HYPERBOREA » Where is Stygia and Kush?

Sir Vival · 9/29/2019 2:19 pm

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)

Ghul · 9/29/2019 7:14 pm

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.

Sir Vival · 9/30/2019 12:42 pm

Ok thank you.

Does a map come with the hard copy?

Ghul · 9/30/2019 1:45 pm

Sir Vival wrote:
Ok thank you.

Does a map come with the hard copy?

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

Spider of Leng · 10/02/2019 9:16 pm

And the map is awesome!

Jimm.Iblis · 10/05/2019 3:45 pm

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.

Spider of Leng · 10/06/2019 8:56 am

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

Iron Ranger · 10/06/2019 9:05 am

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

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