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General discussionRelease: 4 great classics from SNEG and Silver Box Classics containing 4 more, all with -15% Spring Sale discounts!(65 posts)(65 posts)
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Posted March 27, 2023
We love Good Old Games. We care for them, we give them home, and we do our best to make them last forever. In fact, the classic titles were the main reason to start our platform all those years ago (hence the use of our initial acronym). And our love and passion for them still remains as strong as ever.

That’s why we are incredibly happy to say that 4 great classic games and Silver Box Classics (containing 4 more), all straight from SNEG, are now available on GOG – find them all (alongside their other D&D classics) HERE! And because we are celebrating our Spring Sale, each of today’s releases are on -15% discounts for the duration of Spring Sale (until April 3rd, 10 PM UTC).

Let’s take a look at what amazing adventures we’ll be able to (re)discover!

Spelljammer: Pirates of Realmspace
An adventure RPG with strategy elements that provides swashbuckling excitement and the magic of D&D adventures, but in wildspace! In this gem you’ll captain your own Spelljammer ship, recruit officers and crew to man your magical ship, and soar into the ether and explore the planets of Realmspace.



DeathKeep
A D&D dungeon delving the way you like it - fast, furious and fun! An evil Necromancer has escaped from his icy prison and is wreaking havoc upon the surrounding lands. Journey to this frozen wasteland and destroy the forces of evil - if you dare.



DragonStrike
The first-ever dragon combat simulator! In this title the deadly skies above the Dragonlance game world of Krynn explode before your very eyes. The first-person viewpoint propels you into a fully animated, 3D world of action and excitement. So to the skies brave knight - and victory!



Fantasy Empires
A D&D adventure and the first title to feature a computer Dungeon Master who mediates all elements of the game play. Create alliances, defeat enemy kingdoms and forge an empire in this exciting world. Under the computer Dungeon Master, you’ll interact with fantastic races, command dozens of troop types, send your heroes on quests and construct a variety of buildings and fortifications.



Silver Box Classics
A collection that’ll bring back some great memories. It gathers adaptations of the events in the first four Dragonlance role-playing modules, at the beginning of the War of the Lance – these were the first games that brought the world of D&D to PC gaming:

Heroes of the Lance – D&D epic where we discover the world of Krynn. Control the Companions of the Lance (they aren’t Heroes until they succeed!) in their quest to recover the Disks of Mishakal. Only this can defeat the Queen of Darkness and restore the balance between Good and Evil.

Dragons of Flame – Takhisis, Queen of Darkness, and her Draconian hordes have overrun much of the homeland Krynn, even the elven armies of Qualinost, valiant in their resistance to this evil power, struggle on the edge of defeat. It is only the returning Companions of the Lance that can halt this wave of tyranny before Krynn is consumed by evil.

War of the Lance – That's the first D&D computer wargame. Prepare for fierce battles and all-out war when the forces of Whitestone clash against the evil Highlord Dragonarmies. The prize: absolute rule over all Ansalon on the Dragonlance game world of Krynn.

Shadow Sorcerer – A tie-in with the Dragonlance series of novels. The player controls a party of four adventurers that have just rescued 800 slaves and must shepherd them through the wilderness before the evil Dragon army catches up with them. There are three levels to the game: - strategic, tactical, and political. All three take place in real-time with the evil dragons constantly on the adventurers' heels slowly picking off the escapees.



In addition, by purchasing the new releases, along with Forgotten Realms: The Archives - Collection One, Two and Three, Dungeons & Dragons: Krynn Series, Ravenloft Series and Dark Sun Series, Al-Qadim: The Genie’s Curse, and D&D Stronghold: Kingdom Simulator, you'll receive a special completion offer with a -54% discount!

