| The Roleplaying Game | |
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 First-edition cover by Chris Quilliams | |
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| Publishers | Mongoose Publishing |
| Publication | 2004 |
| Genres | Sword and sorcery |
| Systems | D20 System/OGL System |
Conan: The Roleplaying Game is a sword and sorcery British role-playing game based on the D20 System first published in January 2004 by Mongoose Publishing, [1] mainly designed by Ian Sturrock and set in the fictional Hyborian Age of Conan the Barbarian, created by Robert E. Howard in the 1930s.
The game's development started when Mongoose Publishing acquired the license for a Conan roleplaying game in 2003. In December 2003, the first printing was ready, and Mongoose published and distributed the game in January 2004. This first printing included an illustrated map of the Thurian continent during the Hyborian Age, painted by Spanish artist Jesús Barony. In August 2004, Mongoose released a reprint of the first edition, subtitled the Atlantean Edition, [2] and Barony's map was replaced by another map from American cartographer Clayton Bunce. Bunce's map also released in a folded poster format with the gamemaster's screen.
Mongoose published a second edition in 2007, [3] with numerous supplements compatible with both editions. In 2010, Mongoose dropped the license and canceled the entire line.
During the game's run, the Atlantean Edition was translated into Spanish, in Spain, by the Spanish publishing house Edge Entertainment in 2005 [4] and into French, in France, by the UbIK editor (based in Toulouse) in 2007. [5] In September 2008, both editors, the French UbIK and the Spanish Edge Entertainment, merged, but the French partner moved its headquarters from France to Spain and adopted the Spanish name as Edge Entertainment France. [6]
In 2006, the Atlantean Edition was also translated into Italian (as Conan il gioco di ruolo) by the publishing houses Stratelibri and Wyrd Edizioni.
The core rulebooks include a volume of information and data sourced from Howard's material and literature.
The game's game mechanics is Mongoose's adaptation of the D20 System as licensed by the OGL System.
The game does not feature non-human races at all. Instead, players choose a race from one of the ethnicities depicted in the fictional world. [7]
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