Thanks for the feedback! King of the Wood looks like aplace to start. I heartliy recommend reading Kamazotz, by the way, Written by a medieval martial arts researcher/teacher, I believe.
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Winter of the Worlds series, by Michael Scott Rohan. Time wise could be said as spot on - some time around a earth ice age. Refugees fleeing a European based culture. Even an rpg you can get on DriveThruRPG. Not really S&S.
Wolves Beyond the Border is a story that uses Gault Hagar’s son to tell a tale when Conan is king about the goings-on in the Westermarck.
it is very descriptive if you plan on being a gm.
for instance, Fort Kwanyara is only a rough hewn blockhouse, whereas according to a d20 book, it is a full-on fort with many stationed there and farms. Conan the Scout keeps it very close to REH’s description.
The OP, I think, was looking specifically for material for use in the “New World,” or the actual landmass that would become the Americas, but I think this remains a useful observation for this topic.
The article I link is in this line of inquiry. I am ashamed that I haven’t read it yet, but it could be of interest here.
For Americana Conan, I also think of James Fenimore Cooper’s Leatherstocking Tales. I read them all a few years ago, I really enjoyed them, and I can see their influence on REH’s work, particularly on “Beyond the Black River.”
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I would just totally rip off…(not the time setting, just the magic/tech and the gods of the Inca’s etc)
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Looks fascinating! Can’t wait to read that.
I just thought of more texts that may be of use. These histories of the early Americas are tinged with legend. I read them years ago without enough attention. Now I think they would be good to pillage for Conan gaming.
https://www.loa.org/books/204-three-western-narratives
Cheers. I read that article BTW and it was really interesting so thanks for the tip. I’ve now got Adventurer though, which I have to say it impressive and inspirational. I think I’m going to have to exhaust that before I send my players further afield!
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Continental drift hasn’t shaped the world yet as it is today. The Americas may be mostly underwater at this time even…
Well, when REH wrote his Conan stories the continental drift theory was still a theory without many proponents. A quarter of a century after REH’s death (and nearly fifty years after Alfred Wegener proposed the continental drift theory) it became clear that it was correct. During this radical paradigma shift all other theories vanished, including the ‘cataclysm theory’ REH used.
Both interesting points. I like the idea of the Americas (which will need to be called something else, obviously) being geographically dramatically different. Partly sunken definitely sounds good, by whatever means…
Well, first I would research how the Americas were during the last ice age. Then I would change the geography slightly, adding a huge inland sea for example. Do not forget to alter the coastal lines. The result should look like the Americas but should be different (similiar to the difference between the Hyborian continent and Eurasia & Africa).
The people of the Americas should mostly be primitive or barbarian tribes. The might even be some ancient civilizations founded by survivors of the Thurian Age. And do not forget to add strange beasts which are extinct on the other side of the ocean (but no dinosaurs!).
Don’t forget the aliens 
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Duly noted!
I like the idea of REH Americas. Looking at the map of Hyborea I was thinking of printing a map of N&S America and connecting Florida to Mexico, fillling the area around Mexico and connecting the Carribean to the mainland, not a brilliant piccy but here ya go:
The ideas is not bad, but I would not move the island of the Carribean. I would also sink Patagonia, turn the most southern parts of the Andes into a chain of islands and enlarge the Hudson Bay making the Great Lakes part of it (by sinking all of Ontario).
Yeah, I’m liking all of those ideas. But the map raises my main dilema: whether to join the Carriban islands together more or sink them and separate the two continents entirely. The second option is more accurate to tectonic shift, the first one, the wrong one… is more REH! It is a shame Conan’s world doesn’t have more coastline. I think I’d go for the one with mysterious islands and maritime culture.
I googled tectonic shift animation and discovered that at one point N & S America were separate. TBH it is fantasy so my (very rough) map is moot. Thinking about your replies I think I’ll sink SA (sorry Brazil 
) and make it a mix of large and small islands dominated by a central larger island nation, similar to the Minoan Culture during the Classical period. It’s a great excuse to have deep ones all over the place along with communities worshipping Straasha and/or Grome for the Elric novels.
I just found this link… you can set the sea level then print off the screen shot, even with a 60 metre water level rise my little town in the UK suvives… Kevin Costner eat your heart out
http://flood.firetree.net/
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OMG That’s awesome! Thanks!