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The Primal Land is great. Though be warned: It's written with a more Clark Ashton Smith flair than Lovecraft or Howard. Situations and events are often meant to be satirical or tongue-in-cheek, rather outright serious. As a matter of fact, the first story in the Primal Land sequence is a...

Maybe this is the Secret Project Vincent D. is working on...

Seeker, Glad you like my stuff! Just an issue or two ago S&P also published a really good article by Vincent about Hyrkanian nomads. You should check it out. If you haven't already, read "Conan the Marauder" by John Maddox Roberts. It follows several elements of your campaign in the making...

Hey Everyone, Have you checked out the mission for WR in this issue of Signs and Portents? If so, let the comments fly. Thanks. Stefen

The SSOC collections are great. Not only for the stories, but for the quantity. You get 500+ pages for fifteen bucks. The b&w illustrations really fit the gritty pulp feel of the Conan stories, and Roy Thomas, the writer obviously has an encyclopedic knowledge of the Conan universe. It's...

There are two good examples of how a temptress could be played, both from pastiche novels. The first is Lakhme from "Conan the Marauder". She is the typical schemer, playing several side against each other, but also so much more. She has the ability to get men to kill each other for her, and...

Matt, Is this book geared more to publishers/game developers rather than the aspiring full-time freelance writer? I can imagine a freelancer has less work and/or capital outlay than a developer/publisher and probably only needs advice consisting on one word: WRITE! But, maybe not. Would you...

Strangely, my two of my favorites are ones in which Conan shares the stage with other characters: "Beyond the Black River" and "A Witch Shall be Born". However, I reserve a special place for "The Tower of the Elephant". The opening scene in the Maul, and the fight in the dark that ends with a...

Sounds great! Very excited to see it.

One word: Brilliant.

Purchased the print version. I had no reservations ordering this one sight unseen. For those still undecided: Thulsa is an awesome adventure and game writer. His Mesopotamia source book was a trove of great S&S ideas and scenarios. For those wondering about Lulu: print quality is top-notch...

Bryan, I'd love to see more tricks an animal can learn under the Handle Animal skill, as well as more information on how a borderer can employ an animal side-kick. (I'm thinking Balthus and the dog Slasher in "Beyond the the Black River", definitely two butt-kicking warriors.) And since we're...

Oh my gosh, you are killing me. Please publish this soon!

$10 for a PDF. I'd pay $20-25 for a POD version. I'd prefer the latter if at all possible. In either case, I can't wait for this to come out. Thulsa, your stuff is always great and you do a fantastic job capturing the sword-and-sorcery atmosphere.

I just finished two Leonard Carpenter novels: "Conan the Great" and "Lord of the Black River". Both were entertaining. Carpenter is an accomplished prose writer, his narrative is exciting and never repetitive. The plots were similar (return of a long-dead god) and the final confrontations seem...