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I spent a lot of time in the guild hall there recruiting members to my party between trips to the dungeon[1] :-). Definitely on a list of interesting places to

I spent a lot of time in the guild hall there recruiting members to my party between trips to the dungeon[1] :-). Definitely on a list of interesting places to visit, and it amazes me that places like this were occupied for 600 years and then abandoned long before what I think of as ancient times. How did folks develop the techniques for building these sorts of structures? Some sort of stone age think tank? It is really amazing when you think about it. [1] This was the city in The Bards Tale which I played all the way to the end, back in the day.

shmerl 8y ago
I was playing The Bard's Tale 1 remastered[1] just recently (using Wine+dxvk, since Linux version is not out yet) since I got it as a backer reward for The Bard's Tale IV. Quite a pity inXile was bought by Microsoft. 1. https://www.gog.com/game/the_bards_tale_trilogy https://www.gog.com/game/the_bards_tale_trilogy
jimjimjim 8y ago
yes! the mention of skara brae jumps my brain back to the many hours spent in bard's tail.
fatnoah 8y ago
Tarjan! I remember being stuck for months and not being able to get into the catacombs under the Mad God's temple. I also remember the triumph of actually living through the night for the first time.
ajlburke 8y ago
Skara Brae also features in some of the Ultima games. Supposedly both companies hired the same consultant who provided some of the same naming ideas to both customers - oops!
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- NamTaf 8y ago
  Yup, my long history of playing Ultima and in particular UO was what made me go 'oh, so THAT'S where they got the name!'. It's nice to see how these fantasy worlds tie back to our own in inspiration.
sevensor 8y ago
I loved Bard's Tale up until I completely ruined it for myself by opening my saves up with a hex editor (the DEBUG command in DOS). The format was really simple, and I quickly figured out how to max out everything. I never finished the game, it wasn't fun after that, but I went on to learn x86 assembly language. So not a total loss.

shmerl 8y ago

I was playing The Bard's Tale 1 remastered[1] just recently (using Wine+dxvk, since Linux version is not out yet) since I got it as a backer reward for The Bard's Tale IV. Quite a pity inXile was bought by Microsoft. 1. https://www.gog.com/game/the_bards_tale_trilogy https://www.gog.com/game/the_bards_tale_trilogy

jimjimjim 8y ago

yes! the mention of skara brae jumps my brain back to the many hours spent in bard's tail.

fatnoah 8y ago

Tarjan! I remember being stuck for months and not being able to get into the catacombs under the Mad God's temple. I also remember the triumph of actually living through the night for the first time.

ajlburke 8y ago

Skara Brae also features in some of the Ultima games. Supposedly both companies hired the same consultant who provided some of the same naming ideas to both customers - oops!

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NamTaf 8y ago
Yup, my long history of playing Ultima and in particular UO was what made me go 'oh, so THAT'S where they got the name!'. It's nice to see how these fantasy worlds tie back to our own in inspiration.

sevensor 8y ago

I loved Bard's Tale up until I completely ruined it for myself by opening my saves up with a hex editor (the DEBUG command in DOS). The format was really simple, and I quickly figured out how to max out everything. I never finished the game, it wasn't fun after that, but I went on to learn x86 assembly language. So not a total loss.