A whole host of Dungeons & Dragons Gold Box Series will be hitting Steam at the end of March- check it out!
If you remember playing these back in the day, it’s about time to relive your gaming days as tons of games are being released. These were launched back in 1988, so don’t feel bad if you’ve never played them before, but they are all pretty sweet.
The games will be releasing on March 29th, so it’s really not that long to wait now! Let’s check out everything you can score soon!
Dungeons & Dragons Gold Box Series Hitting Steam!
All the games are super fun and hey, who doesn’t want to relive these old games? The nostalgia alone is worth it.
Launched in 1988, the Gold Box series of computer role-playing games (CRPGs) are beloved by millions of players worldwide. Veteran Dungeons & Dragons players and CRPG newcomers alike enjoyed these games and their variety of unique settings and challenges. Whether it’s exploring the high-fantasy worlds of the Forgotten Realms and Dragonlance, surviving the brutal hellscape of Dark Sun, or battling a supreme vampire in the Ravenloft games, there was a Gold Box game for everyone! Grab your sword, spellbook, or Bag of Holding, and get ready for a return to nostalgia-laden adventures later this month!
You can get a ton of games, here’s everything being released:
- Forgotten Realms: The Archives Collection One (Eye of the Beholder I, II, and III)
- Forgotten Realms: The Archives – Collection Two (Curse of the Azure Bonds, Gateway to the Savage Frontier, Hillsfar, Pools of Darkness, Pool of Radiance, Secret of the Silver Blades, Treasures of the Savage Frontier, and Unlimited Adventures)
- Forgotten Realms: The Archives – Collection Three (Dungeon Hack, Menzoberranzan)
- Krynn series (Champions of Krynn, Death Knights of Krynn, The Dark Queen of Krynn)
- Dark Sun series (Shattered Lands, Wake of the Ravager)
- Ravenloft series (Strahd’s Possession, Stone Prophet)
- D&D Stronghold: Kingdom Simulator
- Al-Qadim: The Genie’s Curse
SNEG will be adding some extra bonuses to the games, including:
- A special Gold Box launcher, making it easier to manage your Gold Box games, and transfer your adventuring parties between games
- Enhanced DOSBox support to offer the best performance possible for these games on modern PC hardware
- Companion apps for Eye of The Beholder Series (All-Seeing Eye) and the majority of other Gold Box Classics (Gold Box Companion) that manage dungeon mapping for you, provide easier access to journal entries, let you access spellbooks, and much more!
That does it for this one, just some awesome games to look forward to that will release on March 29th, 2022!
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