Teacher:Conan, what is best in life?
Conan: To crush your enemies, see them driven before you… and to hear the lamentation of their women!Â
We got a few new games at Gencon and from ThoughtHammer.com. So in the following weeks we’ll be playing lots of new ones. This week we tried out Age of Conan: the Strategy Board Game. I like Conan. I like games with armies & waging war. The board game Conan has those and a lot more: Emissaries, sorcery, global objectives, Conan adventure cards and Fate dice. Fate dice determine just what actions are available to the players during their turn.Â
The game has a lot going for it, but the 90 minute playing time it suggests has just got to be incorrect. Of course maybe the designers don’t have friends like Ben, Owen and Mike who fret over each turn like lamenting women. Don’t they understand that you must drive your enemies before you? Didn’t they read the intro? Ok, so I’m kidding a bit here. Owen, Ben and Mike are superior strategist. Since I’m not, my turns go a little faster.Â
Anyway, we played for about 150 minutes and still had about a third of the game to go. We all liked the game a lot and now that we got our feet wet during the first game we are all looking forward to the next time we play.