As the others have pointed out, you can play standalone, but if you're somewhat interested, perhaps the Wikipedia page is an "ok" start: https://en.wikipedia.or

As the others have pointed out, you can play standalone, but if you're somewhat interested, perhaps the Wikipedia page is an "ok" start: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baldur%27s_gate https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baldur%27s_gate, looking through the references there.