Time to feel the ultimate wave of nostalgia and relive amazing gaming experiences. Check out the D&D SNEG titles and be sure to make full use of all the Spring Sale goodness (like THIS curated collection of classics). Sale ends on April 3rd, 10 PM UTC.
Posted March 28, 2023
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whystler2012: Nice. Now clear those titles from the coming soon lineup and put Shadowcaster up there!
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DoomSooth: I would love to have Shadowcaster DRM-free but that's a Raven game, IIRC. I think other Raven games would be ahead in the line.
Like Hexen and Heretic? Already here! Just like pretty much every other game published by Origin. It's long past due.
Posted March 28, 2023
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GOG.com: In addition, by purchasing the new releases, along with Forgotten Realms: The Archives - Collection One, Two and Three, Dungeons & Dragons: Krynn Series, Ravenloft Series and Dark Sun Series, Al-Qadim: The Genie’s Curse, and D&D Stronghold: Kingdom Simulator, you'll receive a special completion offer with a -54% discount!
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DoomSooth: I missed that part. Already had the previous games but didn't get the correct discount for these "new" ones. Oh, well. Here's what I paid for them:

Spelljammer: $4.59 (was bought after I bought the rest because I accidentally left it out of the cart)
DeathKeep: $5.09
DragonStrike: $5.09
Silver Box Classics: $8.49
Fantasy Empires: $8.49

When I go back to the store to look at their prices, I see:

Spelljammer: $8.49 (not sure why it went up)
DeathKeep: $2.75
DragonStrike: $2.75
Silver Box Classics: $4.59
Fantasy Empires: $4.59

Edit: I just looked again and Spelljammer went back down to $4.59. What is going on? :)
Same happened here. I have purchased them in parts and only got the 54 discount for the silver boxes, Well. C'est a vie :D

The reason behind now you (and me) do see the prices halved is probably because we are free to purchase those games again as a gift, and considering that you already own the whole collection they are automatically discounted properly.
Post edited March 28, 2023 by Gudadantza
Posted March 28, 2023
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SpellSword: When does it display the "-54% discount"?

I put them all into the site's cart but they still had their -15% discounts instead of the expected -54% off.

Is the additional discount not shown unless you click the "Go to checkout" button?
I saw it when I went to checkout. You have to own several other D&D games too. I had everything else except two of the newer DLC, and got the 54% discount. https://www.gog.com/en/promo/20230327_launch_dnd_sneg
Posted March 28, 2023
We need Dungeon Master next!
Posted March 28, 2023
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Crosmando: I might be wrong, but doesn't this now mean that the only classic D&D games without a digital release are the Interplay-published ones, ie Blood Magic and Descent to Undermountain?

EDIT: Oh Birthright too.
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Gudadantza: And Stormfront's Pool of Radiance Ruins of Myth Drannor.

It was published by Ubisoft If I am not mistaken. Stormfront were the guys behind Gateway of the Savage Frontier, Treasures of the Savage Frontier, Stronhold and Demon Stone, just to mention the Dungeons and Dragons titles. And Maybe the first Neverwinter Nights online Iteration, also developed in the Gold Box engine)
Counting only non-MMO, non-browser-based games that have had a DOS or Windows release of which I've found mention (including those that weren't pure/"proper" RPGs), the remaining titles not on GOG are:

- Blood & Magic (DOS, 1996, Tachyon Studios/Interplay)
- Birthright: The Gorgon's Alliance (DOS & Windows, 1996 or '97 [Wikipedia and MobyGames disagree], Synergistic Software/Sierra)
- Iron & Blood: Warriors of Ravenloft (DOS, 1997, Take-Two Interactive/Acclaim [& Take-Two Publishing?])
- Descent to Undermountain (DOS & Windows, 1998, Interplay)
- Pools of Radiance: Ruins of Myth Drannor (Windows, 2001, Stormfront Studios/Ubi Soft)
- Dungeons & Dragons: Daggerdale (Windows, 2011, Bedlam Games/Atari)
- Chronicles of Mystara (compilation of ports of Capcom's Dungeons & Dragons: Tower of Doom [1994] & Dungeons & Dragons: Shadow over Mystara [1996] arcade games) (Windows, 2013, Iron Galaxy Studios/Capcom)
- Sword Coast Legends (Windows, 2015, n-Space [& Digital Extremes?]/Digital Extremes)
- Lords of Waterdeep (Windows, 2017, Playdek/Playdek [&/or Wizards of the Coast?])
- Idle Champions of the Forgotten Realms (Windows, EA: 2017; full: 2020, Codename Entertainment)
- Tales from Candlekeep: Tomb of Annihilation (Windows, 2017, BKOM Studios)
- Dungeons & Dragons: Dark Alliance (Windows, 2021, Tuque Games/Wizards of the Coast)

