Good write-up of a Conan RPG campaign by Kieron Gillen and Jim Rossignol

From their newish blog, evaluating the Conan RPG rules, discussing the clever ways their GM manipulated the campaign, and offering general suggestions on how to review a TTRPG:

It’s not a straight hit-points-to-death system. If you go over a threshold in a single blow, you do an injury. If someone would go beneath zero, it’s an injury. There’s probably some more in there – but it’s number of injuries which lead to death. Oh – and to finish off my one-man-blender, this is where I spend a momentum to add an extra injury whenever I do an injury. So when I’m at all cooking, I’m doing 3 injuries whenever I attack, which kills most people.

What I’m saying, I really did feel like Conan.

(And speaking of TTRPGS, the massive TTRPG Humble Bundle is still available.) (Warhammer, Cyberpunk, G.I. Joe, etc, etc)

The Savage Sword of Conan reboot features excellent art and is free in the Hoopla app if you have a connected library card

SAVAGE SWORD OF CONAN returns this week on the 50th anniversary of its original debut. Big, bold, black & white. It's such an honor to be part of this legend.

What did the critics think?
Read on and find out-https://t.co/Dhe48pXSEE pic.twitter.com/renJLiFpwX

— Jim Zub 🎲 (@JimZub) March 1, 2024

Borderlands Comics & Games (@BorderlandsCG) has a wonderful retailer exclusive cover for SAVAGE SWORD OF CONAN #1, a wild piece by Douglas Klauba that shows the aftermath of Bob Larkin's classic Savage Sword #192 cover from 1991!https://t.co/unmHUB6qzp pic.twitter.com/PLVjoePgzE

— Jim Zub 🎲 (@JimZub) February 22, 2024

Max Von Fafner is a new name to me, I love abstracted art, and this is stylish as hell. Reminds me a bit of Frazier Irving. pic.twitter.com/KXZYF6vOaz

— The Brave and the Bold (@ManFirestorm) March 9, 2024

(von Fafner and Kaluba are both new to me.)

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This is a shockingly rich thread about the red-headed guy in Milius's "Conan"

CONAN THE BARBARIAN is my go-to Christmas movie, and some new things really stood out to me at this year's viewing.

I want to talk about THIS moment and THIS guy.

This is the story of Red Hair. pic.twitter.com/R6GqDZpkGl

— David Hines (@hradzka) January 6, 2023

Have you ever seen the paintings Bill Sienkiewicz created based on the Conan: The Barbarian movie John Milius directed?

Banjamin Marra takes a look at close to a dozen paintings.

I never noticed that Thulsa Doom's goon uses a three-headed axe; my custom warpaint Conan Heroclix

Super 7 posted new promotional videos for its upcoming figures Thulsa Doom, Thogrim and Rexor. I never appreciated that Rexor uses a three-headed axe:



It also never occurred to me until now that the helmets of the World Eaters from Warhammer 40K are quite possibly inspired by Thulsa Doom's cult.

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These, along with gladiator Conan are available for preorder. (Super 7's He-Man with robot head is my pick for best toy of 2019.)

And speaking of Conan, I realized that underneath the cheap paintjob, the Heroclix Skaar (a child Hulk had during his days as a gladiator) is a terrific sculpt of Conan. Before my repaint it basically looked like this:



And after my humble paintjob (I don't think the photos even do justice to how good the Arnold likeness is in the tiny miniature):

Ten funny tweets

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— Bootleg Stuff (@Bootleg_Stuff) July 19, 2018

Dm: you see a warehouse in the distance

Player: is that like a werewolf, but instead of a wolf they turn into a house

Dm: *frantically writing down stats* it is now.#dnd

— i_amJeremy (@dr5bludgeoning) July 17, 2018

A fence can’t stop my two-year-old from playing with his new best friend. pic.twitter.com/9QBuaq4Ee2

— Chad Nelson (@CMNelsonPhoto) July 18, 2018

one of the funniest things abt elizabeth holmes is that she loved doing photoshoots where she visually inspected a small capsule of blood as if to say “yup, that’s blood alright” pic.twitter.com/q0V0Uh1yif

— KT NELSON (@KrangTNelson) July 19, 2018

cable news is legitimately just Talking Dead at this point. a bunch of guests with questionable credentials making up fan fiction about what might happen next with what they watched on tv

— jack allison (@jackallisonLOL) July 17, 2018

My friend wanted to order water and the delivery guy was asking for her address, “add pls”. She thought it meant add the WORD “please”. I’m crying 😂😂 pic.twitter.com/UY7zgQQ5Lw

— Lamaan Latheef (@LamaanLatheef) July 10, 2018

THE SALAD DRESSING pic.twitter.com/qc1HKM7m0N

— Jason Permenter (@jasonpermenter) July 11, 2018

@dobyfriday A co-worker picked up some hand sanitizer here in Japan. Couldn’t stop my laughing. Please, my wife.. she’s got hot hands. 😜 pic.twitter.com/3at19FbKLP

— oshamambe (@trainbuffer) July 18, 2018

Very cool yoga pants sponge #spongethursday #yogasponge @Ocean_Networks @EVNautilus #PacificSeamounts2018 #NautilusLive pic.twitter.com/kVpma2XjM5

— southisland (@hoteloscarzulu) July 19, 2018

So. Y'all remember this picture, right? It's adorable, charing and all over the shop since it first appeared in June last year. Well, there's more. Thing is, the National Aquarium of New Zealand has done it, as advertised, EVERY MONTH since then and, folks, it's a ride. Strap in. pic.twitter.com/FgQ7NBpGUB

— Jonny(!) (@jonnywaistcoat) July 19, 2018

we just had dad’s memorial and it was beautiful and i wanted to share that i made my family put up this photo of him as conan the destroyer right next to his guest book because i knew he’d get a kick out of it pic.twitter.com/ZjYQXsefFp

— Danika Harrod (@danikaharrod) July 14, 2018

Thulsa Doom statue

Coming soon: Thulsa Doom Photoshoot..from Conan the Barbarian. #chroniclecollectibles #thulsadoom #conanthebarbarian #quarterscale #preordercomingsoon

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Video of the Battle of Galactica experience at Universal Studios circa 1984

Bonus: The Conan live show from the same era:



Via.

Outtake from Conan, where the dog catches Arnold

From this article at Cracked:

Further, the actress playing Valeria had her index finger severed during a fight scene where they inexplicably used a real sword instead of a prop, and then even more inexplicably gave it to an extra instead of a trained stuntman. The random dude parried the actresses' blow, the sword slipped, and off came her finger.

Conan Forces Jordan Schlansky To Clean His Filthy Office

"Jordan is a borderline hoarder, leaving Conan no choice but to bring in a professional organizer." Via.

The Adventures of Conan at Universal Studios

Gary Goddard has designed a huge number of attractions at theme parks and in Las Vegas, including the old Adventures of Conan at Universal Studios, and an Aliens 3D ride that was never  made:

Conan the Barbarian in the 20th Century

Cover by Bill Sienkiewicz.

Thulsa Doom fashion

At Forever 21.

Conan by Geoff Darrow

Cover to Conan the Cimmerian #25 by Geoff Darrow.