Conan: Rise Of Monsters Launches On Kickstarter
July 31, 2015 by brennon
Conan: Rise Of Monsters (CROM) from Pulposaurus Entertainment is now live on Kickstarter! You can find out more about the game below and then considering heading over to the project to pledge. The BIG thing about this, as well as being Conan related, is that it comes with a whole range of pre-painted miniatures right out of the box...
The Game World
CROM sees you playing out a brand new story based on artwork and inspiration drawn out of the original stories and the Marvel/Dark Horse comic books. You will either take control of the legendary King Conan or the evil Sorcerer Thoth-Amon and do battle using pre-painted miniatures...
These pledges here represent what you get within each of the different boxes for CROM. The idea is that you play the game right out of the box using their simple and easy to learn rules which then lead to deeper strategy down the line.
The Rules?
So how does the game play? Using statistic cards as you'll see below you will be rolling the custom designed dice to resolve conflicts on the tabletop. In addition to that you'll have access to cards like the Fate Deck which can be used to push and pull the tides of war in your favour...
Playtesting for the game has been in effect for just over a year and they are currently at Gen Con showing off the game to folks too. You can check out the post on the Live Blog from Dawn & Gianna who have had a look at the booth and will be going back to talk to them later this weekend.
Hopefully we'll have a gameplay video before too long too.
The Miniatures
One of the big selling points about this game is that they are going with pre-painted models. Now, these aren't your typical pre-paints as they have gone to great lengths to get the best in the business to work on these. See what you think of the Skeletons and more below...
Not bad I would say. It's certainly a HUGE step forwards for a mass combat game like this. While a lot of the photography of the miniatures is of their production copies they have promised to try and keep things as close to them as possible.
Of course it wouldn't be a Kickstarter without some add-on miniatures and once again Adrian Smith is doing artwork for Conan and has provided two variants of King Conan and Thoth-Amon for you to check out...
There are also plenty more add-ons where they came from including new units and, don't fret, if you would prefer them un-painted they might have a pledge level for you too. Stretch Goals are also all set and ready to go so we'll see how quickly they hit them!
One of the big things is some alternative poses for the units in the main boxed forces. If they could unlock them then that's a big boon for backers.
Will you be backing?
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Gah, I don’t know… I’m gunshy from AT-43, I’d much rather that conan board game have been mass battle – part of the hobby for me is putting together and painting miniatures… yet I love conan and the world/background is so rich!
Had to back this!! those paint jobs look great and more detail can be added, and then base the model any way you want!
I would lie, if I said that I’m not very tempted by this game. In the video it says “thrilling and fast skirmish combat”, I thought this was going to to be a mass battle system? Which is it?
And the pre-paints, if they actually look as good (or even close) to what we’ve seen so far… well it’s going to be very easy getting into this game.
I’m a sucker for skirmish games… and in the world of Conan Oh my….. Got to be strong, resist, resist, resist the temptation.
Doubt if its going to be mass battle with just 15 models in the box and paying pre-paint prices.
I am in if they are getting rid of the duplicates. There are stretchgoals for alternate sculpts but seems like just one alternate sculpt for the unit.
This is a great point. When will miniature makers learn that there are poses that can be completely duplicated – like regimented pikemen or soldiers at the ready with sword and shield and then there are some that absolutely look like toys (charging models with sword aloft, walking models with sword at random angle)
Another boardgame on kickstarter. How original.
And no thanks. I am all set with boardgames for the next 10 years.
And this should have been a proper wargame, not some pseudo boardgame.
mmm, I was under the impression that this was a proper miniatures skirmish game with pre-paints.
as a Conan addict i was somewhat interested in the game but right now i really doubt im going to back it. Monolith’s Conan seems to be far more cheap (the miniatures arent painted but panting is for me 75% of the fun) and i dont think the game is well defined. They say mass battles with few miniatures and somewhere it says skirmish. The painting looks ok, but those arent production models so for sure they wont look as they show on the photos. So far it isnt a success. Dont want to sound like im against Pulposaurus but… Read more »
after re-assessing the 190 to get both factions you might be right. Here is a breakdown comparison from the comments: Comparison of CROM and Conan (Monolith) This is not exact just a quick count. CROM Pledge – $125 – 15 minis (prepainted), 5 dice, 5 unit cards, 30 fate cards, tokens, 4 terrain sheets. Monolith Pledge – $ 135 – 100 minis (unpainted), 15 dice, 8 character cards, 55 gear cards 58 creature cards, tokens, 2 double sided game boards. So the only big difference is really the minis. But…. After 1 million raised. Crom adds: $270 of paid addons,… Read more »
“Is pre-painted really worth that much.”
It’s apparently worth $20, which is the difference between the unpainted and prepainted early bird levels. The point about the stretch goals being alternate sculpts (which I fully agree with other commenters: they should have had those anyway) and paid add-ons doesn’t compel me to back it, and wouldn’t inspire me to get more people in to hit those valuable stretch goals. Not when others do far more with less of an investment.
Just not doing it for me. Got enough skirmish games to last a lifetime and actually think the simplicity of the Conan board game I backed an easier pickup with all kinds of player.
BTW don’t quote me on the enough skirmish games for a lifetime when I post about backing a new one on here in the future! 😉
I will not sign up for another Kickstarter. I WILL NOT sign up for another Kickstarter. I WILL NOT…..achhhhh who am I kidding……I will not sign up for another Kickstarter after I sign up for this one…..maybe…..
By Crom! I see what you did there 😉
CROM! I have been looking for a kick starter to back, maybe this is the one. I continue to ponder……”I got five kids to feed” . Name the film with ‘Conan’ in?
Total Recall, love it!
I would almost be interested BUT… $100 for what is basically only half a starter is too much. I understand it’s Kickstarter, and I understand how things work there sometimes, but I have to look at it in comparison to what’s already available in other games. $200 for two people to play the game isn’t convincing me or my friends to jump in. Not when we know all too well the disparity that often occurs between pre and post production prepaints. Even as a massive Conan fan, who jumping in headfirst with the Conan board game by Monolith, I have… Read more »
Hi guys! My name is John and i work with Pulposaurus on CROM! I’m here with a few answers to questions and to answer any future questions you have. The major thing is we just had an update to our kickstarter that changed our stretch goals i highly suggest you go check them out here: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/2060871444/conan-rise-of-monsters/updates We also have a quick demo of how the mechanics of the game work from Gencon posted on the campaign section of the kickstarter right before the pledge levels. Our updated Kickstarter has been carefully thought out and numbers crunched so that we can… Read more »
Thanks for coming in and providing more information, John!
That change in how the stretch goal add-ons is handled has nearly completely turned my opinion around on CROM. Awesome job by Pulposaurus in listening to feedback!