenarios written by Croc and Sippik
Token, tiles and Character sheets.

And is written by Croc, the dude who did Claustrophobia (which is a cool game too).

This one I may end up grabbing. A bit more variety in what we get in terms of figures.

**Alpharius**

Oh boy...

That may have just tipped me over into joining up...

Especially if I can pledge (x) now, with (x) being the smallest umber possible, and then upping it by a lot in the Pledge Manager.

**Prestor Jon**

JohnHwangDD wrote:
I'm just hoping for a full team of 4 girls at the base Barbarian level:
2 Belits
Akivasha as Hero
+1 more girl

Why not include Valeria? Plus you can always paint her hair red instead of blonde.

**JohnHwangDD**

Prestor Jon wrote:
JohnHwangDD wrote:
I'm just hoping for a full team of 4 girls at the base Barbarian level:
2 Belits
Akivasha as Hero
+1 more girl

Why not include Valeria? Plus you can always paint her hair red instead of blonde.

Is Valeria in the Barbarian pledge? (I think she's King only)

**Theophony**

JohnHwangDD wrote:
Prestor Jon wrote:
JohnHwangDD wrote:
I'm just hoping for a full team of 4 girls at the base Barbarian level:
2 Belits
Akivasha as Hero
+1 more girl

Why not include Valeria? Plus you can always paint her hair red instead of blonde.

Is Valeria in the Barbarian pledge? (I think she's King only)

Nope, $20 add on for her and Salome

**JohnHwangDD**

Valeria is the King pledge, not Barbarian.

That's her sister in the $20 Paolo Box.

**highlord tamburlaine**

The clencher for me is whether or not we can add stuff in the PM multiple times.

I been really bad with Mantic, CMON, and MegaCon's allowing me to keep adding crap after the fact.

I'm hoping that the expansions all offer up some environmental hazards to trip things up.

Chasms, snow banks, heavy undergrowth, sandstorms in Stygia... could be fun hindering heroes in them.

**JohnHwangDD**

highlord tamburlaine wrote:
The clencher for me is whether or not we can add stuff in the PM multiple times.

This is pretty much a given. They have lots of options that need clarity of what you want, plus payment for shipping. The campaign is designed for a post-KS bump.

**Alpharius**

Have they finally said what the minimum 'buy in' now is in order to get the PM invite later?

I'm guessing $90?

But hoping for less!

**JohnHwangDD**

I think it would be "safe" to pledge $90 if you want PM access. That's a minimum Barbarian pledge. I am sure they won't be upset of you tack on all sorts of extras afterward.

**Mr Morden**

The Frost Giant's daughter

now we are talking

**Theophony**

Less than $5k away from next stretch goal. Looks like this expansion got a lot of people jumping up their bids. Plus into the final week Wednesday we did 63k, yesterday was 75k and so far today we are at 85k with time to go. This weekend should be interesting to say the least.
Kicktraq has this back up to 2.25million as estimated total, I think it will wind up well north of that. Just not exploding kittens north of that

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**highlord tamburlaine**

Yeah, I guess that's a bit more interesting than the average Kraken.

Should check if they mentioned how big it will be.

May get used in Rum & Bones since we never got a proper Kraken head over there. Or did we?

**Nostromodamus**

CMON gave no head.

Love the Thaug!

Supposed to be another surprise that comes with it.

I'm guessing King Conan.

**JohnHwangDD**

Thag.

Thog.

Thaug.

I am waiting for the Thig & Theg twins.

Also, why is the Thaug update about Cats & Bags? Did someone feth up the SGs again?

**Theophony**

JohnHwangDD wrote:

Also, why is the Thaug update about Cats & Bags? Did someone feth up the SGs again?

Because they left the cat out of the bag earlier when they did the stretch goal and talked about it "a head" of time.

**BeAfraid**

Theophony wrote:
Moopy wrote:
Does anyone know why they went with 32mm?

