klecser 802 Posted July 1, 2019 Report Share Posted July 1, 2019 (edited) I've been playing King of Dragon Pass this morning (it dropped to 3.70 USD ish on Steam, so I grabbed it.) It is really helping me to understand the basic culture of Glorantha and the varied nature of the decision-making. If you are a new player I think it is a great resource for scenario building and questing ideas. Edited July 1, 2019 by klecser 11 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Bill the barbarian 1,978 Posted July 1, 2019 Report Share Posted July 1, 2019 47 minutes ago, klecser said: If you are a new player I think it is a great resource for scenario building and questing ideas. agreed, Have not played on 10 years now and I truly miss playing it and wished it would run on modern macs, alas. 3 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
DerKrieger 43 Posted July 1, 2019 Report Share Posted July 1, 2019 33 minutes ago, Bill the barbarian said: agreed, Have not played on 10 years now and I truly miss playing it and wished it would run on modern macs, alas. If you buy the updated version on Steam it will work with modern Macs. 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Bill the barbarian 1,978 Posted July 1, 2019 Report Share Posted July 1, 2019 15 minutes ago, DerKrieger said: If you buy the updated version on Steam it will work with modern Macs. I am not sure that I want to buy it again. My disk is in perfect shape. 1 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
DerKrieger 43 Posted July 1, 2019 Report Share Posted July 1, 2019 4 minutes ago, Bill the barbarian said: I am not sure that I want to buy it again. My disk is in perfect shape. They did remove the ability to choose the number of craftsmen BUT there are a few extra scenes and new art plus it is optimized to work with modern OS's without an issue including a slightly updated interface (mostly scaling, could be better). There are also community patches to try and improve running the original game on modern machines but those tend to be Windows focused so I dont know your luck there. I'd keep the disk because it's awesome but for the price I'd say pick the game up again as you'll certainly get your money's worth, 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Bill the barbarian 1,978 Posted July 1, 2019 Report Share Posted July 1, 2019 (edited) 18 minutes ago, DerKrieger said: They did remove the ability to choose the number of craftsmen BUT there are a few extra scenes and new art plus it is optimized to work with modern OS's without an issue including a slightly updated interface (mostly scaling, could be better). There are also community patches to try and improve running the original game on modern machines but those tend to be Windows focused so I dont know your luck there. I'd keep the disk because it's awesome but for the price I'd say pick the game up again as you'll certainly get your money's worth, Now, that does make a difference, warrior (if I have guessed the correct translation of your name). When I think of the tens of tousands of dollars sitting in a shelf of programs that won't run or I would need to buy an expensive collectors Item computer to run... Edited July 1, 2019 by Bill the barbarian Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Runeblogger 747 Posted July 2, 2019 Report Share Posted July 2, 2019 (edited) If you know anyone who needs any convincing to buy this game, I wrote a review you can send them to. ◀️ Edited July 2, 2019 by Runeblogger 3 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Nevun 20 Posted July 2, 2019 Report Share Posted July 2, 2019 One of the nice things about KoDP is that the heroquests are broken down into nice 'chunks' that easily translate into RQ Heroquest stages and can be used in your games. 4 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Lurking Grue 11 Posted July 5, 2019 Report Share Posted July 5, 2019 (edited) I love playing the KoDP soundtrack while I'm brainstorming ideas for adventures and writing down scenarios (and other happenings) for my Glorantha campaign. The game is very good, I love it to bits, but the music is fantastic and deserves a separate mention! (EDIT: I have the GOG version which comes with the soundtrack, don't know if the Steam version does.) Edited July 5, 2019 by Lurking Grue 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Rob Darvall 156 Posted July 5, 2019 Report Share Posted July 5, 2019 1 hour ago, Lurking Grue said: (EDIT: I have the GOG version which comes with the soundtrack, don't know if the Steam version does.) Steam version does have the soundtrack. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
ingot 15 Posted April 3, 2020 Report Share Posted April 3, 2020 I notice that King of Dragon Pass was mentioned in the New York Times a couple of days ago (or at least their website): https://www.nytimes.com/2020/04/01/arts/gaming-introduction-basics-quarantine-coronavirus.html 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Sir_Godspeed 1,859 Posted April 3, 2020 Report Share Posted April 3, 2020 14 hours ago, ingot said: I notice that King of Dragon Pass was mentioned in the New York Times a couple of days ago (or at least their website): https://www.nytimes.com/2020/04/01/arts/gaming-introduction-basics-quarantine-coronavirus.html Dang it, looks like I've had my five free articles of the month already. Anyone care to summarize the mention for me? 😅 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Nick Brooke 1,770 Posted April 4, 2020 Report Share Posted April 4, 2020 9 hours ago, Sir_Godspeed said: Dang it, looks like I've had my five free articles of the month already. Anyone care to summarize the mention for me? 😅 "If you’re looking for a great microtransaction-free iPad game for adults that provides a rare mix of storytelling and strategy, try King of Dragon Pass." 1 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Runeblogger 747 Posted April 4, 2020 Report Share Posted April 4, 2020 On 7/1/2019 at 5:58 PM, klecser said: I've been playing King of Dragon Pass this morning (it dropped to 3.70 USD ish on Steam, so I grabbed it.) It is really helping me to understand the basic culture of Glorantha and the varied nature of the decision-making. If you are a new player I think it is a great resource for scenario building and questing ideas. The Orlanthi culture, you mean, yes. It is a great videogame. When you play it through, you'll want to play Six Ages: Ride Like the Wind. 😉 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
