The Conan the Barbarian saga has appeared in a variety of forms in the gaming community. From simple boardgames to high tech multiplayer online games. (MMO). The intention of all these games is to immerse the player in the sword and sorcery world of Hyboria. Robert E. Howard created the original Conan story but he had no hand in creating various games other than they were based on his works.
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Board Games
Collectible Card Game
Hyborian Gates is a collectible trading card game similar to Magic the Gathering.
Role-playing Games
Conan Mongoose
Conan by Mongoose Games is the current role-playing game played by Conan devotees. The main game consists of a 352 page rulebook and various add-on adventures http://www.mongoosepublishing.com/
- Conan GM's Screen
- The Road of Kings: featuring King Conan
- Shem
- The Conan Compendium
- Argos & Zingara
- Reavers of Vilayet
- Tito's Trading Post
- Stygia
- Faith & Fervour
- Ruins of Hyboria
- Conan and the Lurking Terror of Nahab
- Hyboria's Fallen - Pirates,Thieves and Temptresses
- Hyboria's Finest - Nobles, Scholars and Soldiers
- Tower of the Elephant
- Heretics of Tarantia
- Tales of the Black Kingdom
- Messantia - City of Riches
- Hyboria's Fiercest - Barbarians, Borderers and Nom
- Aquilonia
- Pocket Conan RPG
- Shadizar - City of the Wicked
- The Free Companies
- Across Thunder River
- The Coming of Hanuman
- The Pirate Isles
- The Road of Kings
- The Black Stones of Kovag-Re
- The Scrolls of Skelos
- Conan RPG - Second Edition Return to the Road of Kings
- The Hyborian Bestiary
Conan GURPS
Conan for the GURPS roleplaying system was produced by Steve Jackson games.
- Conan and the Queen of the Black Coast
- Conan and Beyond Thunder River
- Conan: Moon of Blood
- Conan the Wyrmslaye
Conan TSR
Conan the role-playing game was published by TSR in 1985. This boxed game was designed for players age 10 and up contained a full-color map, a 32 page will book, a 16 page reference guide and a 48 page notebook about the land of Hyboria plus two 10 sided dice. The series was very short-lived producing only three adventures each based off of novels from the Conan series.
- Conan the Buccaneer
- Conan the Mercenary
- Conan the Triumphant
Conan (D&D)
During the height of the Conan movies, TSR created two Conan Adventures for their Dungeons and Dragons role-playing game. The game sold very poorly and in time was discontinued. The adventures ( called modules in the Dungeons & Dragons community) often found their way to see bargain bin and most hobby shops but are now often prized by collectors.
- Conan Unchained
- Conan and Against the Darkness
Video Games
Conan - The Dark Axe
A third person perspective action adventure developed by Cauldron Software and published by TDK in 2004, "Conan - The Dark Axe" was a lengthy tale that saw Conan visit and fight in nearly all parts of the Hyborian world. The game was based primarily on R. E. Howard's stories but also paid homage to John Milius's movie, as well as to some of the Conan tales written by Lin Carter and Lion Sprague de Camp.
Conan by THQ
For the Sony PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360. It was released in the US on October 23 2007. Conan has already been released in Australia on the Xbox 360. Conan is a single player or person perspective videogame. Hack and slash style video game with a good variety of weapons. Conan
Conan Online
Age of Conan: Hyborian Adventure is a massively multiplayer online game created by Funcom that allows players from around the world to populate the world of Hyboria and even allow them to create their own cities. Opponents include everything from scorpions to forest crawlers including Conan's famous camel. Play modes include a single player option which will prevent harassment from assassins, a multiplayer mode, which is similar to Everquest and finally a player versus player siege mode. The Age of Conan
Conan NES
A version of the game Myth: History in the Making programmed by System 3 was rebranded as "Conan" and released for the Nintendo Entertainment System. Published by Mindscape in 1990, this was a side scrolling game reminiscent of Castlevania.
Conan Commodore 64
This version was released for the Commodore 64 PC.
Conan the Cimmerian
Virgin Interactive
