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<blockquote data-quote="Deuce Traveler" data-source="post: 5635019" data-attributes="member: 34958">Lately I've been on a DosBox kick.&nbsp; I am still trying to figure out why, but I am finding Dragon Age: Origins to be boring.&nbsp; However, I can't seem to put down Pool of Radiance by SSI, even though the game was made in the late 80s.&nbsp; I play it through a DOS emulator called DosBox and many of the DOS games are now abandonware, meaning you can download such games from sites such as abandonia.com.Anywho, I was visiting different abandonware sites for classic DnD games, when I passed over Forgotten Realms: Unlimited Adventures.&nbsp; Basically, the software company that created the Gold Box games (Strategic Simulations Incorporated or SSI) created an RPG maker that never really took off, but had a lot of capability.Well here we are some years later and there are now a ton of modules that have been created for FRUA (Forgotten Realms: Unlimited Adventures).&nbsp; A large number of these modules are copies of old TSR pencil and paper modules such as the Temple of Elemental Evil, Queen of the Demonweb Pits, Castle Amber, and so on.&nbsp; There are even superhero modules, though I'm not sure what rule set they use.&nbsp; Currently, I am playing Keep on the Borderlands with a party I just created.&nbsp; The map function doesn't work on these modules, so I am also finding myself having to create my own maps on graph paper.&nbsp; Basically I am playing old school DnD RPGs again, but solo (with a rolled up party of six) and having a blast.To make these modules work takes a bit of work.&nbsp; You have to learn how to navigate DosBox and a program called UAShell, but I found the results worthwhile once I followed the instructions here:<a href="http://www.rpgcodex.net/phpBB/viewtopic.php?t=61909&amp;start=0&amp;postdays=0&amp;postorder=asc&amp;highlight=" target="_blank">Forgotten Realms: Unlimited Adventures thread :: The Codex Forums</a></blockquote>

[QUOTE="Deuce Traveler, post: 5635019, member: 34958"] Lately I've been on a DosBox kick. I am still trying to figure out why, but I am finding Dragon Age: Origins to be boring. However, I can't seem to put down Pool of Radiance by SSI, even though the game was made in the late 80s. I play it through a DOS emulator called DosBox and many of the DOS games are now abandonware, meaning you can download such games from sites such as abandonia.com. Anywho, I was visiting different abandonware sites for classic DnD games, when I passed over Forgotten Realms: Unlimited Adventures. Basically, the software company that created the Gold Box games (Strategic Simulations Incorporated or SSI) created an RPG maker that never really took off, but had a lot of capability. Well here we are some years later and there are now a ton of modules that have been created for FRUA (Forgotten Realms: Unlimited Adventures). A large number of these modules are copies of old TSR pencil and paper modules such as the Temple of Elemental Evil, Queen of the Demonweb Pits, Castle Amber, and so on. There are even superhero modules, though I'm not sure what rule set they use. Currently, I am playing Keep on the Borderlands with a party I just created. The map function doesn't work on these modules, so I am also finding myself having to create my own maps on graph paper. Basically I am playing old school DnD RPGs again, but solo (with a rolled up party of six) and having a blast. To make these modules work takes a bit of work. You have to learn how to navigate DosBox and a program called UAShell, but I found the results worthwhile once I followed the instructions here: [url=http://www.rpgcodex.net/phpBB/viewtopic.php?t=61909&start=0&postdays=0&postorder=asc&highlight=]Forgotten Realms: Unlimited Adventures thread :: The Codex Forums[/url] [/QUOTE]

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