Conan: Return to the Road of Kings

Conan the Roleplaying Game

by Vincent Darlage

Nemedia, Ophir, Brythunia, Hyberborea, Zamora with its dark-haired women and towers of spider-haunted mystery, Zingara with its chivalry, Koth that bordered on the pastoral lands of Shem, Stygia with its shadow-guarded tombs, Hyrkania whose riders wore steel and silk and gold. But the proudest kingdom of the world was Aquilonia, reigning supreme in the dreaming west. As the Road of Kings takes a traveller through the glittering and decadent realms of the lost Hyborian Age, so too does this tome work toward the same end. These fabled lands of ancient times are the shimmering background of your Conan The Roleplaying Game, the gleaming backdrop against which your action is set. These cultures, the grand forbearers of more modern times, are magnificent and degraded all at the same time. Each culture has its dark, rotten core and its flashy exterior, its gilt mask of civility.

Genres: Role Playing Games, Games

160 pages, Hardcover

First published August 27, 2007

About the author

Hi.

I wrote many of the sourcebooks for Mongoose Publishing's Conan the Roleplaying Game. I also like to draw and read. My favorite games include Wings of Glory, D-Day Dice, Viticulture, Scythe, and Settlers of Catan.

I am an accountant for Robert Half. I am currently doing contract accounting work at Beacon Industries. I have two adult children.

As far as my personal education goes, I am a life-long learner. I graduated from Columbus North High School in 1988. I have a BS in business (with an accounting specialization) from Indiana University, an MBA from National American University, and a Ph.D. in Organizational Management (with a specialization in Leadership).

My favorite authors include Robert E. Howard and Erle Stanley Gardner. My favorite novels are Dracula, Frankenstein, and Gone with the Wind.