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Miniatures Adventure => Fantasy Adventures => Topic started by: LeadAsbestos on January 05, 2019, 01:43:01 PM

Title: RoSD: Conan and the Crown of the First King, Part 2, Pics added
Post by: LeadAsbestos on January 05, 2019, 01:43:01 PM: As soon as I read these rules, I knew they would be perfect for Conan gaming. I had hoped Ghost Archipelago would do the trick, but Rangers hit the mark. Used 16 build pts to buff Conan properly, Belit is another normal style ranger, and they pay for the extra points by having fewer companions. Played like a dream! Suitable tension and attrition losses, and fine heroic finish. Temple by Christopher 'Set' Cotillard, mat by Cigar Box, Belit from Dark Fable, and Conan from Copplestone via North Star's Frostgrave/GA, and title shamelessly stolen from Alex Bates and Forge of Ice. You'll see why next time!

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Title: Re: Rangers of Shadow Deep: Conan and the Crown of the First King, Part 1
Post by: LeadAsbestos on January 05, 2019, 01:46:32 PM: (http://leadadventureforum.com/gallery/38/13-290419135148-38812284.jpeg)

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Final duel with the Gorilla King! What does our hero find in the temple? Where has the body of Belit gone? Stay tuned for Part 2!
Title: Re: Rangers of Shadow Deep: Conan and the Crown of the First King, Part 1
Post by: eptingmike on January 05, 2019, 02:46:33 PM: By Crom! That is good stuff! :)
Thank you for posting!
Title: Re: Rangers of Shadow Deep: Conan and the Crown of the First King, Part 1
Post by: Comsquare on January 05, 2019, 05:53:30 PM: Great looking game, Chris :)
Title: Re: Rangers of Shadow Deep: Conan and the Crown of the First King, Part 1
Post by: Darksider on January 05, 2019, 06:03:35 PM: Nice report and really cool gaming table;).

Did you use rules from rangers for your enemies or did your make your own stats for them?
Title: Re: Rangers of Shadow Deep: Conan and the Crown of the First King, Part 1
Post by: DivisMal on January 05, 2019, 07:47:46 PM: Crom!

Those rules, I must have.
Title: Re: Rangers of Shadow Deep: Conan and the Crown of the First King, Part 1
Post by: LeadAsbestos on January 05, 2019, 09:40:39 PM: Quote from: Darksider on January 05, 2019, 06:03:35 PM
Nice report and really cool gaming table;).

Did you use rules from rangers for your enemies or did your make your own stats for them?
I used apes as gnolls, giant ape as ogre, and adapted the events table from an episode in the book, tweaked to fit my scenario.
Title: Re: Rangers of Shadow Deep: Conan and the Crown of the First King, Part 1
Post by: Darksider on January 06, 2019, 01:58:15 PM: Thanks for the info =).

If you have Frostgrave and Ghost Archipelago, you could use the creatures from there. They should have the same stats. You only have to assign them some skills, if they need some.
Title: Re: Rangers of Shadow Deep: Conan and the Crown of the First King, Part 1
Post by: LeadAsbestos on January 06, 2019, 11:12:03 PM: Plenty to choose from! Next episode coming soon!
Title: Re: Rangers of Shadow Deep: Conan and the Crown of the First King, Part 1
Post by: Parkaboy on January 07, 2019, 03:58:03 AM: Can we see the stats for Conan and Belît?
Title: Re: Rangers of Shadow Deep: Conan and the Crown of the First King, Part 1
Post by: Davies on January 08, 2019, 11:01:30 AM: Yes please, give us your profiles of Conan and Belit. Now that my wife is asking me for cooperative games and she is reading Dark Horse Conan comics, this seems perfect for us.
Title: Re: Rangers of Shadow Deep: Conan and the Crown of the First King, Part 1
Post by: shandy on January 08, 2019, 08:00:49 PM: Look great! The rules also sound very interesting, have you played Sellswords & Spellslingers? I'd be interested in how they differ, especially as regards monster actions...
Title: Re: Rangers of Shadow Deep: Conan and the Crown of the First King, Part 1
Post by: LeadAsbestos on January 08, 2019, 09:33:37 PM: I just buffed them until they felt right, and I kept a loose count of points spent. Those of a more competitive nature may check my numbers and find fault, if they were so inclined! ::)

Conan
M7 F +4 S+3 Arm 10 W+4 H 20 7pts spent
Abilities
Dash, Deadly Strike. Evade, Frenzied Attack, Powerful Blow, Shove 6 points spent
Skills
Acrobatics +4. Climb +4, Perception +4, Strength +4, Survival +4, Swim +2, Track +2 3 pts spent

Basically he is a one-man Ranger team!

