2011Roberto Di Meglio, Marco Maggi, Francesco Nepitello
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- 135
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- 65
Mainly playthroughs
2 - 4 players150 - 240 minVery heavy weight
Age of Conan: The Strategy Board Game
2009Roberto Di Meglio, Marco Maggi, Francesco Nepitello
- Videos
- 12
- Creators
- 2
Playthroughs. Age of Conan: The Strategy Board Game is covered on BoardGameVideo.com by 1 how-to-play guides and 11 recorded sessions.
2 - 4 players
90 min
Heavy weight: Expect a long teach
From BoardGameGeek
Age of Conan is a board game which puts players in control of one of the major kingdoms of the Hyborian age, in the period of history well known through the tales of the adventures of Conan the Cimmerian, the barbarian hero created by Robert E. Howard. You will fight with armies, sorcery and intrigue to make your kingdom the most powerful of its age, and to secure on your side the mightiest hero of all – Conan the Cimmerian! In Age of Conan, you control one of the major kingdoms of the Hyborian Age – Aquilonia, Turan, Hyperborea and Stygia. You will build up and use your armies and emissaries, you will enhance your actions with your kingdom cards, and you will try to take advantage of the adventures of Conan to increase the power and wealth of your kingdom. The game is played over the course of three ages. At the beginning of each age, four Conan adventure cards are drawn and used to create the adventure deck. At the beginning of each adventure, players will bid to decide who will be the Conan player for that adventure; when an adventure ends, a new one is drawn and a new bid determines who will be the new Conan player. The roll of the fate dice is used to determine the actions available to the players. The dice are rolled to form a common pool from which all players will pick their dice. Each player, in turn, will choose and use one fate die and will be able to do one of the actions allowed by that die result. When the fate dice are all used, they are rolled again and the game continues in this way until all four adventures in the adventure deck are complete. At that point, the game will temporarily stop so that players may earn gold and take several kingdom–building actions in preparation for the next age.
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Which Age of Conan: The Strategy Board Game video should I watch?
Age of Conan: The Strategy Board Game has 12 videos from 2 creators: 1 how-to-play guide and 11 playthroughs. They date from 2017 to June 2022.
To learn the rules, start with "How To Setup And Play Age of Conan" by Lance's Board Game Stuff, which runs 1 h 43 min.
To see it played, watch "Age of Conan - The Strategy Board Game - Episode 1 - Intro and Setup" by marxismarxismarx, one of 11 playthroughs.
If you like it, try War of the Ring: Second Edition, Dune: War for Arrakis, Trudvang Legends and The Battle of Five Armies, also by Marco Maggi.
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About Age of Conan: The Strategy Board Game
From BoardGameGeek:
Age of Conan is a board game which puts players in control of one of the major kingdoms of the Hyborian age, in the period of history well known through the tales of the adventures of Conan the Cimmerian, the barbarian hero created by Robert E. Howard. You will fight with armies, sorcery and intrigue to make your kingdom the most powerful of its age, and to secure on your side the mightiest hero of all – Conan the Cimmerian! In Age of Conan, you control one of the major kingdoms of the Hyborian Age – Aquilonia, Turan, Hyperborea and Stygia. You will build up and use your armies and emissaries, you will enhance your actions with your kingdom cards, and you will try to take advantage of the adventures of Conan to increase the power and wealth of your kingdom. The game is played over the course of three ages. At the beginning of each age, four Conan adventure cards are drawn and used to create the adventure deck. At the beginning of each adventure, players will bid to decide who will be the Conan player for that adventure; when an adventure ends, a new one is drawn and a new bid determines who will be the new Conan player. The roll of the fate dice is used to determine the actions available to the players. The dice are rolled to form a common pool from which all players will pick their dice. Each player, in turn, will choose and use one fate die and will be able to do one of the actions allowed by that die result. When the fate dice are all used, they are rolled again and the game continues in this way until all four adventures in the adventure deck are complete. At that point, the game will temporarily stop so that players may earn gold and take several kingdom–building actions in preparation for the next age.
Designers
Roberto Di Meglio, Marco Maggi, Francesco Nepitello
Artists
Matteo Macchi, Fabio Maiorana, J. P. Targete
Publisher
Nexus Editrice
Mechanics
Area MovementAuction / BiddingDice RollingHand Management