A lot of company's are going 32mm now. More size to get more detail and also the models don't look as ham fisted as some of GW's work. Also GW's 28mm really isn't always 28mm.

GW has a WEIRD idea of what "28mm" means.

I haven't seen an actual "28mm" figure from GW since the 1990's.

Their work is definitely in the 30mm+ size.

Pretty much everyone these days does 30mm/32mm, as these are closer to 1/48 or 1/35 scale models....

MB

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Trodax wrote:
I must say I Iike this look for Yogah as well; quite a bit more Cthulhuesque (with a dash of Predator) than a straight up "Elephant-Man". He looks pretty cool.

Remember that Lovecraft and. Howard were friends, and that Howard's worlds were deeply influenced by Lovecraft's works.

There is even some suggestion in the letters exchanged between the two that Hyboria is the world that arose immediately after the defeat of the Elder Gods, and that their influence and minions were still making trouble in the world.

The Tower of the Elephant is actually an homage to Lovecraft, and Yogah is supposed to be associated with some of the Elder Gods.

MB

**Pacific**

I really like that story, actually reading about that makes a lot of sense.

Some other snippets from that update:

Summoned by Salome in the tale “A Witch Shall be Born”, Thaug is a demon of horrible power and also the being on the other end of all those tentacles we’ve already offered you! In the tale, Salome unleased Thaug on the city Khauran, when Conan and his army of Zaugir mercenaries and Khaurani knights break through the fake queen's men, led by Constantius. The beast is slain but only after two full volleys of arrows from Conan’s forces, that’s a lot of arrows!

« Out of the gloom at the other end of the great hall a vast dark form heaved up--came rushing toward him in gigantic frog-like hops. He saw the gleam of great unearthly eyes, the shimmer of fangs or talons. »
Robert E. Howard - A Witch Shall Be Born

In the game, Thaug will be the centerpiece of any scenario he is in. Normally summoned, the first signs of his arrival will be his grasping tentacles before the monstrous fanged head bursts from the ocean, swamp or even reality itself!

Sculpted by Grégory Clavilier

We also really want to thank all of you for helping us get this far and so we have another, secret surprise for you guys once we hit this landmark stretch goal!

Illustration by Adrian Smith

« Squeezing its vast, unstable bulk through the door, it bounded toward him, as he ran down the steps. He felt it looming behind him, a giant shadowy thing, like a travesty of nature cut out of the heart of night, a black shapelessness in which only the staring eyes and gleaming fangs were distinct. »
Robert E. Howard - A Witch Shall Be Born

**Binabik15**

Between this and The Others it looks like Adrian Smith got heavily into tentacles and vertical maws lately.

**Mr Morden**

till not enough of the lovely ladies from the novels

good, bad and well morally dubious

Plus Akivisha as a Hero - much fun to be had there in Stygia

not got the above but new Belit model is mighty fine

**highlord tamburlaine**

Balthus returns as a souped up ally.

Also, King pledge get a King Conan AND a trained lion to maul opponents with, based on Gary Gianni's art.

Spoiler:

WIP sculpt of the King:

**Ian Sturrock**

Huh. Not a huge fan of the King Conan sculpt. He's pretty much always depicted in full plate armour, as king, if he's expecting a fight... and even if he's not, he should at least have had time to throw on a mail hauberk and jam a horned helmet on his head.

**JohnHwangDD**

Yeah, the King Conan is kinda meh, but the Belit is very good.

**Eldarain**

Looks a lot like his appearance in Age of Conan.

**highlord tamburlaine**

I'm a big fan of Gianni's artwork, so I guess I'm a bit impartial.

In fact, last time I read any Howard stuff, the bulk were with his illustrations (in that Illustrated Robert E. Howard series from a few years back).

To be honest, with the amount of Conans in the game already, I'm more interested in the lion!

**JohnHwangDD**

My biggest issue is that it's a total sausage fest. More girls, please.
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BTW, with 2.04M raised and 3d:10h to go, I'm thinking we're going a final number around $3M.