Granted, most of these are mediocre at best. Some of the better-received ones seem to be the brawlers re-released as Chronicles of Mystara and the recent-ish digital board games (Lords of Waterdeep and Tomb of Annihilation), as well as Blood & Magic and Idle Champions.

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Crosmando: Spelljammer actually looks cool. I like sci-fi and fantasy combination.
AFAIK, it's not actual sci-fi - just a magic-based D&D take on how some real-world people might have imagined travel between planets before the modern age. No laser pistols or Star Wars/Trek inspired spaceships. Unlike some of the Might & Magics, say.
Post edited March 28, 2023 by HunchBluntley
Posted March 28, 2023
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Gudadantza: Any of the four games have their points of interest. I never played deeply, or nothing at all any of them in the past so I am lucky to discover these games. It will be fun, indeed.
In case you haven't noticed by now, there are eight games. There's no overlap between the four contained in the Silver Box Classics collection and the four available individually. :)
Posted March 28, 2023
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HunchBluntley: Counting only non-MMO, non-browser-based games that have had a DOS or Windows release of which I've found mention (including those that weren't pure/"proper" RPGs), the remaining titles not on GOG are:

Blood & Magic (DOS, 1996, Tachyon Studios/Interplay)
Birthright: The Gorgon's Alliance (DOS & Windows, 1996 or '97 [Wikipedia and MobyGames disagree], Synergistic Software/Sierra)
Iron & Blood: Warriors of Ravenloft (DOS, 1997, Take-Two Interactive/Acclaim [& Take-Two Publishing?])
Descent to Undermountain (DOS & Windows, 1998, Interplay)
Pools of Radiance: Ruins of Myth Drannor (Windows, 2001, Stormfront Studios/Ubi Soft)
Dungeons & Dragons: Daggerdale (Windows, 2011, Bedlam Games/Atari)
Chronicles of Mystara (compilation of ports of Capcom's Dungeons & Dragons: Tower of Doom [1994] & Dungeons & Dragons: Shadow over Mystara [1996] arcade games) (Windows, 2013, Iron Galaxy Studios/Capcom)
Sword Coast Legends (Windows, 2015, n-Space [& Digital Extremes?]/Digital Extremes)
Lords of Waterdeep (Windows, 2017, Playdek/ Playdek [&/or Wizards of the Coast?])
Idle Champions of the Forgotten Realms (Windows, EA: 2017; full: 2020, Codename Entertainment)
Tales from Candlekeep: Tomb of Annihilation (Windows, 2017, BKOM Studios)
Dungeons & Dragons: Dark Alliance (Windows, 2021, Tuque Games/Wizards of the Coast)

Granted, most of these are mediocre at best. Some of the better-received ones seem to be the brawlers re-released as Chronicles of Mystara, the recent-ish digital board games (Lords of Waterdeep and Tomb of Annihilation), and well as Blood & Magic and Idle Champions.
Only can speak for myself of course, but, to me the overall quality is the least concern and it's rather that as many of these as possible are made available again, also for preservation purposes.
Post edited March 28, 2023 by Swedrami
Posted March 28, 2023
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GOG.com: In addition, by purchasing the new releases, along with Forgotten Realms: The Archives - Collection One, Two and Three, Dungeons & Dragons: Krynn Series, Ravenloft Series and Dark Sun Series, Al-Qadim: The Genie’s Curse, and D&D Stronghold: Kingdom Simulator, you'll receive a special completion offer with a -54% discount!
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DoomSooth: I missed that part. Already had the previous games but didn't get the correct discount for these "new" ones. Oh, well. Here's what I paid for them:

