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Continue reading →: Diomedes: IWD Update 1
We entered the small frozen town and discussed where to head, it seemed a rustic tavern had some activity. It might be a good place to get some information and see where we could find this “Hrothgar.” Hrothgar affirmed we was putting together a band of heroes for an expedition.…
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Continue reading →: Icewind Dale Playthrough: Diomedes and the Alternate Reality
This will be an alternate recreation of a team I created a couple months ago to play through the old Gold Box games. This team has already been through Pool of Radiance and Curse of the Azure Bonds, and I hope to continue their adventures into Secret of the Silver…
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Continue reading →: Diomedes: Update 7
We had a possibility on how to find Tyranthraxus. We had met a strange hooded man back at the Standing Stones north of Essembra. He said to “come see him” when we only had one bond left. Apart from the strong “trap” vibe, this seemed like a solid lead. It…
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Continue reading →: Diomedes: Update 6
We had determined we needed to get to Yulash or Zhentil Keep next. As the Keep would mean passing through Yulash, we decided to just see what we needed to see in Yulash first. There was a war going on here, between Red Pumes from Hillsfar and Zhentrim troops. The…
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Continue reading →: Diomedes: Update 5
I wanted to start with notes this time. As I’ve noted before, gameplay of these games is clearly old and dated, but they are very fast and stable on DOSBox. Really, the best these games have ever played. I remember back in the day (yes, I’m old) usually having a…
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Continue reading →: Curse of the Azure Bonds Playthrough: Diomedes
Diomedes and his fearless team just finished Pool of Radiance (PoR) and now continue into the next game of the series. As mentioned before, role playing-wise this is the same exact crew. But for a few reasons I chose to recreate the team rather than import. The first reason, Diomedes…
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Continue reading →: Curse of the Azure Bonds
The second of the classic Gold Box games. Curse is a direct sequel to Pool of Radiance. It is the second of four games that form a series (the next installments being “Secret of the Silver Blades” and “Pools of Darkness”). It is unique as far as I know for…
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Continue reading →: Diomedes: Update 4
The council seemed to think it was time to make a move towards Stojanow Castle. That was the seat of power for old Phlan. We had reason to think a powerful being known as “Tyranthraxus”, a leader of the sacking of the city over 30 years ago, was still ruling…
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Continue reading →: Diomedes: Update 3
After the kobold caves we worked our way west, and came across a large nomad camp. We fought off a horde of kobolds with them, and they pledged their friendship to us. They will pose no further problems for New Phlan. From here we set off to the west again.…
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Continue reading →: Diomedes: Update 2
Continuing on, we had been asked by Councilman Cadorna to retrieve a family heirloom that had gone missing near the old Textile House. Plus a servent of his had also gone missing while looking for the item. While looking for the box we fought several groups of orcs. We were…




Yeah more than two and it gets confused. Even the introduction to Hrothgar, I set it up for all six.…