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The Bard’s Tale Diaries
Have you ever wondered what the appeal of a rock-hard, old-school, Wizardry-style, first-person, overly-hyphenated classic CRPG is?

The original Bard's Tale, not the PS2 action RPG reboot, and not the more-recent continuation either, created by Michael Cranford, is not as harsh as Wizardry, but is still a tough game,
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The Bard's Tale Diaries

Have you ever wondered what the appeal of a rock-hard, old-school, Wizardry-style, first-person, overly-hyphenated classic CRPG is? The original Bard's Tale,

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Michael Blume Jan 18

@DerJoshDer

Für die damalige Zeit waren Grafik & Sound von #BardsTale sensationell! 😁🙌😈🎶

Michael Blume Jan 18

RE: https://dice.camp/@FRWiki/115916606606896420

Hatte neulich erst ein Gespräch mit einer echten, angehenden #Bardin aus #UK & liebe die Charakterklasse in #Fantasy - Settings wie #Aventurien & #Faerun. Die Begeisterung für das Computerspiel #BardsTale hat mich geprägt.

Aus meiner Sicht sind Bardinnen & #Barden lebende, professionelle #Medien , die über #Musik , Unterhaltung & #Mythen v.a. positive #Mimesis verbreiten. Sie sind #Fediverse , nicht nur #Herolde der Herrschenden! 😌🪕📚🙏🎶

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Ren Berthiaume Jan 17

@blookins I remember when my parents bought our first #Commodore64 when I was 15, I had already been playing games like #BardsTale, #Zork, and programming on #Apple computers in the school computer lab for 2 years.

Interesting Links Dec 10

Concept Art: Dragon Wars Remastered
"With the passing of Rebecca Heineman today, I wanted to share some images from her last, now forever unfinished project. She was working on amazing stuff right up until the end.
It was Dragon Wars remastered. Jennell Jaquays was art directing."

#games #DragonWars #BardsTale #RetroGaming

Delaney King (She/Her/Ho Ho Whomst) (@delaneyking.bsky.social)

With the passing of Rebecca Heineman today, I wanted to share some images from her last, now forever unfinished project. She was working on amazing stuff right up until the end. It was Dragon Wars remastered. Jennell Jaquays was art directing.

Bluesky Social

SetSideB Oct 3, 2025

Game Design Legend Rebecca Heineman’s Medical Issues
Not to repeat the title unnecessarily, but Time Extension reports that Rebecca Heineman has been diagnosed with cancer. This is a huge deal, her history in gaming goes back to the days of Electronic Games magazine! She was one of the founders of Interplay, programmed London Blitz for Avalon Hi
https://setsideb.com/game-design-legend-rebecca-heinemans-medical-issues/
#news #bardstale #cancer #GoFundMe #Interplay #news #RebeccaHeineman

Game Design Legend Rebecca Heineman's Medical Issues

Not to repeat the title unnecessarily, but Time Extension reports that Rebecca Heineman has been diagnosed with cancer. This is a huge deal, her history in gami

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Scribblemacher Aug 16, 2025

I got a wild hair to play the Japanese version of The Bard's Tale on NES, which has some text and art that was cut from the NA release. Of course, I have to make a map too!

It's a nice evolution of Wizardry. Combat is slower than I'd like, but has some great options. I took one character of each class, and so far the thief and hunter are not pulling their weight.

#NES #retrogaming #CRPG #famicom #BardsTale #DRPG

Scribblemacher Aug 14, 2025

I know it's supposed to be actual beer, but I think that "root beer" in the #NES version of #BardsTale is more charming. Even better that you drink it in "one shot."

Interesting Links Jul 17, 2025

The Bard's Tale Compendium
"Everything you ever wanted to know about The Bard's Tale, The Destiny Knight, Thief of Fate, The Bard's Tale Construction Set, the Bard's Tale paperback novels, and information about the origin and future of The Bard's Tale series."

#RetroGaming #BardsTale #games #FanSites

The Bard's Tale Compendium

Everything you ever wanted to know about The Bard's Tale, The Destiny Knight, Thief of Fate, The Bard's Tale Construction Set, the Bard's Tale paperback novels, and information about the origin and future of The Bard's Tale series.