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Continue reading →: Diomedes: Update 5
I wanted to start with notes this time. As I’ve noted before, gameplay of these games is clearly old and dated, but they are very fast and stable on DOSBox. Really, the best these games have ever played. I remember back in the day (yes, I’m old) usually having a…
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Continue reading →: Curse of the Azure Bonds Playthrough: Diomedes
Diomedes and his fearless team just finished Pool of Radiance (PoR) and now continue into the next game of the series. As mentioned before, role playing-wise this is the same exact crew. But for a few reasons I chose to recreate the team rather than import. The first reason, Diomedes…
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Continue reading →: Curse of the Azure Bonds
The second of the classic Gold Box games. Curse is a direct sequel to Pool of Radiance. It is the second of four games that form a series (the next installments being “Secret of the Silver Blades” and “Pools of Darkness”). It is unique as far as I know for…
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Continue reading →: Diomedes: Update 4
The council seemed to think it was time to make a move towards Stojanow Castle. That was the seat of power for old Phlan. We had reason to think a powerful being known as “Tyranthraxus”, a leader of the sacking of the city over 30 years ago, was still ruling…
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Continue reading →: Diomedes: Update 3
After the kobold caves we worked our way west, and came across a large nomad camp. We fought off a horde of kobolds with them, and they pledged their friendship to us. They will pose no further problems for New Phlan. From here we set off to the west again.…
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Continue reading →: Diomedes: Update 2
Continuing on, we had been asked by Councilman Cadorna to retrieve a family heirloom that had gone missing near the old Textile House. Plus a servent of his had also gone missing while looking for the item. While looking for the box we fought several groups of orcs. We were…
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Continue reading →: Diomedes: Update 1
We were all a little nervous as we set out to explore the abandoned slums right on the other side of the wall, the gateway to old Phlan. The first group of creatues we saw, Kobolds, took one look at us and ran. That was a good boost to our…
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Continue reading →: Pool of Radiance Playthrough: Diomedes
Compared to newer games, Pool of Radiance is very much like an older style dungeon crawl. There’s enough story here to tell, but just barely. To me, the look, style and personality of my characters matters. A lot actually. So I’m going to treat this much like I did my…
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Continue reading →: Pool of Radiance
Its funny, I’ve had this site called “DavesGaming” up for almost two years. But so far, all I’ve done is the Infinity Engine games Icewind Dale and Baldur’s Gate (1 & 2). Well no doubt, I tend to dig in on an interest and spend several months or years before…
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Continue reading →: Gold Box Games
Gold Box Games is the general name for a series of CRPGs released by SSI from 1988 to 1992. The first game, “Pool of Radiance” is certainly the best known, and it was revolutionary in a way when it came out.Maybe I should soften that a little. It was not…




I think the fighting is actually more relentless than the later games. And so far I would say a lot…