‘Age of Conan’ Ares Games Kickstarter Begins Tomorrow

Oct 8, 2014

In an agreement with Conan Properties International, Ares Games will be looking to bring the strategy board game Age of Conan back to the public. The Kickstarter project, including a brand new expansion, begins on October 9th and will run for thirty two days. We’ll update with a link to the project once it goes live.

Here are more details from Ares:

The countdown for the re-launch of Age of Conan Strategy Board Game begins! On October 9th, the Kickstarter campaign to publish the Adventures in Hyboria expansion (and set the foundation for future development of the line) will start.

In the “Age of Conan Strategy Board Game – It’s Back!” project on Kickstarter, backers can choose to support the game at two different pledge levels.

Players who already own a copy of the Age of Conan Strategy Board Game can choose the Barbarian Hero level, offering the Adventures in Hyboria expansion and all stretch goals.

Interested new players who don’t own the game can choose the Barbarian King level, that includes a copy of the first edition of the Age of Conan Strategy Board Game (in English), the Adventures in Hyboria expansion and all stretch goals.

The Age of Conan Strategy Board Game pits the four most important Hyborian Kingdoms – Aquilonia, Turan, Stygia and Hyperborea – in a fight for supremacy involving war, intrigue and sorcery. Conan, the barbarian hero created by R.E. Howard, is a powerful presence, but he’s very hard to control! He may help or hinder your plans, while pursuing his own adventures to conquer treasure, women, and glory.

Adventures in Hyboria is the first expansion of Age of Conan since its launch in 2009 focuses on the life and adventures of the greatest fantasy barbarian ever, and it is designed to improve and expand the role of Conan in the game.

Adventures in Hyboria adds a new dimension to Conan’s adventures: his stature grows from warrior and thief, to general, and finally, king. His abilities grow as well, making his presence in the game more visceral and more important. The expansion adds other new mechanics and game elements, and opens up more opportunities for player-vs-player conflict.

The initial funding goal of the campaign is $ 10,000. The campaign will start with three stretch goals – more may be announced as the project progresses.

At $ 20,000, a set of Sorcery Cards for each Kingdom, to differentiate the use of Sorcery for each player, will be unlocked.
At $ 30,000, Adventures in Hyboria will include Spy miniatures replacing 20 Spy cardboard tokens.
At $ 40,000, an Age of Conan Cloth Bag – to use when drawing Adventure Tokens – will be added.

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