Conan: Stygia - Sands of Death

[Semeket]

The senario "The Children of Ishiti" in the book Adventures in the Hyborian Age makes reference to Conan: Stygia - Sands of Death.

Could someone let me know what this refers too?

Thanks,

Semeket

[Padre]

Stygia: Serpent of the South (Sands of Death was the original title of Stygia sourcebook).

[Apple]

Sands of Death is much cooler. Serpent of the South is very confusing from a Black Kingdom world view seeing as it's North.

[DaveNC]

I hadn't heard this earlier title before. I agree though, "Sands of Death" sounds cooler than "Serpent of the South".

[Strom]

See, I think Serpent of the South is much more appropriate and much cooler than killer sand dunes. Checkout this ad blurb battle: (movie announcer voice)

Stygia... Serpent of the South! Coiled and ready to strike - a land filled with dark magic, blood sacrifices and nefarious schemes. The Serpent of the South - gazing hungrily at the Hyborian nations...

Or

Stygia - Sands of Death - don't go to the beach - it's hot & deadly there! Ouch! Hot! Hot! Hot! Quick! Grab a juice cooly! Stygia - Sands of Death! Don't forget! Half off in the Summer time!

Who wins?

[Jacek]

Someone get a mongoose here. We'll find out soon enough...

[Hervé]

I asked about this a while ago but didn't get any answer.

http://www.mongoosepublishing.com/phpBB ... c&start=15

[Jacek]

Looks like you're not getting one this time either...

[VincentDarlage]

Originally I was asked to write a book called Stygia & Shem: Sands of Death. Later, this was changed to be two books, and the Stygia book was going to be titled Stygia: Sands of Death. Later it was renamed Stygia: Serpent of the South. I don't remember who made the name choices (generally, the titles are given to me and I have little input).

But, long story short, Stygia: Sands of Death is known to us all now as Stygia: Serpent of the South. Some of the adventures in the adventure book are quite old, and that one was written before or during my writing of Stygia.

[Jacek]

So the "Sands of Death" title's still free to be used elsewhere. It would look really good on the cover of a book with desert adventures (Stygia, Shem or other similar lands).