Conan 2nd Editon

[Bridgetsdad]

To all-
I have recently thought about running a Conan campaign - and was looking to see what products were available when I ran across a reference to Conan 2nd ed (rel date 8/25/07) from Mongoose Publishing.

What I want to know, before paying $50.00 for a core rulebook - is whether or not this is true/accurate. Is there going to be a second edition? If so what will it entail?

I will wait if it is true rather than spend $50.00 and then spend more money later.

Thanks

 

[The King]

the 2nd edition is scheduled for june or summer.

We don't know what will change but Mongoose told the system would be somewhat simplified.

 

[Belkregos]

Looks like Planet Mongoose is doing a good job, theres some information on the progress of Conan 2nd ed.

check it out!

http://blog.mongoosepublishing.co.uk/

Conan inherits all the combat rules from d20, including all the special cases like Grapple, Trip, Bull Rush and the like. It then adds another pile of special cases on, in the form of the combat manoeuvres like Hooking Parry, Fling Aside or Pantherish Twist. In Second Edition, I'm trying to consolidate these two lists into one, so the combat chapter looks less intimidating.
The problem, though, is that the d20 moves are about ten times as complex and long-winded as the Conan moves, and the two aren't sitting well together at the moment. So, time to rephrase and rewrite and summarise and clarify - but also time to do up a second version of the combat chapter, keeping the same structure as the First Edition chapter but incorporating all the 2nd Ed changes (like more combat moves that apply to low-level characters), which we'll use as a fallback in case my editing job on version one goes awry.
At this stage of a project's development, it's like building a house of cards. You've got the basic structure in your head, but on paper it's all "see chapter XX (not done yet)" and "this will use the revised reputation rules, but I don't know what they are or how they'll work except in the vaguest possible terms" and "[FATE STUFF GOES HERE]". Ideally, cards get slotted into all these gaps before it tumbles down in a crash of metaphor...