Author Topic: Conan [Monolith Boardgame] - KS over and funded (Read 243072 times)

Admiral Benbow · « **Reply #30 on:** June 16, 2014, 09:15:08 PM »

Interesting project with fantastic miniatures and great artwork, a must-have for my barbarian collection!

Black Cavalier · « **Reply #31 on:** June 17, 2014, 05:04:07 AM »

Wow! If you've hired Patrice Louinet, you're about as serious as you can be about representing the "true" Conan. Anyone that is the guest of honor at Robert E Howard Days in Crossplains Texas is going to definately add some weight to the game.

Centaur_Seducer · « **Reply #32 on:** June 17, 2014, 05:16:24 AM »

Looking forward to this one

Eithriall · « **Reply #33 on:** June 17, 2014, 06:22:48 AM »

A major announcement from game designer Fred Henry on june 16, 2014 :

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The kickstarter opening is delayed to the first week of January 2015. But, and it is very important to underline it: there will be no delay on the release date. It will be at the latest GenCon 2015.

We could of course open the KS as soon as september, but then the miniatures would not be all sculpted, or worse, they wouldn't be as good as we want them to be. As we already wrote elsewhere, we want the best scuptors for this project. Well, it happens that some of these "top sculptors" will not be available before october for one and november and december for the others (they are already busy because of other major KS).

It is unthinkable for us to do without their talent and use instead less experimented artists. And, since we don't need funds to sculpt our miniatures, it seems to us completely useless to block for four more months the backers money.

Again, it is imperative for us that the players back us based on evidence and not on empty promises of quality. We are paying very expensively this quality, so we want our potential clients to be able to see it for themselves before they make their choice and thus before spending their first dollar.

The temptation to surf on the current "Conan" buzz was obviously strong, but we are still perduaded that taking our time to do things well is the key to the success of a project so ambitious. I imagine easily that some among you will be disappointed by this delay, but be aware that by doing so, it is our money and not yours, that we chose to block.

Conan is a game with an enormous cash-burn, and with this decision, we only postpone the moment in which we will get our money back. I assure you that it would have been much easier to take your money based on promises and keep it in our pockets 4 months before starting production. Even better, we could have used it to pay the game development without taking any risk. Some people here know how much this choice seemed easy and tempting. However the Bombyx brothers and me decided to set ourselves apart with an irreproachable conduct (as the kickstarter model leaves the door open to many types of scams which I imagine are most of the time unintentional) and it was thus decided to stay the course and distance ourselves from that choice.

One last thing : Since we have now three more months before us, I can guarantee you that there will be at least one campaign in the base game box.

I edit my first message in that way.

Giger · « **Reply #34 on:** June 17, 2014, 08:41:36 AM »

Well this is good news for my bank balance and it also means Conan will probably my first KS of 2015 (and here's me trying to stop backing them).

beefcake · « **Reply #35 on:** June 17, 2014, 11:13:36 AM »

Quote from: Giger on June 17, 2014, 08:41:36 AM

Well this is good news for my bank balance and it also means Conan will probably my first KS of 2015 (and here's me trying to stop backing them).

I know what you mean... I hope they do a mini only option. Don't really need another boardgame that won't get played.

Giger · « **Reply #36 on:** June 17, 2014, 12:13:16 PM »

The main interest for me is the miniatures as well, which are looking good so far.

Eithriall · « **Reply #37 on:** June 26, 2014, 05:14:59 PM »

Project name "Conan The Legend" is off now.

Today's announcement of Monolith :

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We knew that a new Conan film would come out next year featuring Arnold Schwarzenegger, that's for sure! But what we didn't know is that it's going to be called "The Legend of Conan"... Since we didn't want any such issue, we wisely decided to change the name of our game.

Official new name of the game is : "Conan, Hyborian Quests"

I edit my first message in that way.

beefcake · « **Reply #38 on:** June 26, 2014, 08:50:43 PM »

Glad they decided on that. Hyborian Quests sounds better to me as well.
What was the last Conan movie like? Never watched it.

nic-e · « **Reply #39 on:** June 26, 2014, 09:33:02 PM »

Quote from: beefcake on June 26, 2014, 08:50:43 PM

Glad they decided on that. Hyborian Quests sounds better to me as well.
What was the last Conan movie like? Never watched it.

I got about 20 minutes in and gave up. once ron pearlman died it got pretty dull.

Giger · « **Reply #40 on:** June 26, 2014, 10:11:36 PM »

Much better name for a game I think.

Little Odo · « **Reply #41 on:** June 29, 2014, 07:43:10 PM »

The latest film was OK as a standard run-of-the-mill fantasy film but it was not a Conan film. The new Schwarzenegger film sounds intriguing though.

Back on thread, I too am looking forward to seeing the miniatures. I wonder if Conan will have his 'mane' of hair rather than the usual Cleopatra cut and will he have a hairy chest as per the original novels?