KickStarter Hyperborea 3e now live!

[udm]

https://forums.modiphius.com/t/about-the-changes-in-the-new-version-of-conan-the-wanderer/

Apparently in one of their splat books covering the Eastern kingdoms, they changed certain words so as not to offend sensibilities. On top of that, a few Howardian researchers had left the project. I believe either Patrice Louinet or Mark Finn was one of them.

 

[dubLEs]

I don't hate the system. I thought it was OK. But I didn't like how they started to insert political correctness into Hyboria. That's a bad sign because REH's Hyboria is as politically incorrect as can be. And this is coming from an Asian.

I do agree with you there, actually. The pages about "player safety" and tiptoeing around violent themes (in a Conan game lol) etc should not necessary for a group of adults with even some semblance of common sense. Unfortunately, this kind of messaging is common in not just Modiphius products (I'm not familiar with every Modiphius game, but I've read the core rulebooks for Fallout, Conan, and Dune and the "trigger warning" stuff is present in all three IIRC), but the majority of popular and well-supported TRPGs. I choose to ignore it - I feel as though if I didn't, I would have very little to play. This game looks amazing though, and I am considering pre-ordering it (seeing as I've missed my opportunity to back it).

 

[udm]

This game looks amazing though, and I am considering pre-ordering it (seeing as I've missed my opportunity to back it).

You got the better deal then. That shit has been on sale so many times, far cheaper than what KS backers paid for, that it's not even funny. I know. I backed it at the $500 tier (and thankfully got a mostly full refund from it).

 

[skeletonmeister]

Legit wonder what they meant by Streamlined Combat. The game already played in a pretty good pace.