Age of Conan: The Strategy Board Game

Game Demo
Dates: 
Saturday, May 30, 2015 - 12:00 to 15:00
Volunteers: 
Bryce Ann Journey
Description: 

Come learn this fantasy game for 2-4 players.

Game description:
Age of Conan is a board game which puts players in control of one of the major kingdoms of the Hyborian age, in the period of history well known through the tales of the adventures of Conan the Cimmerian, the barbarian hero created by Robert E. Howard.

You will fight with armies, sorcery and intrigue to make your kingdom the most powerful of its age, and to secure on your side the mightiest hero of all – Conan the Cimmerian!

In Age of Conan, you control one of the major kingdoms of the Hyborian Age – Aquilonia, Turan, Hyperborea and Stygia.

You will build up and use your armies and emissaries, you will enhance your actions with your kingdom cards, and you will try to take advantage of the adventures of Conan to increase the power and wealth of your kingdom.

The game is played over the course of three ages. At the beginning of each age, four Conan adventure cards are drawn and used to create the adventure deck. At the beginning of each adventure, players will bid to decide who will be the Conan player for that adventure; when an adventure ends, a new one is drawn and a new bid determines who will be the new Conan player.

The roll of the fate dice is used to determine the actions available to the players. The dice are rolled to form a common pool from which all players will pick their dice. Each player, in turn, will choose and use one fate die and will be able to do one of the actions allowed by that die result.

When the fate dice are all used, they are rolled again and the game continues in this way until all four adventures in the adventure deck are complete. At that point, the game will temporarily stop so that players may earn gold and take several kingdom–building actions in preparation for the next age.

Comments

Joseph Uzel's picture

Hello! I'm in town for at least another month, helping my elderly parents get the family homestead ready for sale so they can go into a retirement home. I grew up in South Omaha, but have spent the last 25 years in Seattle. One of my local game stores back home had a copy of Conan in their "loaner game" collection, and I always intended to give it a try. When I finally made time to do so one day, I found out they had auctioned off some of the older titles in their loaner inventory to free up space! (Some lucky so-and-so probably got that whole box of wonderful minis for $10!) Anyway, I would love to have a chance to try the game, and I've been meaning to stop by Spielbound, so sign me up. As far as I know, I'm free that weekend. If it turns out that I'm being drafted to do some major household repair, I'll let you know. If you wish, you can contact me on my cell at (206) 972-9908.

Bryce Ann Journey's picture

All right! Looking forward to meeting you Saturday, Joseph. Consider a spot reserved for you. See you then!