Game: Heroes of the Lance Year: 1988 Genre: Action-Adventure Setting: Dragonlance Developer: SSI Publisher: SSI Pool of Radiance was a gem that completely redefined how computers could present a roleplaying experience and effectively gave anyone with a personal computer the ability to play Dungeons and Dragons without having to rely on inconveniences like graph paper, funny shaped dice, or [...]
All posts for the month October, 2011
Heroes of the Lance
Posted by Shadax on October 22, 2011
http://chronodnd.wordpress.com/2011/10/22/heroes-of-the-lance/
Pool of Radiance Part Two – Sic Semper Tyranthraxus
Well, that was quick. As I had mentioned in the previous post, one of the greatest strengths of Pool of Radiance is that the game offers a huge world to explore while still tying the dozens of areas together with a rudimentary plot. The problem I ran into with just taking on areas at the [...]
Posted by Shadax on October 10, 2011
http://chronodnd.wordpress.com/2011/10/10/pool-of-radiance-part-two-%e2%80%93-sic-semper-tyranthraxus/
Pool of Radiance Part One: Greetings From The Phlan Tourism Board
Game: Pool of Radiance Year: 1988 System: Advanced Dungeons and Dragons Setting: Forgotten Realms Developer: SSI Publisher: SSI It’s hard to believe that the PC version of Pool of Radiance came out in 1988. Not in the negative sense (though most of the non-monster portrait graphics are incredibly ugly, even by the standards of late-80s EGA) [...]
Posted by Shadax on October 3, 2011
http://chronodnd.wordpress.com/2011/10/03/pool-of-radiance-part-one-the-phlan-tourism-board/
