Swords & Sorcery

Swords and Sorcery is a Star Trek variant in a fantasy setting and it is also turn based. The game became available on the PLATO network in 1977 and was updated until 1979. Instead of the Enterprise the player controls a hero. The game retains the game world of a 10×10 universe with each quadrant consisting of 10×10 tiles. Hiding in the tiles the player can find all kinds of threats such as wizards, demons, werewolves, goblins, zombies and a dragon. The player can go to the castle to receive a mission (e.g. kill a number of enemies of type x) and earns experience points for various actions in the game. The player also accumulates gold and collect different weapons and equipment. Magic items were added in spring 1978. You can read more about my experience with Swords & Sorcery in my personal blog HERE


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Year: 1977

Themes: Turn-based strategy

Genere: Role-Playing (RPG)

Platform: Plato System

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