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Dragonlance Games on GOG

Darkmakaimura

Can You Imagine What SureAI Is Going To Do With Garfield?
Recently GOG has released the silver box Dragonlance games from SSI. By far my favorite digital distribution platform because everything is DRM free has finally included more Dungeons & Dragons classic games.


If you like old school Dragonlance you're in luck.

This collection brings back a gathering of adaptations of the events in the first four Dragonlance role-playing modules, at the beginning of the War of the Lance. These were the first games that brought the world of D&D to PC. Silver Box Classics contains of the following titles: Heroes of the Lance, Dragons of Flame, War of the Lance and Shadow Sorcerer.

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HEROES OF THE LANCE Discover the world of Krynn in this D&D epic. Control the Companions of the Lance (they aren’t Heroes until they succeed!) in their quest to recover the Disks of Mishakal. Only this can defeat the Queen of Darkness and restore the balance between Good and Evil.

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DRAGONS OF FLAME Takhisis, Queen of Darkness, and her Draconian hordes have overrun much of the homeland Krynn, even the elven armies of Qualinost, valiant in their resistance to this evil power, struggle on the edge of defeat. It is only the returning Companions of the Lance that can halt this wave of tyranny before Krynn is consumed by evil. Freed from captivity by an elven assault column, the Companions under the guiding direction of the cleric Goldmoon and bolstered by their success at recovering the mystical Disks of Mishakal, can once again restore a belief in the gods and unify the inhabitants of Krynn against the power of Takhisis. Rescue slaves held by the ravaging Dragonarmies in the foul fortress of Pax Tharkas.

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WAR OF THE LANCE That's the first D&D computer wargame. Prepare for fierce battles and all-out war when the forces of Whitestone clash against the evil Highlord Dragonarmies. The prize: absolute rule over all Ansalon on the Dragonlance game world of Krynn. Send forth your diplomats to forge treaties and gain the allies that will swell the numbers of your troops. When words fail, armies of human, draconians, ogres, dwarves, elves, dragons, and other creatures may prove more persuasive.

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SHADOW SORCERER Shadow Sorcerer is a tie-in with the Dragonlance series of novels. The player controls a party of four adventurers that have just rescued 800 slaves and must shepherd them through the wilderness before the evil Dragon army catches up with them. There are three levels to the game: - Strategic, where the player must move the refugees safely through the wilderness. - Tactical, where the party explores dungeons and other areas of interest, searching for information and treasure to assist the escape. - Political, where the players must deal with the refugee leaders and convince them to continue following the party. All three take place in real-time with the evil dragons constantly on the adventurers' heels slowly picking off the escapees.

Each of these gaming gems brings its own unique flare and adventure for you to enjoy, ranging from platform to real-time combat experience.
 
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Darkmakaimura

Can You Imagine What SureAI Is Going To Do With Garfield?
The only one I played was Heroes of the Lance on the C64. Very big beards in Dragonlance.
My first experience with the Gold Box Dungeons & Dragons games were on the Commodore 64 myself. I have Pools of Radiance and Curse of the Azure Bonds as well as Champions of Krynn.
 

Darkmakaimura

Can You Imagine What SureAI Is Going To Do With Garfield?
I really miss old school first edition and second edition Dungeons & Dragons. Or, as it was known, Advanced Dungeons & Dragons. I had so many good memories of those.

I really do not like today's Dungeons and Dragons especially with all the silliness. I like these games better when they were looked down upon and seen as a hobby for nerds instead of appealing to mainstream audiences like it is today.

Even the video game themselves took lots of patience that most normal people could not put up with even by today's standards.
 
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