alakoring 81 Posted January 19 Report Share Posted January 19 On 7/1/2019 at 9:46 AM, Bill the barbarian said: agreed, Have not played on 10 years now and I truly miss playing it and wished it would run on modern macs, alas. If you have one of the latest Macs, I believe you can play the version from the iOS App Store. (I launched it on my M1 MacBook Air but didn’t do any extensive testing.) Quote Link to post Share on other sites
PhilHibbs 1,719 Posted January 19 Report Share Posted January 19 1 hour ago, alakoring said: If you have one of the latest Macs, I believe you can play the version from the iOS App Store. (I launched it on my M1 MacBook Air but didn’t do any extensive testing.) It is a different game though. The mechanics are different, the iOS version doesn't allow you to allocate the three different grain productions for example. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Bill the barbarian 1,978 Posted January 19 Report Share Posted January 19 1 hour ago, alakoring said: If you have one of the latest Macs, I believe you can play the version from the iOS App Store. (I launched it on my M1 MacBook Air but didn’t do any extensive testing.) Unfortunately after having only played 1 game at the turn of the millennium, the game did not make the jump to Intel Macs so for 2 decades i looked at my pretty pristine disk in sorrow. Finally bought it again this year to find it will not run on 64 bit so I have now bought this game twice an done played it once. No use getting used to it now as I plan my migration to 64 bit only. That you say it will work on a M! chip is news I will try to find out if there is a 64 bit version I can get (not from the app store it seems wish s confusing by what you say) Quote Link to post Share on other sites
AndrewTBP 61 Posted January 19 Report Share Posted January 19 (edited) Whereas I've bought it 4 times. Once for my nephew's iPhone when it was released for iOS, and 3 times for myself on iPad, Android phone, and Steam in 2015. I haven't even installed Steam. 😉 King of Dragon Pass prompted my purchase of an iPad. Edited January 19 by AndrewTBP 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Whizbang 39 Posted January 20 Report Share Posted January 20 (edited) On 7/5/2019 at 1:08 AM, Lurking Grue said: The game is very good, I love it to bits, but the music is fantastic and deserves a separate mention! Duh-doo doo-de-doo doo-de-doode-doo-dedoo Doo-de-doo doo-de-doo doo-de-doode-doode-doo Duh-doo doo-de-doo doo-de-doode-doode-doo Doo-de-doo doo-de-doo doo-de doo-doo-doode-oo Dadoo-doo-dedoooo Daddo-doo-dedoooo Dadoo-doo-dedoooo Doo-de-doode-doode-dooo Duh-doo doo-de-doo doo-de doode-doo-dedoo Doo-de-doo doo-de-doo doo-de doode-doo-dedoo (Enjoy the earworm!) Edited January 20 by Whizbang 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Trotsky 190 Posted January 20 Report Share Posted January 20 I have never played it - after reading Runebloggers review maybe I should pick up a copy... Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Akhôrahil 2,282 Posted January 20 Report Share Posted January 20 28 minutes ago, Trotsky said: I have never played it - after reading Runebloggers review maybe I should pick up a copy... It’s the perfect tablet game, that had the misfortune of preceeding tablets. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
alakoring 81 Posted January 22 Report Share Posted January 22 On 1/19/2021 at 11:48 AM, Bill the barbarian said: Unfortunately after having only played 1 game at the turn of the millennium, the game did not make the jump to Intel Macs so for 2 decades i looked at my pretty pristine disk in sorrow. Finally bought it again this year to find it will not run on 64 bit so I have now bought this game twice an done played it once. No use getting used to it now as I plan my migration to 64 bit only. That you say it will work on a M! chip is news I will try to find out if there is a 64 bit version I can get (not from the app store it seems wish s confusing by what you say) If you have an M1 Mac, you can get King of Dragon Pass from the Mac App Store. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Bill the barbarian 1,978 Posted January 22 Report Share Posted January 22 (edited) 15 minutes ago, alakoring said: If you have an M1 Mac, you can get King of Dragon Pass from the Mac App Store. Late ’13 iMac, with Mojave, so while not cutting edge reasonably modern. Paying 1500 canadian bucks for a chance to play this sounds silly, even for me. I see in the upper right hand corner it says six ages... is this a 6 ages or KoDP game you are referring to? Judging by the screen shots it looks like old skool KoDP. Edited January 22 by Bill the barbarian Quote Link to post Share on other sites
alakoring 81 Posted February 19 Report Share Posted February 19 You noticed the button that gives you more info about Six Ages, but not the window title or menu title? 🙂 You should also be able to play the App Store build of Six Ages on an M1 Mac, but the Steam version would probably be more computer friendly. The App Store build of King of Dragon Pass is not old school, and you can play it on an M1 Mac. (To play the old school version, you need an old school Mac that can run an app built for PowerPC architecture.) Quote Link to post Share on other sites
coffeemancer 271 Posted February 19 Report Share Posted February 19 Taming of Dragon Pass boardgame when? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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