Not Quite Dead

I can't wait till next week.

Interesting wishes, @Crom!

We know that the 2019 Conan KS will at least content new lands, and an Overlord vs Overlord system, as Matt John told us in the latest Monolith news:

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And because Conan is a special game for us, we plan to support the range with yet another Kickstarter in early 2019, which will allow players to explore new content, new areas of the Hyborian Age, and will also introduce the Overlord vs system.

For now, I don't know what I wish besides new maps and new scenarii. I have still so much left to discover in Conan.

A stealth system would be great, as well as mechanics related to a fog of war system. Maybe something with an evolutive map, I don't know.

In the campaign, heroes may trade XPs for extra gems they will use in common, putting them on two cards.

On the French-speaking forum, @Djimne had a cunning idea in order to prevent these gems to be knock over from the cards (by accident or on purpose). As I recently made one for me, I seized the opportunity to post a tutorial here. I didn't make it exactly like hers, but it's more a philosophical than a effective difference. Pay attention, people, it's rocket science time!

In most addons of Conan (Black Dragons, Crossbowmen, Giant Wolves, etc...) you get these thingies, once you have removed the tiles of the unit:

And in expansions (Stygia, Nordheim, Khitaï) you get blank tiles of unit:

Step one: Abracadabra!

Step two: Use adhesive tape on the back to ensure they'll stick together for eons.

Step three: Use extra punchboard frames and paste them on the previous one (I used two of them):

Step Four: With the black (or pink, or whichever colour you fancy) spray you use to base your miniatures, paint your gem holder. Wait patiently, and paint the other side.

Step Five: Paste (or simply insert the cards from the campaign in your gem holder).

And voilà!

Optional Step: travel to France, and offer a glass of white wine with some cheese to thank Djimne for her idea (but beware of her husband ).

No idea for the difficult one, but I try The Lost World by Harry O. Hoyt (1925) for the easy one.

Painting eyes is always a tough moment for me. On that miniature, the face was so tiny, with few relief... I wasn't really happy with the result, even after several tries.

But, I think that making eyes is worth the effort, even with miniatures that aren't meant for exhibition, but rather to play.

Good luck with that project, @Mekhlis!

I've started to paint mine at the end of march, and have made only sixty for now. I wonder how long it will take me to paint them all. That is, if I manage to paint them all.

Nice scenery. Did you made these walls yourself, or did you buy them somewhere?

You're right, @Footballzs! As stated in the rules, as you are the first one to give a proper answer, you get the points.

The easy movie was Princess Mononoke (1997).

Your turn!

Clue for the easy movie (for @Footballzs or unexpected challengers that may not have recognized it):

It's a movie directed by Miyazaki Hayao.

Clue for the difficult movie:

The protagonist of this recent horror movie is played by Steve Guttenberg.

Nice one!

Did you paint by any chance the original one as well?

You're right. After all, Picts miniatures are used in Nordheim as Primitive Vanir, if memory serves me right. So they could be as well Kushites.

@Matt John S, if it is the edition in which all REH stories about Conan are published by chronological order, starting with the Phoenix on the Sword, I am, indeed reading its French translation by Patrice Louinet. Currently reading the first novel of the second tome: The People of the Black Circle.

Indeed, the English-speaking forum of the Overlord is a bit too calm for my taste (for now). Anyway:

Easy Movie:

Difficult Movie:

I know what the easy one is, but have no idea for the second one.

I was just waiting to let someone else answer if they has recognize the movies, but I can give my answer straight away if needed:

The first one is The Blues Brothers (1980).

Yep! You're right!

For the record, the difficult movie in my post was A Fantastic Fear of Everything (2012). Here's the trailer:

It's your turn to propose an easy and a difficult movie.

Neat! So that's where the magic sword-swinging happened.

Hum. The Cross Plains Public Library being, according to Google, the Library where REH's manuscripts are kept, in the town where REH lived most of his life and died.

I didn't know that. Thanks for clarifying!

Huh. It's been some time since I haven't post there.

Maybe some clue may attract new players in this game, or give a hand (if needed) to old ones...

The director of the first movie is Quentin Tarantino.

The main actor of the second movie is Simon Pegg.

I may sound ignorant, but... what is the Cross Plains Library RPG?

Yesterday I played Henchmania. I was hooked by its neat and humorous illustrations (it was an instabuy when I saw it in the retail), but the game seems to be more than a pretty ugly face.

In this game, up to five players are lords in the medieval city of Montfleury. As the king is about to appoint his new seneschal, you will have to use your henchmen in order to get enough Renown Points to get this prestigious office. The game mechanic is quite simple: the game is divided in four rounds, and each round in three steps. First step: each player places their meeples on quarters of the city that allow him to draw specific cards. For instance, the Castle quarter allow you to win Renown with entertaining henchmen, while the Church quarter get you cards that may modify the issue of duels with other Lords, or the effect of other cards, and the Armory gives you equipment for duels.

Once all meeples have been placed in the town quarters you may win additional cards for each quarter where you have a majority.

Second step, you play the cards you've drawn. Some of them have a permanent effect, other must be activated or discarded when you use them, and the other are instant. During this phase, you can defy the other players in duel, which bring you a lot of Renown points.

Third step, you apply the effect of your permanent cards.

A game lasts less than one hour.

After the first game, I was slightly disappointed by the fact that most points are made by duelling with other players. I'm not sure the other way to get Renown are effective enough, but this is not something that can be told for sure after only one game.

Like some banks, Conan seems to be too big too fall.

On 11/07/2017 at 10:33 AM, Bazman said:

As soon as I know, you'll know 

I was in Strasbourg yesterday and I think I might have seen it at Philibert's...

On the moment, though, I didn't remember the name of the game, so I haven't bought it... yet.

On 01/08/2017 at 6:46 PM, Matt John S said:

Gah! If only it was in English! You all know my French is poor (non-existent, really). 

These two pages feature two excerpts of Robert E. Howard's Beyond the Black River and two texts by @Pallantides about the Picts and their shaman Zogar Sag. As I haven't read yet that novel and fear to be spoiled, I haven't read the texts. But it seems quite interesting for those who like to have more background.

Some new visual of the Book of Set, published on the Tric Trac website:

The Book shall content new scenarii, artworks, photography of miniatures painted by Martin Grandbarbe, and excerpts of Robert E Howard texts. In the French version, there will be texts by @Pallantides. I don't know if he will write something in English too.