*The Adventurers' Guild

Im curious if anyone knows how the chance of success when running from an encounter is calculated. When I first started playing I would be forced to fight quite a bit, but now my characters are about level 15 and all have dexterity of 18 and I can run away like 100% of the time. Or I wonder if that ...

Im at level 10 and he is still by far my worst fighter....He doesn't seem to be able to open traps on chests either.

I wish I would have chose Paladin or Dwarven Fighter.

Do Hunters ever get multiple attacks or just the critical hit ability? I have a party of around level 8 and my Hunter is by far weakest on attack when he doesn't critical hit. Will he get better later? My Monk and Warriors hit twice for like 30 hp's and my Hunter hits once for like 10 at best. (Usin...

Every time I've played BTII on the C64 traps do get me. Is your party really high levelled or something? No, from the very beginning they never work. Maybe its some setting on my machine or maybe its my version of the Vice Emulator. What emulator do you use and what copies of the game? I just downl...

Are there any Dev's out there that have the knowledge to figure out why Traps dont work in the C64 version of BT II? I have tried multiple verions of the games on differnet emulators and none of them work. The traps do nothing. May not be anyone with enough emulator knowledge to figure it out but I ...

Well after a year or so of not being satisfied with modern RPG's Im back to the Bard's Tale series once again. I still cant find a version of the C64 version where the dang traps work! And even weirder I tried running the apple emulator and the same thing occurs on that version too....weird. The Dos...

The Automap is nice, but it isn't really all that usefull since it doesn't remember anything you have explored once you leave the dungeon and come back its all wiped clean again

Hey Cool! I didn't read all your details yet though because I have not gone through Dargoth's tower yet, I just finished up Fanskars...so I will be heading there soon so I will come back and post impressions.

This version in the puzzle rooms there is a ticking clock sound, kind of add to the intensity.

Ok thanks. Yea my fighters are like -2 and -3 armor class and Rogue is at 1 I think so dying quickly.

It seems the monsters always attack my thief and he keeps getting killed. He is in fourth position.

Do monsters attack the weakest party member?

I agree dragonbait. While I have a soft spot for the C64 version, it could be that they were the first I played but I also like the dark look of that version, I think the PC and amiga version are a bit too bright looking. However, overall yes I think this version is the best. -Best graphics -Best so...

You guys make great points, all very good ones! I think one of things about these games that stand out for me is similar to what you said horpner about "Mastering the unknown." There's just something special about marching your party down into a dank, dark and dangerous dungeon holding you...

What is it about these games that makes them so addictive? I can't seem to put my finger on why, but I have been addicted to these games over the last few weeks. I think its probably the survival exploration aspect that does it, but there is so much more than that I think. There is an atmosphere in ...

Wow those are great maps, I thought I was a hard core player of the old games, now seeing your maps, I think not so much