{"id":1173,"date":"2025-12-05T23:05:32","date_gmt":"2025-12-06T05:05:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.goodpencil.com\/pod\/?p=1173"},"modified":"2025-12-05T23:05:33","modified_gmt":"2025-12-06T05:05:33","slug":"swords-scrolls-030-the-battle-of-the-barbarians-round-4-conan-vs-kothar","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.goodpencil.com\/pod\/blog\/2025\/12\/05\/swords-scrolls-030-the-battle-of-the-barbarians-round-4-conan-vs-kothar\/","title":{"rendered":"Swords &amp; Scrolls 030 &#8211; The Battle of the Barbarians &#8211; Round 4: Conan vs. Kothar"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"806\" src=\"https:\/\/www.goodpencil.com\/pod\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/7d134ff8-766d-48e9-85a4-1907fe3f5b5e-1024x806.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1174\" style=\"width:839px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.goodpencil.com\/pod\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/7d134ff8-766d-48e9-85a4-1907fe3f5b5e-1024x806.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.goodpencil.com\/pod\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/7d134ff8-766d-48e9-85a4-1907fe3f5b5e-300x236.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.goodpencil.com\/pod\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/7d134ff8-766d-48e9-85a4-1907fe3f5b5e-768x605.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.goodpencil.com\/pod\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/7d134ff8-766d-48e9-85a4-1907fe3f5b5e-1536x1209.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.goodpencil.com\/pod\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/7d134ff8-766d-48e9-85a4-1907fe3f5b5e-150x118.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.goodpencil.com\/pod\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/7d134ff8-766d-48e9-85a4-1907fe3f5b5e.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Battle of the Barbarians rages on &#8211; this time with monstrous plants, pool dweller, demons and a vat spawned being! Jason Farrell from the Douglas &amp; Dragons Podcast uses his magic amulet to return for a discussion on Conan the Barbarian 50 and 51. These issues are the conclusion of an adaption of the novel, &#8220;Kothar and the Conjurer&#8217;s Curse&#8221; by Gardner F. Fox. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Check out Douglas &amp; Dragons for gaming goodness- <a href=\"https:\/\/www.goodpencil.com\/pod\/blog\/category\/dnd\/\">https:\/\/www.goodpencil.com\/pod\/blog\/category\/dnd\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Theme Music by GNOLL, courtesy Heimat der Katastrophe. 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