Belit
M7 F+3 S +1 Arm 10 W+4 H19
Abilities
Dash, Deadly Strike, Distraction, Evade, Hand of Fate
Skills
Acrobatics +2, Leadership +2, Navigation +2, Stealth +2

Companions were a Man-at-Arms, a tracker, a Savage, and a Barbarian.

Adjust according to who you want them to be, and off you go! I think the game is a wonderful toolbox to build just about anything adventure-wise you could want, with a little imagination!
Title: Re: Rangers of Shadow Deep: Conan and the Crown of the First King, Part 1
Post by: LeadAsbestos on January 08, 2019, 09:35:07 PM: Quote from: shandy on January 08, 2019, 08:00:49 PM
Look great! The rules also sound very interesting, have you played Sellswords & Spellslingers? I'd be interested in how they differ, especially as regards monster actions...

Haven't played them, though there were on the list at one point. Game reports I've read looked pretty good, but not quite what I wanted. Maybe better for a dungeon crawl?
Title: Re: Rangers of Shadow Deep: Conan and the Crown of the First King, Part 1
Post by: barbaric splendor on January 09, 2019, 07:57:33 AM: Always love Conan stuff - thanks for sharing; looks like a great gaming session!
Title: Re: Rangers of Shadow Deep: Conan and the Crown of the First King, Part 1
Post by: Chairface on January 11, 2019, 03:33:44 PM: Looks fantastic!
Title: Re: Rangers of Shadow Deep: Conan and the Crown of the First King, Part 1
Post by: wardyla on January 12, 2019, 12:54:11 PM: Great looking game!

Sorry to be boring but can I ask where the figures are from?

M

Edit - ignore me, just read the into again lol
Title: Re: Rangers of Shadow Deep: Conan and the Crown of the First King, Part 1
Post by: Knight-Captain Tyr on January 13, 2019, 12:08:12 AM: Some stellar pics in here - the first pic of the gorilla looming out of the darkness is absolutely class!
Title: Re: Rangers of Shadow Deep: Conan and the Crown of the First King, Part 1
Post by: Pijlie on January 15, 2019, 04:59:46 AM: Marvellous stuff! I am looking into those rules.

What sets them so apart from rules like Frostgrave or En Garde?
Title: Re: Rangers of Shadow Deep: Conan and the Crown of the First King, Part 1
Post by: LeadAsbestos on January 15, 2019, 12:30:10 PM: Rules are very RPG lite, and have an excellent solo engine. And also,.unlike En Garde, at least in my opinion, they are actually fun to play! :)
Title: Re: Rangers of Shadow Deep: Conan and the Crown of the First King, Part 1
Post by: Bloggard on January 17, 2019, 10:36:01 AM: what a great looking table - 'just right' combination of 2D and 3D terrain. When I see something like this, wish I'd persevered with printed game-mats!

I'll take out my next comment - unnecessary in your thread. ::)
Title: Re: Rangers of Shadow Deep: Conan and the Crown of the First King, Part 1
Post by: LeadAsbestos on January 17, 2019, 10:56:04 AM: Setting isn't Tolkien at all, really. The Shadow is more corruption than conquest, and besides, just change the setting! My "regular" Shadow Deep game is Norse inspired...
http://leadadventureforum.com/index.php?topic=113631.0
Title: Re: Rangers of Shadow Deep: Conan and the Crown of the First King, Part 1
Post by: Bloggard on January 17, 2019, 11:10:41 AM: Can you buy a h/copy version from the UK, would you or anyone else know?
Title: Re: Rangers of Shadow Deep: Conan and the Crown of the First King, Part 1
Post by: Sir_Theo on January 17, 2019, 11:54:39 AM: Quote from: Bloggard on January 17, 2019, 11:10:41 AM
Can you buy a h/copy version from the UK, would you or anyone else know?

