UOG91050@UOGUELPH.BITNET (Colin Watson) (02/01/90)
I received this in response to a requset about DnD simulation games a week ago.
Just thought that I would leave it for all to see
Nannok of the North
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Games from SSI, in order of release:
--Some Dragonlance game...it's supposed to be okay, but not great.
Characters *do not* transfer into the Pool of Radiance series.
--A Dungeon Master's helper...this is for use in connection with the
actual D&D game...not actually a game...I've not seen this in action.
--Pool of Radiance...pretty good, but I recommend at least Tandy 16 color
graphics/EGA, Tandy sound, and an 8MHz processor...if you play this on
a base PC/XT you'll hate it, but you'll love it on a '386...
You control a party of up to 8 (6 player characters, 2 NPC's...)
--Hillsfar...kind of an arcade game for D&D...you can create new characters
or bring in your characters from the others...one character at a time.
For this one you want a *slow* processor, as some of the arcade things
(the archery range in particular) are much harder on a faster machine...
I would recommend skipping this one, unless you have a friend who already
bought it...
--Curse of the Azure Bonds...better graphics etc. than Pool, but much easier.
I've not played it, but Pool took my free time for a month, while a friend
who took about the same amount of time on Pool solved Curse in a week...
Recommendations: Pool and Curse...skip the rest.
P.S. if this was helpful to you, you are welcome/encouraged to re-post
this to the net...I would have, but forgot to...