King of Dragon Pass

[h2]Complexity Has Claimed Another Victim[/h2] King of Dragon Pass must surely be the winner of the prestigious [i]Most Game Rules per Kilobyte of Program Code[/i] competition. Its Glorantha clan-management world is astonishingly complex, mixing politics, diplomacy, trade, barter, warfare, religion, training and resource management with interactive storytelling. That complexity is simultaneously the best thing about the game and, for me, the thing that eventually kills it. The interface feels charmingly 1980s in the traditional sense: lots of text, lots of clicking, not much immediate help, and a manual which, if printed, would probably cause the average inkjet printer to quietly resign and move to Norway. Unfortunately, it also inherits some less charming old-school habits: relatively few convenience options, sometimes no obvious route back to the main menu, and no simple way to abandon a story and start again. The underlying idea is genuinely good. Simulating the life of an entire clan, including politics, trade, exchange, education and all the other things required to stop everyone dying horribly, is an ambitious concept. Who else simulates something this complicated? W…

10/10 Classic Glorantha Strategy/Rpg! Hail to Orlanth !

i started playing this game 2004. through kodp i have learnt english. i even wrote my english essays exams based on kodp lores. thanks developers. now my childrens learn english with this game.

Confusing and nonsensical. At first you think maybe you might be doing something wrong, but eventually you just have to admit that the systems are to difficult to understand, and the randomness in the events just compound it. The tutorial gives you the bare basics and except you to spend days and days learning the rest of the systems. If you have time to spare, and like watching over fifty different things at the same time, then it might be for you. Otherwise, I wouldn't bother putting time and effort into this unenjoyable experience.

Its an interesting and old school game, but it is also entirely reliant on RNG and hides alot of information from you which can be extremely frustrating.

Jewel shine no talk.