Of Rangers? I've got one on its way to me!

https://www.rpgnow.com/m/product/257695

Prices are in dollars but seems to be coming from the UK going by the delivery price (Royal Mail)
Title: Re: Rangers of Shadow Deep: Conan and the Crown of the First King, Part 1
Post by: Bloggard on January 17, 2019, 03:41:12 PM: yes, I've ended up doing the same thing, going for the book and pdf bundle (same price as the book atm folks) for the main rules and bloodmoon expansion.

wish the RM service was tracked, but hopefully it'll be ok.
not sure about coming from the UK, as the UPS prices were rather high, but then it does say RM for the cheaper option so ...
Title: Re: Rangers of Shadow Deep: Conan and the Crown of the First King, Part 1
Post by: James Morris on January 18, 2019, 04:49:28 PM: Love what you’ve done there. Nice to see some Conan on the table!
Title: Re: Rangers of Shadow Deep: Conan and the Crown of the First King, Part 1
Post by: Pijlie on January 19, 2019, 08:57:34 AM: Quote from: LeadAsbestos on January 15, 2019, 12:30:10 PM
Rules are very RPG lite, and have an excellent solo engine. And also,.unlike En Garde, at least in my opinion, they are actually fun to play! :)

It seems too much like a slightly modified Frostgrave of Ghost Archipelago to me. Maybe apart from the solo engine but that wouldn't be my buying motivation anyway. I don't think I will get into this.
Title: Re: Rangers of Shadow Deep: Conan and the Crown of the First King, Part 1
Post by: Kitsune on January 19, 2019, 09:06:56 AM: Quote from: Pijlie on January 19, 2019, 08:57:34 AM
It seems too much like a slightly modified Frostgrave of Ghost Archipelago to me. Maybe apart from the solo engine but that wouldn't be my buying motivation anyway. I don't think I will get into this.

Seeing as it’s the same designer, its probably going to be similar.
Title: Re: Rangers of Shadow Deep: Conan and the Crown of the First King, Part 1
Post by: LeadAsbestos on January 19, 2019, 01:46:14 PM: It is a really fun game! If you don't like FG or GA, you won't like it most likely, but it continues to tweak and improve those rules.
Title: Re: Rangers of Shadow Deep: Conan and the Crown of the First King, Part 1
Post by: The Bibliophile on March 07, 2019, 03:22:09 AM: Quote from: Pijlie on January 19, 2019, 08:57:34 AM
It seems too much like a slightly modified Frostgrave of Ghost Archipelago to me. Maybe apart from the solo engine but that wouldn't be my buying motivation anyway. I don't think I will get into this.

I agree...played both, and so far Sellswords and Spellslingers is the more fun cooperative/solo experience.
Title: Re: Rangers of Shadow Deep: Conan and the Crown of the First King, Part 1
Post by: shadowking1957 on March 07, 2019, 11:39:29 AM: Superb game idea and miniatures... will adapt mine, .
Rely inspired a lot
Title: Re: Rangers of Shadow Deep: Conan and the Crown of the First King, Part 1
Post by: Darksider on March 07, 2019, 01:27:38 PM: Another important question, when is part II coming?=)
Title: Re: Rangers of Shadow Deep: Conan and the Crown of the First King, Part 1
Post by: maddrdevo on March 28, 2019, 02:55:00 PM: i got the rules with the same thought it mind but really what i am looking for is non fluff related stuff.
Frankly i find the tolkien/gw fantasy boring for wargaming unless its huge battles(and honestly i want to do huge 15mm conan era battles too but thats a different story)