Spelljammer: $4.59 (was bought after I bought the rest because I accidentally left it out of the cart)
DeathKeep: $5.09
DragonStrike: $5.09
Silver Box Classics: $8.49
Fantasy Empires: $8.49

When I go back to the store to look at their prices, I see:

Spelljammer: $8.49 (not sure why it went up)
DeathKeep: $2.75
DragonStrike: $2.75
Silver Box Classics: $4.59
Fantasy Empires: $4.59

Edit: I just looked again and Spelljammer went back down to $4.59. What is going on? :)
Sounds like it's detecting your region incorrectly at times, or otherwise displaying the wrong regional prices to you. I've been to the store pages for these games a few times since yesterday morning, as well as searching for the from the nav bar, and haven't noticed the prices ping-ponging like that. Certainly, Pirates of Realmspace's price has been the same ($8.49) every time I've checked, including again just now.
Posted March 28, 2023
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Gudadantza: Any of the four games have their points of interest. I never played deeply, or nothing at all any of them in the past so I am lucky to discover these games. It will be fun, indeed.
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HunchBluntley: In case you haven't noticed by now, there are eight games. There's no overlap between the four contained in the Silver Box Classics collection and the four available individually. :)
Sorry but I have not clue about what are you trying to say.
Just for clarity purporses, I was talking specifically about the four individual games. Not about the four Dragonlance Silver Box games.
Posted March 28, 2023
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HunchBluntley: In case you haven't noticed by now, there are eight games. There's no overlap between the four contained in the Silver Box Classics collection and the four available individually. :)
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Gudadantza: Sorry but I have not clue about what are you trying to say.
Just for clarity purporses, I was talking specifically about the four individual games. Not about the four Dragonlance Silver Box games.
Sorry. The post of yours that I quoted said "any of the four games", and made no mention at any point of either the Silver Box bundle as a whole, or any of the games in it. This definitely made it sound like you had either missed the existence of the bundle somehow, or had glossed over the fact that there were four completely different games in the bundle. No offense was intended.
Posted March 28, 2023
I have all the previous SNEG games in my library. After adding 5 new ones and checking out the cart, I have an additional discount. The discount only shows up in the shopping cart.
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Posted March 28, 2023
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nowy: I have all the previous SNEG games in my library. After adding 5 new ones and checking out the cart, I have an additional discount. The discount only shows up in the shopping cart.
Yep, same here. I was just going to pick up the silver box classics, and wishlist the others. I added all of them to the cart to see how much it would be out of curiosity, noticed the extra discount, and it was a deal too good to pass.

I just wish SNEG would update the GOG versions of their other D&D classics with the same quality of life update that they put on the Steam versions.
Posted March 28, 2023
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tremere110: The manual for Fantasy Empires seems to be German only, no English version.
You can find an online version at the Gold Box Wiki here.
Posted March 28, 2023
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HunchBluntley: Also, I take it the Silver Box Classics games are fully available via both Galaxy and the website? GOGDb hasn't detected the individual titles at all, which is weird.
Silver Box Classics is separated into four games on the website and Galaxy (four individual games instead of one single collection). I've noticed GOGDb doesn't have any entries for the four individual games as well. I think there's something wrong on GOG's end because those four games do not show up in my profile. I'm not sure if this is happening to others.
Post edited March 28, 2023 by Rex3400X
Posted March 29, 2023
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HunchBluntley: Also, I take it the Silver Box Classics games are fully available via both Galaxy and the website? GOGDb hasn't detected the individual titles at all, which is weird.
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Rex3400X: Silver Box Classics is separated into four games on the website and Galaxy (four individual games instead of one single collection). I've noticed GOGDb doesn't have any entries for the four individual games as well. I think there's something wrong on GOG's end because those four games do not show up in my profile. I'm not sure if this is happening to others.
In my profile the silver box ones are shown as four different entities. So probably it is something traffic related because of the sale (?)
For a couple of days, in my case, Galaxy wasn't refreshing itself, even after purchasing a title it only was shown into the launcher after restarting the thing, but the game was shown in the web site profile properly.
Now everything works fine, so who knows
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