I was not aware that WotC issued a version of this venerable board game late last year.
If you came into the world of RPGs (pen and paper/Pc/videogame/MMO/whatever) in the nineties or later, you probably don't realize what the RPG world was like in the seventies and even early eighties. Things like WoW and Elder Scrolls, or Play by Post, weren't even imagined.
Dungeon! came out in 1975 from TSR and was one of the first readily avaiilable fantasy game options for fans of the still new Dungeons and Dragons game.
in 1980, THIS is what PC gaming looked like (I mapped out every room of this game on graph paper). And this 1980 version for the Atari 400/800 is better than the original 1979 TRS-80 version.
The Dark Tower was the ultimate D&D-type game, and it didn't come out until 1981. And it was an expensive toy back then.
Dungeon! was a game that we spent hours playing and loving.
The Dark Tower commercial. Every D&D-playing schoolboy wanted this game when he saw this on tv.
We had a copy of Dungeon! in the early 80s. I don't think we ever played it once! Maybe we did once, but certainly no more than that.
The asymmetric victory conditions are kind of interesting, though; you can play a weak character with an easy goal or a stronger character with a hard goal, if I recall correctly.
Always wanted never did get....(Dark Tower)that is.
Yeah, my friend got it, but not me. I did like Dungeon!, though.
And I also had this bad boy!oh man, I forgot I had this one , too.
I feel like cranky old man: "You young kids today with your super consoles and souped up PCs have no idea what gaming was like in my day..."
Last year I played several sessions of Wrath of Ashardalon. It's not Age of Conan or Neverwinter Nights, but for a board game, with a little house ruling, it was fun.
A post about Dungeon!, including its roots in Dave Arneson's Blackmoor game.
If you came into the world of RPGs (pen and paper/Pc/videogame/MMO/whatever) in the nineties or later, you probably don't realize what the RPG world was like in the seventies and even early eighties. Things like WoW and Elder Scrolls, or Play by Post, weren't even imagined.
I can recall doing play-by-mail games during the 70s and into the 80s. There use to be all types of games done via play-by-mail. I don't recall what system I was playing at the time, but I do recall it was a RPG. I want to say it was a Star Trek game.
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I can recall doing play-by-mail games during the 70s and into the 80s. There use to be all types of games done via play-by-mail. I don't recall what system I was playing at the time, but I do recall it was a RPG. I want to say it was a Star Trek game.
Yep, in the late 70s you had play-by-mail and by early 80s you could find play-by-post on BBSs.
As for Dungeon!... still have my copy. :] I think I remember rules expansions and options for it being in Dragon magazine and then later online. Never really died out completely.