chuckdee
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Is that's what it's called?Call it FOMO (fear of missing out) or being a sucker for anything with a SALE! sticker on it, but I thought I'd take a punt on the Modiphius sale. I'd previously bought the John Carter of Mars core rulebook (on sale!) and liked the look of it after a flick through so figured 'in for a penny...' and took a look at what else was going.
From all the gushing outpouring of love for 2D20 on this forum* I figured I'd make up my own mind about the Conan game as well. My first experience with a Conan RPG was the horrifically laid out/edited (if it even was) TSR game back in the day which we played for a while but thought was crap, overall. I also have the Mongoose version which I never played but presume it was another in the glut of D20 OGL things that make my shelves groan. Never played, bought on the cheap, probably never get round to it as D&D is a thing I played in the 80s and I've mostly moved on.
The art looks decent for all the Modiphius stuff. Customer service is so-so. No word that things were waiting for restock until I chased up two weeks later. Within two days of the email the box turned up. Haven't really looked at the stuff for the last couple of days (it sat unopened as I've been up to my eyeballs with work) until today and I thought I'd better check what they've sent.
The Core rules slipcase is a nice thing indeed. Core Rulebook (288 page) and Campaign Book (128 page) in a sturdy slipcase. To put into perspective about my FOMO and being a sucker for a bargain check out the restored normal RRPs...
The rulebooks come with complimentary PDFs and are delivered in minutes of ordering.
The slipcase set cost me £15 on sale (£75). Narrators Toolkit £5 (£24.99) Conan core book £17.50 (£34.99)
Dice sets cost £2.40 each (£11.99 each) Eeek! £12 for fancy dice. If I'd paid that and then seen the sale price it would leave a salty taste in the mouth.
John Carter Core Rulebook £8.40 (£41.99) Conan Pirate and Mercenary £12.50 each (£24.99 each). I wondered about filling out the rest of the lines but a quick look over the Conan stuff has my wallet reeling in fear and even John Carter has a few other books and bits/bobs that has my head shaking and my heart doesn't have the pull to overrule it. I'll keep an eye out for future sales but the Conan stuff was a half hearted 'give it a punt' because of what I've read about the system. For me BOL does Sword and Sorcery adequately and I'm more of a high magic type of GM/player these days. The Pirate and Merc books were bought because they apparently have useful extra rules on mass combat and ships.
Bits and bobs. Tile set £3 (£15) Notebook (no idea why I bought this) £2.40 (£11.99!) Players Guide £4 (£19.99) Landscape Deck £3 (£14.99) and Character/Token deck £3 (£14.99)
Other stuff was on sale but I'm a noob to 2D20. I'll look into it as much as I can to get a balanced view of the game before I crack the books open and have the PDFs for pretty much everything you see (except dice) so overall you can't beat the sales for sheer value especially on the JC stuff. I would not have bought any of this at full price and even the full price stuff I have bought recently (like the Talisman adventure game) I bought at a discounted price (£26 instead of £45 depending on where you buy). In other words I like a bargain.
Will I play it? Dunno. Too many games/not enough time syndrome as usual. I'll look at the PDFs and see whether the stuff is worth keeping sealed in case I ever purge a few shelves. Speaking of which I think I need another Billy (from Ikea). My new years resolution of not buying more stuff I will never play or read (remains to be seen) isn't going well. Current year spending so far over £200.
*Oh wait. That's Mythras. In that case change that to 'from all the hard stares, bitter experiences and shaking of head with angry under the breath mutterings' for 2D20
And just realized that pile is missing two more (because I made two orders) - Conan the Scout and Conan the Brigand