I remember back when I was about 12 or 13 years old when I had gotten my first copy of 'Conan the Barbarian.' My dad had picked it up for me at a yard sale, thinking it might be worth something, given it's age. I didn't think much of it in terms of value in any case, as it was a little beaten up and someone had scribbled a price on the cover in green magic marker. But I didn't care, I never personally bought my comics in hopes of becoming a "millionaire comic-book tycoon", hell no, I was in it only for the stories. I never really latched on to characters with super powers or any of that stuff. So for me, it was Batman, or the Punisher or Conan, but especially Conan. Oh sure, there were wizards and elements of magic prevalent in the series, but the main protagonist himself, never resorted to these kind of gimmicks. With his inhuman strength and fighting prowess, he simply didn't need them. After reading the issue my dad bought for me (for the w
Well, it's been a while since I did one of these articles, but today was one of those drudgingly boring sorts of days,ripe for blogging. So out of that dreadful, painfully awkward boredom, I present to you a game I was rather fond of all those years ago; I give you HeroQuest! I used to love this game! What am I saying,I still love this game. It's easy, it's challenging and most of all, it's still a lot of fun to play. In fact,it's one of the simplest board games of this type I've ever played. Though I do believe it to be more of a hybrid of both fantasy and sword and sorcery,the distinction isn't clear,nor is it all that important in this game. On one hand you have orcs and elves,and on the other you have a barbarian and an evil sorcerer, who to me appears very similar to Skeletor from Masters of the Universe. I was lucky to find myself a copy of this game at an outlet store back in the early 90's, still brand new in the shrink-wrap. I'm glad I