Solasta: Crown of the Magister

Solasta: Crown of the Magister

I was waiting for the full release to finish the campaign, now I am reminded why I stopped buying early access games.

It’s a good game/story with terrible voice acting.

Someone decided that the game was done when it isn’t. It went to release without all the basic classes and races in the Players Handbook for Dungeon and Dragons 5e. This is the starting book for the game and now are charging $10 for additional classes while still not completing the base components for this game.

It is still missing Bard, Warlock, and Monk classes. I am sure there is a plan to charge for those like they are charging for Druid and Barbarian which should be included, so add more money for those. The game is also missing Half-Orc, Gnome, Tiefling, and Dragonborn. Who knows how much those additional classes will cost.

Real player with 59.8 hrs in game


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Hidden Rpg Gem !

Played alot of these Rpg’s,started with Baldurs Gate Years ago.

Nowadays we have Pathfinder,Bg3 and Stuff and they are good,but for my Taste way too much.Especially Pathfinder with that Kingdom Stuff.

I also like Games that have a decent Story but its not the Focus for me.

And i prefer Rpgs that dont overthrow you with annoying Premade Chars and their always similiar Personal Char Questlines that ends with just looking for the best answers in Dialogue.

So compared with Old Games,i always choose Icewind Dale over Baldurs Gate 1 and 2.

Real player with 54.7 hrs in game

Solasta: Crown of the Magister on Steam

Tales from Candlekeep: Tomb of Annihilation

Tales from Candlekeep: Tomb of Annihilation

Short version:

Pros:

  • Colorful graphics

  • Decent ideas

Cons:

  • Repetitive enemies and locations

  • Too random

  • Unbalanced

  • Grindy

  • Questionable DLC practices

  • Feels like a mobile game

“Long” version:

Tales from Candlekeep: Tomb of Annihilation is a turn-based dungeon-crawler that takes place in the Dungeons & Dragons universe.

You control a group of heroes with different abilities and you must complete quests and side objectives to upgrade your gear and get to the final level.

https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2377348053

Real player with 30.4 hrs in game


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Tales from Candlekeep: Tomb of Annihilation is a boardgame-inspired title in which a group of brave adventurers seek to end a terrible curse plaguing the Forgotten Realms. Traverse the jungles of Chult to find the source of deathly magic unleashed upon the living and the dead, yadda yadda.

Writing two introductory sentences about a fantasy-themed game shouldn’t be difficult in theory, but here we are, struck by reality where the curse of Dungeons & Dragons video games persists - majority of them are very lackluster for what is supposed to be one of the greatest and most known tabletop franchises, and Tales from Candlekeep is no different.

Real player with 25.0 hrs in game

Tales from Candlekeep: Tomb of Annihilation on Steam

The Dungeon Experience

The Dungeon Experience

Visit The Dungeon Experience! A thrilling world of high fantasy run by me, a level 1 mud-crab turned entrepreneur. Put your real world responsibilities on hold with a first-person guided adventure! Or work for us, we’re hiring!

Explore the depths of our Dungeon and uncover the mystery of the great elimosphere that has spread corruption throughout the realm. Also a little footnote here, the corruption is not from the asbestos, we listened to your feedback, it is all gone now, so please stop leaving negative reviews.

Be prepared to spend roughly 2 hours during your Immersive first person guided tour in our Dungeon. I will provide some light snacks and liquids (primarily crab juice). I will not be responsible for any dehydration, so it is in the agreement upon entry to drink the crab juice.

For more information call 555-555-555

FEATURES

  • Only the best theme park actors, seasoned by their broken hollywood dreams

  • We got rid of that smell. (Please update your google review, Agnes from Dallas)

  • Only shut down twice for food poisoning (once for regular poisoning)

  • Please note all attendees need to agree before entry they have showered at least once in the past month

  • To the Mother of Ben Butcher, your son’s whereabouts is not our responsibility, please stop contacting us

  • Bonus Leather experience for our veteran dungeoneers.

  • Release your inner Warrior and suffer internal bleeding from bludgeoning.


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The Dungeon Experience on Steam

Alluris

Alluris

As you can see by my hour count, i have really enjoyed playing this game. To me this game is simple yet sophisticated. when i say simple I mean anybody can pick it up, all you have to do is be able to read. However, this game is also sophisticated because when you get into the later stages of the game, you have to keep track of all of the major options you chose and with the variety of this game, there are a lot of story developing options.

This game is perfect for anybody who feels like they need to get their creative side running again, or anybody who likes D&D should also love this game. This game is suitable for all ages and anybody can come and enjoy it.

Real player with 320.9 hrs in game

PROS: Colorful artwork; humorous story telling; classic genre references from movies and literature; many different ways to get to endgame; not system requirement intense; great value; easily turned into a house party game

CONS: Once towns are overrun, all quests and quest items in that area are cut off; each action (no matter how insignificant) burns a day

As a lover of “choose your own adventure” and casual game play, ALLURIS has won a place in my heart. This beautifully illustrated card-style RPG offers hours of game play for a very reasonable price.

Real player with 32.2 hrs in game

Alluris on Steam

Icewind Dale: Enhanced Edition

Icewind Dale: Enhanced Edition

I hesitated honestly to recommend it, but Beamdog has been doing bugfixes still in 2020-2021 (!), so that certainly deserves respect and appreciation as such! (Beamdog is the company responsible for the Enhanced Edition. The original was developed by Black Isle Studios [Fallout 1-2, Planescape].)

