The designers of the Bard's Tale’ series, Wasteland’ and Battle Chess’ pooled their talents to create the ultimate role-playing fantasy. They knew it had to be a first-rate story with sophisticated graphics. The result was Dragon Wars’.

Sailing across uncharted seas, you and your party are in search of a legendary paradise called Dilmun - a place where the streets are paved with gold and no one wants for anything.

However, King Drake of Phoebus has declared all magic illegal - magickers have been slain or fled into exile. In retaliation, enemy islands have threatened to unleash their guardian dragons, the most destructive force in the world. While docked at a harbor in Dilmun, you are arrested on suspicion of spellcasting.

Imprisoned and stripped of everything but your wits, you are sentenced to life in a cesspool called Purgatory. Magic is your only salvation - a worldly possession in a world possessed.

** Supports characters from Bard's Tale’ I, II & III. * Over 60 monsters and 65 spells. * A unique combat system: choose complexity of combat resolution, determine spell strength, select tactics of ranged combat. * An easy-to-use pop-up window system. * Save the game anywhere. * A paragraph book to enhance storytelling. * No graph paper needed.*

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From back of box

Bard's Tale Fans, Rejoice!

The designers of the Bard's Tale series, Wasteland and Battle Chess wanted to pool their talents to create the ultimate role-playing fantasy. They knew it had to be a first rate story with state-of-the-art animated graphics. The result was Dragon Wars.

King Drake of Phoebus has declared all magic illegal - magickers have been slain or fled into exile. In retaliation, enemy islands have threatened to unleash their dragons - beasts who are the most destructive force in Oceana. Docked at a harbor in Dilmun, you are arrested on suspicion of spellcasting.

Imprisoned and stripped of everything but your wits, you are sentenced to life in a dungeon. Magic is your only salvation - a worldly possession in a world possessed.

• Over 60 monsters and 65 spells.
• Supports characters from Bard's Tale I, II, III.
• A unique combat system: choose complexity of combat resolution, determine spell strength, select tactics of ranged combat.
• An easy to use pop-up window system.
• Save the game anywhere.
• A paragraph book to enhance storytelling.
• No graph paper needed. Auto-map keeps track of your every move.

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Advertisement in PCGames, April 1990

Dragon Wars™

The designers of the Bard's Tale™ series, Wasteland™ and Battle Chess™ pooled their talents to create the ultimate role-playing fantasy. They knew it had to be a first-rate story with sophisticated graphics. The result was Dragon Wars™.

Sailing across uncharted seas, you and your party are in search of a legendary paradise called Dilmun - a place where the streets are paved with gold and no one wants for anything.

However, King Drake of Phoebus has declared all magic illegal - magickers have been slain or fled into exile. In retaliation, enemy islands have threatened to unleash their guardian dragons, the most destructive force in the world. While docked at a harbor in Dilmun, you are arrested on suspicion of spellcasting.

Imprisoned and stripped of everything but your wits, you are sentenced to life in a cesspool called Purgatory. Magic is your only salvation - a worldly possession in a world possessed.

** Supports characters from Bard's Tale™ I, II & III. * Over 60 monsters and 65 spells. * A unique combat system: choose complexity of combat resolution, determine spell strength, select tactics of ranged combat. * An easy-to-use pop-up window system. * Save the game anywhere. * A paragraph book to enhance storytelling. * No graph paper needed.*

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Most of the creatures are as friendly as this guy. He wants to take his spear and shishkabob your whole party.

Leave the bread crumbs at home. Unique automapping keeps track of the terrain as well as your path.

There's a whole world to explore in a colorful, detailed 3-D perspective.

Over 1 megabyte of animated state-of-the-art graphics.

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Back of Box - DOS (US)