Yeah the B&B setting is supposed to reflect the interior conceits of the Conan-S&S tropes. And it does an excellent job of it, I've run a couple of campaigns with it. Are the Edges powerful? Sure. But they're appropriate to the setting.
The beauty of Savage Worlds is - if you don't like an Edge? Nuke it. The customization possibilities of the system are endless. It's designed for you to tweak whatever the setting conceits *you* want.
Beasts and Barbarians, in particular would be a superb choice for a solo or duo-game. But I also think you can just use the Core Rules with the Fantasy Companion to go wild.
Maybe they play better than they look, I don’t mind characters being powerful but the edges didn’t seem to fit. I guess I expected edges closer reflecting lankhmar or Solomon Kane edges.
So far it seems thus
Barbarians of Lemuria
-most rules light
-quick and easy to play
-good magic rules for the genre, actually does soft magic in a ttrpg
-I’ve heard it doesn’t quite hit book Conan but wasn’t able to see what they mean by that. It’ll take some minor conversion to change settings
-never played this one at all, so I don’t know what to expect with character power level and gameplay
Savage worlds
-great system does pulp very well.
-looking to try the road less travelled since I know savage worlds so well.
-heavy emphasis on miniatures and play aids
-best handles large combats
Conan 2d20
-tailor made for Hyborean age
-has a lot of storygame mechanics
-medium crunch
-seems to be a love it or hate it system
-modiphious attracts a lot of cringe people. Hesitant because they tend to bend the knee to the woke mob. How the hell do you get artists like Brom and keep it pg13. Idk I want to like the game
Mythras
-best 1 on 1 combat out of the bunch
-most crunchy system
-extremely deadly
-played RQG and other d100 systems
These are the systems that are most recommended I’m avoiding osr for this one because of emphasis on party play.