Anyone Making a Conan/Hyboria Mod?

[cherryfunk]

It occurs to me that Robert E. Howard's world of Hyboria would be a perfect setting for a RTW or MTW2 mod -- you have a great mix of nations based loosely on European nations and peoples, for example Aquilonia is based partly on Rome, Cimmeria on Scandinavia, Stygia on ancient Egypt, etc. While most units would be 'realistic' in the sense that they wouldn't be elves or dwarves, you could add the odd fantastical unit with unusual powers that would be rare and difficult to recruit (Priests of Set, Snakemen, Man-Apes etc.)

Also, it's a low-magic fantasy setting so you wouldn't have to try and mod magic into the game world. As an added bonus, it's mostly one giant land mass, so the AI wouldn't get tripped up on having bodies of water separating nations. And of course, you could add characters from the stories into the game as generals, diplomats, etc.

Here are a couple maps of the continent:

http://gdrfree.altervista.org/Barbar...ria_color2.jpg

http://hyboria.xoth.net/maps/hyboria_nor.jpg

You have to admit, that would be a great world to wage epic battles in...

[Goth]

That would make a great mod, there could be some great model and skin designs, but I think it would be made for M2TW rather than RTW to take advantage of the new features and you would probably have to wait for anything up to a year for its release. Nice Idea

Goth

[cherryfunk]

Goth, if it hasn't been done yet, then yes it would be best to do it for M2TW. I'm a huge Robert E. Howard fan and have some experience modding Hyboria on earlier strategic games, so if anyone wants to pick up this ball and run with it I'm definitely interested in helping out.