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Pool of Radiance
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Pool of Radiance

SSI's 1988 Dungeons & Dragons adventure: the first of the famous 'Gold Box' games, and the first official computer game set in the Forgotten Realms.

The ruined city of Phlan is being rebuilt, block by block, and needs adventurers to clear out the monsters. Take jobs from the city council and slowly uncover who is really behind the evil in the ruins.

Included in Forgotten Realms: The Archives – Collection Two on GOG, with seven more Gold Box games.

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About the game

You explore in first person, then switch to a top-down tactical view for battles, moving each character around the grid and choosing spells and attacks.

It follows the tabletop rules of Advanced Dungeons & Dragons closely, so characters, classes and spells feel just like the board game.

History

Developed by Strategic Simulations, Inc. (SSI) and released in 1988 for the Commodore 64, then DOS, Apple II and more, under an official licence from TSR.

It began the Gold Box series, which included more than a dozen games, among them Curse of the Azure Bonds and Champions of Krynn.

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Ways to play

GOG.com Forgotten Realms: The Archives – Collection Two
Paid Open

Extras

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Official extras on GOG Buying the GOG version also gets you these extras, free to download from your GOG library:
Manuals Cluebooks Code wheels Adventurers Journals Reference cards
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