Are the other Hyboria's books as good as Fallen?

[blackenedwings]

I just got my copy of Hyboria's Fallen based off a lot of positive reviews on this board, and I wasn't disappointed. The book is really good with a ton of material for me (the DM) and for my players. It was nicely filled with crunchy bits with just enough flavor to put all of the stats in context.

One of the things I enjoyed a lot was the alternate abilities for certain class combinations turning them into fully fleshed out character concepts. It makes it even easier to make a character to fill a particular idea or concept. The Temptress class is fantastic too, I don't know why it didn't make it into the original rulebook?

Anyway, my question is in the title, are the other "Hyboria's..." books as good as Fallen was? It's kind of an important question for me, because I haven't found a single Conan supplement I haven't liked so far, but I'm trying to avoid buying the entire line immediately... my wallet is about to go into a fighting madness.

So far I have:

Conan: RPG Atlantis Edition
Stygia: Serpent of the South
Ruins of Hyboria
Hyboria's Fallen
Conan DM Screen
Shadizar: City of Wickedness
Scrolls of Skelos

...what else is a must have?

 

[Krushnak]

i have the hyboria's finest book and yes it is utterly awesome. i've gotta order the fallen and fiercest books myself sometimes soon.

 

[Dpetroc]

So far I have:

Conan: RPG Atlantis Edition
Stygia: Serpent of the South
Ruins of Hyboria
Hyboria's Fallen
Conan DM Screen
Shadizar: City of Wickedness
Scrolls of Skelos

...what else is a must have?

I like the Pirates source book. And Aquilonia is a great resource as well if you plan on playing about in Conan's kingdom. Despite the atrocious editing, Messantia is a good one as well. Above all those, however, I'd say Road of Kings.

 

[The King]

Hyboria's fiercest is great because you have a long set of rules about playing in the wilderness (foraging, hunting, etc.)

 

[blackenedwings]

A lot of people have said Road of Kings is really good, but what kind of material does it include? It seemed to me to be mostly a gazetteer sort of book, which as I have all of Howards books, and a fair amount of other source material I thought I would be ok without it.

 

[Dpetroc]

Yeah, it is a gazetteer - but a useful one I feel. Especially since most of the countries don't have source books it adds some fluff and crunch.

 

[emirikol]

A lot of people have said Road of Kings is really good, but what kind of material does it include? It seemed to me to be mostly a gazetteer sort of book, which as I have all of Howards books, and a fair amount of other source material I thought I would be ok without it.

I couldn't run my games without Road of Kings. From the books that I have, it's the only one I use EVERY SINGLE NIGHT as a DM.

jh

 

[blackenedwings]

A lot of people have said Road of Kings is really good, but what kind of material does it include? It seemed to me to be mostly a gazetteer sort of book, which as I have all of Howards books, and a fair amount of other source material I thought I would be ok without it.

I couldn't run my games without Road of Kings. From the books that I have, it's the only one I use EVERY SINGLE NIGHT as a DM.

jh

Well drat... off to Amazon again.

 

[Streamweaver]

All of them are great. I'd say Fiercest is the best actually. Finest is a different format but still good though I'd put it 3d place in that bunch.

 

[Dpetroc]

Don't have Fiercest -- but I consider a book 'successful' if it inspires campaign ideas. Reading Finest over the last day or two and had many a wicked thought for my players...

Now I'm jonesing for a Brythunia sourcebook.

 

[MGBM]

I found all three Hyboria's F book series to be quite useful. I would say Fiercest is the best of them, but each one on their own are quite good and full of crunch. I recommend them all.

 

[Vincent791]

Yeah all of them are good, pretty good stuff in there.