So i am not thrilled that i have a list of giant D&D monsters, though i too thought of changing the gnolls into something else ect. id also like to see expanded spells and actual stats for regular humans as conan tends to fight those more than monster-men anyway

curious about sell swords too. ill have to check that out. its solo play im interested in
Title: Re: Rangers of Shadow Deep: Conan and the Crown of the First King, Part 1
Post by: jpuglio on April 08, 2019, 08:28:57 PM: Love what you did here. As I mentioned on the Facebook page, I bought Rangers of Shadow Deep specifically to turn into a Conan game. You beat me to it and in a really great way. I think I’m going t follow your stats for Conan as I think I made him too overpowered and your’s give room for advancement through play. Can’t wait for part 2. Keep up the good work!
Title: Re: Rangers of Shadow Deep: Conan and the Crown of the First King, Part 1
Post by: LeadAsbestos on April 09, 2019, 12:23:44 AM: I really need to get it done. Thanks for the encouragement!
Title: Re: Rangers of Shadow Deep: Conan and the Crown of the First King, Part 1
Post by: Kitsune on April 28, 2019, 09:13:28 PM: Came back to reread and soak up, but loads of pics missing?
Title: Re: Rangers of Shadow Deep: Conan and the Crown of the First King, Part 1
Post by: LeadAsbestos on April 29, 2019, 02:12:11 PM: Quote from: Kitsune on April 28, 2019, 09:13:28 PM
Came back to reread and soak up, but loads of pics missing?

Corrected! Thank you! Switched the pics from FB to my gallery here, and now all is well.

Part 2 today, barring anything weird...
Title: Re: Rangers of Shadow Deep: Conan and the Crown of the First King, Part 1
Post by: LeadAsbestos on April 29, 2019, 09:08:37 PM: Part 2 is up! Just on the RoSD group on FB for now, I'll try to transfer over tonight. Hope you take a look and enjoy!

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Title: Re: RoSD: Conan and the Crown of the First King, Part 2, FINALLY!
Post by: John Tailby on May 03, 2019, 08:24:51 AM: I like this, you are having fun with your hobby and the tables look great.

If people want to play humans, you can replace the monsters with humans and just give the boss villains a greater stat line.

We are having loads of fun with Ghost Archipelago and the later supplements have expanded rules for tribal warriors.
Title: Re: RoSD: Conan and the Crown of the First King, Part 2, FINALLY!
Post by: Gallahad on May 03, 2019, 03:41:02 PM: I hope you get a chance to transfer the pics over here as I don't have access to Facebook groups.
The one teaser pic here looks good.
Title: Re: RoSD: Conan and the Crown of the First King, Part 2, FINALLY!
Post by: dadlamassu on May 03, 2019, 04:25:40 PM: That one pic looks great and I would love to see the game but I do not use Facebook.

Pity
Title: Re: RoSD: Conan and the Crown of the First King, Part 2, Pics added
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Title: Re: RoSD: Conan and the Crown of the First King, Part 2, Pics added
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Title: Re: RoSD: Conan and the Crown of the First King, Part 2, Pics added
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Title: Re: RoSD: Conan and the Crown of the First King, Part 2, Pics added
Post by: blacksoilbill on May 04, 2019, 02:43:45 PM: That looks like rollicking fun! I love the shot of them getting swept down the river.
Title: Re: RoSD: Conan and the Crown of the First King, Part 2, Pics added
Post by: DivisMal on May 04, 2019, 03:01:22 PM: I love it! Very pulpy setup and terrian (both in a good way!).
Title: Re: RoSD: Conan and the Crown of the First King, Part 2, Pics added
Post by: Arundel on August 26, 2019, 03:56:01 PM: Just noticing this and feel the need to comment. What a great looking game! Very inspirational. LA, just curious - there is a (clay?) Maya head used as decor on your table. Is that available anywhere or just a one-off?
Title: Re: RoSD: Conan and the Crown of the First King, Part 2, Pics added
Post by: LeadAsbestos on August 26, 2019, 09:01:22 PM: Quote from: Arundel on August 26, 2019, 03:56:01 PM
Just noticing this and feel the need to comment. What a great looking game! Very inspirational. LA, just curious - there is a (clay?) Maya head used as decor on your table. Is that available anywhere or just a one-off?
Aquarium decor off Amazon, no idea if it is still available, just searched under Mayan aquarium iirc
Title: Re: RoSD: Conan and the Crown of the First King, Part 2, Pics added
Post by: Arundel on August 26, 2019, 11:18:03 PM: Many thanks. Didn't find it, but there is some other fun stuff under Maya... lol
Title: Re: RoSD: Conan and the Crown of the First King, Part 2, Pics added
Post by: Swordisdrawn on August 27, 2019, 07:54:23 AM: Excellent. I play ROSD and this new setting has been a revolation. Beautiful pics too. Very inspirational