Conan Adventures

I have been picking up some miniatures from Lucid Eye and Fenris Games so I can bulk out my Sword & Sorcery collection for playing games using By My Sword and the like.

For example, I got some of the Lucid Eye Amazons and have been painting them up this week…

They are missing their shields at the moment but they are on the way. Going to be the same gold as their armour.

Following on from that, I also picked up a set of miniatures from Fenris and going to be using these for a scenario or two.

Got a character to lead the Amazonians coming soon alongside some Aquilonian troops from the Lucid Eye range that would fit really nicely. Then it might be a few beasts like giant apes, wolves, bears etc.

For those interested in getting a look at the rules but wanting to download them in a different format, I spent a couple of hours making the rules look a bit nicer. I have two versions, one without the textured background and another plush one…

This entire endeavour today has been a lesson in saving as you go. I spent about an hour building the first version of this only for the software to crash…

Conan Vs Great Ape by Esteban Maroto

As much as I like Might & Melee from Wiley Games, this also felt like a good opportunity for me to try out some simple rules writing for myself. To that end, I made “By My Sword…” which is a set of solo and cooperative rules for Sword & Sorcery skirmish wargaming.

I have thought of easy enough versus rules with two Bands Of Companions but for now, I wanted it to be a shared “we’re having a badass time” affair.

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1OKPUELk5q8u7LeRjxHV-VzQRhgmLYJux_EMif4hRHkA/edit?usp=sharing

I’ve gone through and done a bit of tweaking here and there but the idea is that this is a “one page wargame” style affair. The core rules are meant to go on a double-sided piece of paper with the extra rules for Scenarios and Terrible Foes there as colour.

I think it works pretty well for what it is but if you have questions, ask me in the comments below. I’m not intending to over complicate this and anything else added to the game rules will end up being bonus material.

Next step is to get the details trimmed down so that they are easily readable (and there’s not much repetition) so I can get it onto a nice PDF which will pretty everything up.

Let me know your thoughts…

…and here we have the warband for the Necromancer, tweaked a little bit to make it fit with the idea of them summoning a whole bunch of undead servants. The Regulars have been replaced by Rabble/Minions who are all shambling undead. The idea is to have a powerful undead Necromancer and his sneaky, backstabbing servant.

Vezis (Leader)
*Leader
Spellcaster
– Control Undead
– Grasping Dead
– Song Of The Dead
– Iron Bones
Cold Blooded
9 Lives

Staff
Spellbook

Yeghor (Sergeant)
Spellcaster
– Withering Touch
– Bone Splinter
Quick
Slippery
Coward

Staff

3x Skeletons (Rabble)
Soulless & Brittle

Bow
Spear
Sword
2x Shields

3x Skeletons (Rabble)
Soulless & Brittle

Bow
Spear
Sword
2x Shields

3x Skeletons (Rabble)
Soulless & Brittle

Bow
Spear
Sword
2x Shields

Here is my first punt at Conan’s Warband that I’ll use for the solo campaign I want to run using these miniatures. It used Might & Melee, the Fantasy spin-off to Fistful Of Lead which uses the same core rules but tweaked for Fantasy combat.

Conan (Leader)
Leader (Gets This For Free)
Tough As Nails
Flurry Of Blows
Master Of Melee

Two-Handed Sword
Dagger

Casinda (Sergeant)
Spellcaster
– Healing Hand
– Enchant Weapon
– Haste
Sixth Sense

Staff
Spellbook

Olumah (Regular)
Deadeye

Bow
Throwing Knife

Reza (Regular)
Stealthy

Bow
Dagger

Kostor (Regular)
Thundering Charge

Mace
Dagger
Shield

This gives me a good starting point for the game and, as you can see, it only uses a handful of miniatures to start playing the game. You can choose their traits and equipment and theme things to match the story you want to tell.