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The Bard's Tale series is best known as early, grid-based RPGs which shared many similarities to Dungeons & Dragons. An action-RPG game from 2004 shares the series' name, but has no connection to the earlier games.

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The Bard's Tale series is best known as early, grid-based RPGs which shared many similarities to Dungeons & Dragons. An action-RPG game from 2004 shares the series' name, but has no connection to the earlier games.

Games

Bard's Tale

3 September 1985

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The Bard's Tale II: The Destiny Knight

1 February 1986

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The Bard's Tale III: Thief of Fate

31 December 1990

Platforms/AmigaPlatforms/PCPlatforms/Apple IIPlatforms/Commodore 64

The Bard's Tale Construction Set

31 December 1991

Platforms/AmigaPlatforms/PC

The Bard's Tale

26 October 2004

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The Mage's Tale

20 June 2017

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The Bard's Tale Trilogy

14 August 2018

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The Bard's Tale IV: Barrow's Deep

18 September 2018

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Name

Bard's Tale

Features

8 games

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First game

Bard's Tale

Aliases

Characters

• Has characters: The Bard (Character), Tarjan (Character), Lugh (Character), Manannan Mac Lir (Character)

Locations

• Has locations: City (Location), Sewer (Location), Temple (Location), Castle (Location), Skara Brae (Location), Tavern (Location), Pub (Location), Armory (Location)

Concepts

• Has concepts: Breaking the Fourth Wall (Concept), Demon (Concept), Elementals (Concept), Ghost (Concept), Ninja (Concept), Undead (Concept), Zombie (Concept), Vampire (Concept), First-Person Perspective (Concept), A.I. Companion (Concept), Melee (Concept), Parody (Concept), Insanity (Concept), Rogues (Concept), Multiple Endings (Concept), Rats (Concept), Possession (Concept), Samurai (Concept), Magic (Concept), Spellcaster (Concept), Inventory (Concept), Loot Gathering (Concept), Poison (Concept), Half-Breed (Concept), Experience Points (Concept), Franchise Reboot (Concept), Health (Concept), Human (Concept), Dragon (Concept), Monks (Concept), Roman Numerals (Concept), Merchant (Concept), Buff (Concept), Summoning (Concept), Unreliable Narrator (Concept), Dog (Concept), Song and Dance Number (Concept), Orc (Concept), Wizards (Concept), Bandit (Concept), Singing (Concept), Dwarf (Concept), Spiders (Concept), Mana (Concept), Skeletons (Concept), Elf (Concept), Paladins (Concept), Party System (Concept), Werewolf (Concept), Level Up (Concept), Warriors (Concept), Skeleton Warriors (Concept), Golem (Concept), Ghoul (Concept), Luck (Concept), Halflings (Concept), Goblins (Concept), Kill Quest (Concept), Barbarians (Concept), Dungeon Crawling (Concept), Giants (Concept), Bards (Concept), Random Loot (Concept), Kobolds (Concept), Hunter (Concept), Hydra (Concept), Gnomes (Concept), Breakdance (Concept), Turn-Based (Concept), Titan (Concept), Beholder (Concept), Attributes (Concept), Debuff (Concept), Half-Orcs (Concept), Random Encounter (Concept), RPG Elements (Concept), Content Editor (Concept), Direct2Drive (Concept), E3 2004 (Concept), Geomancer (Concept), GOG.com (Concept), In-Game Map Editor (Concept), OnLive (Concept), Predecessor Included (Concept), Steam (Concept), Trilogy (Concept), Xbox 360 Backwards Compatibility (Concept), Xfire (Concept), Book-like Menus (Concept), Bugbear (Concept), Snowblind Engine (Concept)

Objects

• Has objects: Bow (Object), Robe (Object), Helmet (Object), Cloth Armor (Object), Sword (Object), Armor (Object), Plate Armor (Object), Gold (Object), Leather Armor (Object), Beer (Object), Shield (Object), Barrel (Object), Gauntlets (Object), Mead (Object), Scale Armor (Object)

People

• Has people: Peter Stormare (Person), Fred Tatasciore (Person), Catherine Taber (Person), Moira Quirk (Person), Bing Gordon (Person), Brian Fargo (Person), Bruce Schlickbernd (Person), Charles Deenen (Person), Chris Garske (Person), Christian Wilson (Person), David Albert (Person), David Lowery (Person), David Maynard (Person), David Warhol (Person), Don Carson (Person), Eric Flannum (Person), Eric Joyner (Person), Frank Wing (Person), Heinrich Lenhardt (Person), James R. Bailey (Person), Joe Ybarra (Person), Joey Kuras (Person), Kit Morris (Person), Kunihiko Kagawa (Person), Kurt Heiden (Person), Lawrence Holland (Person), Michael A. Stackpole (Person), Michael Cranford (Person), Michael LaBash (Person), Nancy L. Fong (Person), Randy Berrett (Person), Richard Robinson (Person), Robert Nesler (Person), Roe R. Adams III (Person), Thomas R. Decker (Person), Todd J. Camasta (Person), Vincent DeNardo (Person), Koren Buckner (Person), Mike Tallarico (Person), John Alvarado (Person), Cary Elwes (Person), Chris French (Person), Matthew Findley (Person)