Ruins of Hyboria

between the stones of broken piers and shattered paves that had once been streets and spacious plazas and broad courts. Here and there buckling towers reeled drunkenly against the morning sky, and broken pillars jutted up among the decaying walls. In the centre space a marble pyramid was spired by a slim column, and on its pinnacle sat or squatted something that Conan supposed to be an image until his keen eyes detected life in it. What lurks in the darksome ruin over that rise? You may not want to know, but you yearn for the treasure so badly you will brave the nameless slimes and unspeakable horrors of those ancient remains. There is something irresistible in the allure of decaying ruins and ancient places. They are testaments to ingenuity, yet the civilisations that built them fell, regardless of their creativity and intelligence. The ancient places of the world have an awesome power to impress and overwhelm in a way newer constructions can never hope to. The air of decay surrounding such places, the sheer sense of history pervading these old locations, works to stimulate the dark corners of the imagination and conjures phantoms both real and imagined. Extensively researched, this book is intended to give Players and Games Masters of Conan the Roleplaying Game the resources to bring the ruins of the Hyborian age to life, including a ruin generator, maps and monsters.