Though it looks like Baldur’s Gate 1 and 2 (same engine, though not the same designers), the design and story are very different. I highly recommend playing BG1 and 2 in priority. IWD is much more linear (though I like the ambiance), with very little choices, and the AD&D rules used in BG1 and BG2 were butchered a bit in IWD. Although the rules are very similar, many of the character statistics have changed. The game balance (difficulty) is sometimes very odd in IWD. Many creatures can hit -15 AC easily (beyond rolling natural 20 which are always automatic hits in all those games). In terms of being linear, it is more of a dungeon crawl, from point A to point B, and so it is not a region to explore in an uncertain order à la BG2 or Fallout. And, really, sometimes your party is crawling forward under waves of creatures to slay.

Real player with 155.9 hrs in game

Having never played neither D&D or an Infinity engine game before, I was pleasantly surprised by just how much value was put on the table in Icewind Dale: EE, not just as a videogame, but also as an introductory of sorts to D&D for new players.

Right of the bat you’re given the option to create a party of six (though you can choose to roll with a smaller party, or even solo the whole game) with a ludicrous amount of customization at your fingertips. For those new to the whole thing such as myself at the time, the options available might seem too overwhelming at first with all the different races, classes, weapon proficiencies, etc. Needless to say I’d spent the first few hours just to setup my party. This is a good thing.

Real player with 129.7 hrs in game

Icewind Dale: Enhanced Edition on Steam

Tabletop Adventures

Tabletop Adventures

Tabletop Adventures is meant to look and feel like an actual role-playing environment that you would setup at home and play with pen & paper, dice, miniatures, map tiles, and imagination. The game uses familiar rules systems and takes you through a generated story with random changes to make things unpredictable for maximum replay-ability. Since the game is single-player, you won’t have to find friends with flexible schedules in order to start playing. You control 4 heroes and partake in a voice narrated story in a video game that emulates tabletop board game actions. This is not meant to replace your favorite role-playing game, but to get you through the week while waiting for your next tabletop adventure.

Tabletop Adventures on Steam

TRPG Workshop

TRPG Workshop

Driven by their intense zeal for making an easier-to-use and more user-friendly online TRPG platform providing players more freedom, these veteran gamers develop TRPG Workshop. It is deemed as a comprehensive TRPG auxiliary platform that gives players a great degree of freedom. This means that TRPG Workshop almost contains all the functions needed for TRPG games and renders a visible and simple solution.

  • Interactive Visualnovel-like gameplay brings more engaging game experience

  • Act as GM, Player or Spectator

The GM and Players in a single room have different abilities and rights including visible methods to throw a dice or switch the background – all for your convenience!

  • Check visible profiles in game anytime

  • In-game map editor

Share maps via Steam Workshop or other ways. On a map, there exists the Fog of War blocking your vision, little Tokens representing your characters, and even different accidents that may take place to change the world.

  • Replay your game when it ends!

Every game in TRPGWORKSHOP will be recorded. Any choice you have made and any throwing of dice will remain unchanged. Logs are replayable and shareable.

Rulebooks are supported. Share them with friends or on Steam Workshop!

  • Share and re-create

Steam Workshop will be fully available for TRPG Workshop. Backgrounds, character illustrations, map, map resources, scenario mods and even rulebooks or character cards are all free to customize and share on Steam Workshop at will.

Powerful resource manager is also supported for TRPG Workshop. Just one click to sort out your creations as easy as blowing off dust.

  • Future

Apart from various built-in resource packages for the platform, we are engaging in developing many convenient functions including QuickNote, voice-to-text log or even illustration production and facial capture for Live2D visual characters.

TRPG Workshop on Steam

Idle Champions of the Forgotten Realms

Idle Champions of the Forgotten Realms

Idle D&D game? Count me in! Cute characters, addicting game play, funny story lines (sensiblechuckle.gif), easy to grind gems to pay for shiny upgrades. Kept me up hours past bedtime. 10/10.

Real player with 2609.5 hrs in game

Love this game. Played a few idle clicker types but nothing like this. Exceptionally fun and I’m sure I’ll be playing it for a long time to come.

Real player with 2155.3 hrs in game

Idle Champions of the Forgotten Realms on Steam

Neverwinter Nights: Enhanced Edition

Neverwinter Nights: Enhanced Edition

Can’t express enough, nor can I make this a full review as it would take far too long, how amazing this game is. Still survives more than 18 years after launch through the Enhanced Edition and I’ve been playing since that launch. Roleplaying online for over 15 years, as well. It continues to get amazing improvements as it goes along, and I’m excited to see how much more it can bring.

Real player with 7840.3 hrs in game

You know what you could be playing instead of a MMO?

Neverwinter Nights: Enhanced Edition.

Real player with 965.0 hrs in game

Neverwinter Nights: Enhanced Edition on Steam

Wildshape - Map Editor (free demo)

Wildshape - Map Editor (free demo)

Definitely would recommend giving this map editor/VTT a try if you’re running campaigns with your friends either online or locally. It is best used with a second monitor to have as indicator for what your players see.

The tool sports the most visually impressive map editor I have come across, and whilst the VTT features definitely still need some work to be considered top of the line, they are certainly usable and enjoyable. I am a first time DM, and am very much looking forward to utilizing this tool for a long time to come if it is kept up in the same pace as it has so far.

Real player with 97.2 hrs in game

Absolutely love it. The level of realism and natural beauty you can create with Wildshape is simply unmatched. To me, Wildshape is a simulation for those insanely detailed real world battle map models you see at your local geek shop, but it’s here, on your screen with loads of assets, and textures to bring it to life without ever touching a bottle of glue.

I own several map makers, such as dungeondraft and arkenforge. This is entirely a different product, and with that there is a learning curve. Expect to spend time getting used to creating in a 3D space as it’s not going to be simply drag and drop like other 2D applications (for obvious reasons). So yes, takes time to learn, but the pay off is huge.

Real player with 28.8 hrs in game

Wildshape - Map Editor (free demo) on Steam