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9/29/2019 2:19 pm  #1


Where is Stygia and Kush?

I was lucky enough to buy the core rules pdf yesterday (Humble Bundle) for less than £2. What an interesting setting AS&SH has! 

But I was expecting there would be a Stygia / Kush type desert region in Hyperboreas but there isn't. The closest fit is the Diamond Desert but that doesn't really meet my expectations. I was more hoping for a hot sandy area with dunes, oasis, and brooding sorcerer-kings and such.

EDIT: Actually, upon another read, the Diamond Desert does more than less fit the criteria. I think first time I  read that passage of text, I read stuff about many diamond deposits, and instantly thought the desert was like, 95% diamonds and 5% sand!

Also, does anyone know where I can download a map of the setting? I did a search but to my surprise, I came up empty.

Thanks all. 

Last edited by Sir Vival (9/29/2019 2:36 pm)

 

9/29/2019 7:14 pm  #2


Re: Where is Stygia and Kush?

Welcome to the forum! As you have no doubt deduced by now, the Hyperborea of AS&SH is not intended to be the Hyperborea of Robert E. Howard's Hyborian Age. It contains a mix of influences that include but are not limited by Robert's work, including Greek mythology. The map can be purchased separately at DriveThru:

https://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/290139/Map-of-Hyperborea?src=newest

Thanks!
Jeff T.
 


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9/30/2019 12:42 pm  #3


Re: Where is Stygia and Kush?

Ok thank you.

Does a map come with the hard copy?

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9/30/2019 1:45 pm  #4


Re: Where is Stygia and Kush?

Sir Vival wrote:

Ok thank you.

Does a map come with the hard copy?

Yes, it is a 32 x 40-inch map.


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10/02/2019 9:16 pm  #5


Re: Where is Stygia and Kush?

And the map is awesome!


"Could you fancy me as a pirate bold?  Or a longship Viking warrior with the old gods on his side?  Well, I'm an inshore man and I'm nobody's hero.  But I'll make you tight for a windy night and a dark ride."--Jethro Tull
 

10/05/2019 3:45 pm  #6


Re: Where is Stygia and Kush?

Might be worth mentioning that, imho (and a few others 'bout these parts) that the AS&SH engine works swimmingly with games set in and around the Hyborian Age of Conan.


"Role-playing isn't storytelling. If the dungeon master is directing it, it's not a game."  ~ Gary Gygax
 

10/06/2019 8:56 am  #7


Re: Where is Stygia and Kush?

And it's much easier to master (at least for grognards like me) than the Modiphius 2d20 game, which we fiddled with and abandoned.


"Could you fancy me as a pirate bold?  Or a longship Viking warrior with the old gods on his side?  Well, I'm an inshore man and I'm nobody's hero.  But I'll make you tight for a windy night and a dark ride."--Jethro Tull
 

10/06/2019 9:05 am  #8


Re: Where is Stygia and Kush?

And much more fluid with muscle memory than Tsr's too.


 
 

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