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Rules assistance for Conan: The Monolith Sourcebook
Plain-language explanations of turns, card effects and disputed situations, with official source references and saved question history.
- 1–5 players
- 90 min
- 14+
- Complexity 2.7/5
Rules assistant for Conan: The Monolith Sourcebook
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Answers come from the official rulebook, with the page to check.
Conan: The Monolith Sourcebook is an expansion for Conan released in 2018 for 1–5 players, 90 minutes per game, and ages 14 and up. It was designed by Jason Durall, Vincent Darlage, Chris Lites, Matthew Sullivan-Barrett, and Matthew (John) Sullivan and its main mechanics are Variable Player Powers, Area Movement, and Dice Rolling.
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About the game
Based on the hit boardgame and the award-winning roleplaying game! CONSIDER WHAT I HAVE TOLD YOU, BARBARIAN,” SAID XALTOTUN. “YOU WILL HAVE PLENTY OF LEISURE. I HAVE NOT YET DECIDED WHAT I SHALL DO WITH YOU. IT DEPENDS ON CIRCUMSTANCES YET UNBORN. BUT LET THIS BE IMPRESSED UPON YOU: THAT IF I DECIDE TO USE YOU IN MY GAME, IT WILL BE BETTER TO SUBMIT WITHOUT RESISTANCE THAN TO SUFFER MY WRATH.” Since the introduction of fantasy into wargaming, Robert E. Howard’s Conan has loomed large across popular culture, recently inspiring the award-winning Robert E. Howard’s Conan: Adventures in an Age Undreamed Of roleplaying game and Monolith’s hit Conan boardgame. Here, for the first time ever, is the crossover between these two games: miniatures and roleplaying adventure meet in the Hyborian Age! Developed closely with Monolith Entertainment, The Monolith Sourcebook provides players and gamemasters with a host of exciting material: new campaigns for both games, standalone adventures, and advice for creating original boardgame adventures using the roleplaying resources. A Red Tide to Kush, a complete boardgame campaign with ten new scenarios. A solo/cooperative campaign made up of nine new scenarios for the boardgame. Shadows from Gulsaggah, a complete roleplaying adventure campaign set in the legendary Black Coast. Rules for solo and cooperative play for the boardgame. Guidelines for using Conan tiles and roleplaying resources to create new scenarios for the boardgame. Characters, monsters, equipment, and artifacts, from Amboola the Spearman to Xuthal’s Crown Get the most out of Monolith’s Conan boardgame with this essential sourcebook! Requires two Conan tile sets — Perilous Ruins & Forgotten Cities and Forbidden Places & Pits of Horror — to play; the Conan (English King Pledge edition 2016) for tabletop action; and the Robert E. Howard’s Conan: Adventures in an Age Undreamed Of core rulebook for roleplaying game excitement. —description from the publisher
Mechanics
Publishers
- Modiphius Entertainment
Questions and answers
Conan: The Monolith Sourcebook supports 1–5 players according to the catalogue. This range comes from the publisher’s listed player count, so the game can be set up for any group size within it. Some setups, rules and scoring details may still vary by player count, so check your edition’s rulebook for the exact configuration.
The listed playing time for Conan: The Monolith Sourcebook is 90 minutes. This is the publisher’s estimate for a full game. The actual duration depends on the group, the player count and familiarity with the rules: first sessions usually run longer, while experienced groups often finish faster. Setup and teaching time are not included in this estimate.
The catalogue lists Conan: The Monolith Sourcebook for ages 14 and up. This is the publisher’s recommendation and reflects reading demands, rule complexity and small components rather than theme alone. Younger players can often join with help from an adult, so check the age guidance on your edition and consider your group’s experience with board games.
Conan: The Monolith Sourcebook has a complexity rating of 2.7 out of 5 from BoardGameGeek players, which makes it a medium-light game. The rating reflects how much rules knowledge, planning and decision-making a typical game demands. Expect a longer first teach for heavier games, and use a preparation guide before game night.
Conan: The Monolith Sourcebook belongs to these categories: Fantasy, Fighting, and Adventure. Its main mechanics are Variable Player Powers, Area Movement, and Dice Rolling. Categories describe the theme and setting of a game, while mechanics describe what players actually do on their turns. Each mechanic links to a catalogue hub with similar games, which helps when you want something comparable.
The credited designers of Conan: The Monolith Sourcebook are: Jason Durall, Vincent Darlage, Chris Lites, Matthew Sullivan-Barrett, and Matthew (John) Sullivan. These credits come from the published game data and name the people responsible for the game’s design, not its illustrators or publishers. Designer pages on MeepleRules collect other titles by the same designers, which helps when you enjoy a game and want to find similar ones.
The catalogue lists Conan: The Monolith Sourcebook as an expansion for Conan. Expansions add new content, rules or scenarios to the base game and usually cannot be played on their own, so you need Conan to use it. Check that your edition of Conan is compatible, as some expansions were revised between editions.