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What is Sword and Sorcery and How is it Different from Fantasy?
The Witcher, Dark Souls, Game of Thrones, The First Law, Dungeons & Dragons. These properties…
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How James Earl Jones’s Thulsa Doom Paid Homage to the Enigmatic Villain
"Now they will know why they are afraid of the dark." With these words, delivered…
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The Barbarian at the Gaming Table: What D&D Historians Forget to Mention
Everything you think you know about the origins of Dungeons & Dragons is wrong. While…
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Whence Came the Cimmerian?
Over the years, a lot of misinformation has circulated about Conan’s relationship to Robert E.…
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How did the different Kingdoms of the Hyborian Age celebrate New Year’s?
A question to round out the year: how exactly did the kingdoms of Conan’s time…
Culture, Robert E. Howard
Beyond the Chainmail Bikini: The Role of Women in Conan the Barbarian
You might think you know Robert E. Howard's world—where Conan the Barbarian carved his legend…
The Barbarian at the Gaming Table: What D&D Historians Forget to Mention...
Everything you think you know about the origins of Dungeons & Dragons is wrong. While countless histories of tabletop gaming have painted J.R.R. Tolkien as the literary godfather of D&D, the truth—according to someone who was actually there—is far more…
Culture, Robert E. Howard, Updates
Whence Came the Cimmerian?
Over the years, a lot of misinformation has circulated about Conan’s relationship to Robert E.…
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How did the different Kingdoms of
A question to round out the year: how exactly did the kingdoms of Conan’s time…
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Beyond the Chainmail Bikini: The Role
You might think you know Robert E. Howard's world—where Conan the Barbarian carved his legend…
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Genndy Tartakovsky Is Officially Making a Conan the Barbarian Animated Series.
Cartoon Network Studios reached out to Heroic Signatures about a Conan animated series because Genndy Tartakovsky told them he wanted to make one. He'd been…
Two Years of Steel and Sorcery: How Titan Comics Restored Conan to His Throne
By Crom! Has it really been two years? With the release of Conan the Barbarian #25, it's time to raise our ale horns and reflect…
The Five: Where to Start with Conan the Barbarian
Are you ready to embark upon a journey into a realm of high adventure, where swords clash, sorcery runs rampant, and a certain sullen-eyed Cimmerian…
