Conan Role-Playing Game

The Conan Role-Playing Game is a fantasy role-playing game published by TSR, Inc. in 1985 that is based on the Conan the Barbarian stories by Robert E. Howard, Lin Carter, Andrew J. Offutt. and Robert Jordan.

Conan is a role-playing game where the players take on the roles of Conan and his companions, following adventures similar in nature and theme to Howard's stories.

A player decides on a country of origin for their character, and then purchases talents using an allotment of 35 points. Players can gain more points by voluntarily adding a flaw to their character, such as "fear of heights" or "weakness for drink." The talents are grouped into several categories; no more than 5 points can be spent on any one talent, and at least one talent must be purchased from each category. Completing an adventure provides the player with more points with which to improve old talents or purchase new ones.

To resolve any action, including combat, the player rolls a die against their character's ability in that area, then cross references the result on a color-coded result table that indicates success or failure, and the consequences.

The game comes with an introductory scenario, The Tower of the Elephant, adapted from Howard's story of the same name.

In 1984, TSR published Marvel Super Heroes, a role-playing game designed by Jeff Grubb, although Grubb acknowledged he received assistance from Zeb Cook.

The following year, Zeb Cook adapted the rules from Marvel Super Heroes for a new role-playing game, Conan. This boxed set, with cover art by Jeffrey Butler and interior art by Jeff Easley, was designed for players age 10 and up and contained a full-color map, a 32-page rule book, a 16-page reference guide of talents, weaknesses, and charts, and a 48-page notebook about the land of Hyboria plus two 10 sided dice.

TSR produced three adventures for the game in 1985: