By Crom, there are no players that want to post their demo experiences? February is too far off in my opinion!!

There are some reports over at BoardGameGeek:

http://www.boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/27848

Been there, done that, need more to quench thirst!

Me, being into details, would really like to read reports (sessions) where each and every fate die roll, the "pool" roll, result is mentioned, along with what action each player took. I know, that's a lot of writing to do, but those are the type of reports I like reading.

Never mind the effort to type it...that's a lot of remembering (or taking notes) to do!

Ruvion said:

When doing session reports, I take plenty of notes myself. Mostly not because I can't recall generally what happened, since I tend to write right after a game, but because I want to get it 100% accurate. Yeah, I know.

Also, you could naturally put the Fate Pool roll as a letter combo using C+C, C, I, M, I/M, W. And given the similarities between AoC and War of the Ring, you could do something similar to the "Example of Play" here:

http://www.warofthering.webb.se/ 

In parts I feel like AoC wouldn't require as much writing down. It's a long road to February (assuming the release date sticks), but I'll definately try to something like that once I get my hands on the game.

Dam said:

It's a long road to eternity.

Ruvion said:

In the meantime we should live, burn with life, love, slay, and be content.

I have the Conan ccg to help me get my Conan fix  .

I have tried the complete (final release) game at a game con, thanks to the local official producers who were advertising it and let people try and play it.

Sorry, but the game REALLY sucks I was really disappointed as I love Conan and expected to buy it, but now I'm sure I won't.

I can try to answer some questions about the game if you want. But really, this is a mediocre game...

Glad that you put yourself on the block for us...

Do describe mediocre...

...how so?

My fear was that the theme would be largely mostly subsumed in the card interplay to a point it's barely felt.

Well founded fear or no?

The theme is absolutely marginal.

It's a game of placement (German-style) + a game of "strategy" warfare. I used quotation marks because strategy is really scarce, as the game is mostly dominated by pure luck.

Some parts are completely abstract (all auctions, Conan adventures, etc.) and really depressing.

Armies are all the same, cards change but you can barely notice it.

All in all, it's a game with various and heterogeneous parts, whose rules don't merge at all. The result is a chaotic and incoherent game, uninspired and whose theme is absolutely fake and badly attached.

How many players in the game? You don't have War of the Ring in your top-5 (nor in your collection), have you tried that? If so, where do you feel AoC veers off course compared to WotR?

We were 4 players, I was the only one at 1st match and I managed to win - this to show how much the game relies on pure luck.

I don't have War of the Ring, but I know it and I don't like it much. Conan is even worse, as you can clearly feel the theme is fake.

I expecially hate the action dice, which add another degree of randomness to an already all-random game - a particularly stupid idea, in my opinion, masked as an original way to add depth to the game, which it doesn't.

I don't know how much I can describe the mechanic without spoilering some copyrighted "secret", but unfortunately I could demolish almost every aspect of this game - give me back my dream of a good game on Conan

bSol_Invictus said:

I expecially hate the action dice, which add another degree of randomness to an already all-random game - a particularly stupid idea, in my opinion, masked as an original way to add depth to the game, which it doesn't.

Well, that right there kinda blows your credibility with me out of the water. I like WotR and am expecting similar thing from AoC. Action dice especially are one the key ingredients that I feel make WotR the game it is (making each game of WotR have a very different feel to all previous games, because the dice won't roll the same, thus your strategy will change as well), looking at the rules, AoC will be in the same vein.

bSol_Invictus said:

Well, the rulebook has been online for a month or two, so everyone who has a serious discussion about the game is already familiar with the mechanics.