The Very Ancient Dragon's Bard's Tale Compendium

 

 
 

THE BARD'S TALE (bt)

  • GENERAL BOOKMARKS for The Bard's Tale
    • The Bard's Tale is an old DOS rpg trilogy (some of the first rpgs I played). Don't let the simplistic old graphics fool you -- these games are challenging, tough, and worth playing. For these games, it is a good idea to visit the fan sites as they have most of the stuff you will want or need.

    • The Adventurer's Guild - Ultimate Bard's Tale Resource. Excellent site. Covers all three games. Has the games (and patches) in various platforms (DOS, Atari, Amiga, etc.), game manual and docs, game map and dungeon maps, character editors and hacks.
    • The Bard's Tale Compendium. Excellent site. Covers all three games. Has .jpg maps of dungeons, areas, game manuals, lists of spells, etc. Warning: sometimes down for exceeding data allocation transfer. Downloadable files including trainers, patches, hacks and the bard’s songs (mp3) at: http://www.geocities.com/thebardstale/thebardstale-files.html.
    • The Bard's Tale Online. Excellent site. Has a wealth of data for all three games. You can download the games in various platforms (DOS, Mac, Amiga, Atari, Apple II, etc). Also has game manuals and documentation, command cards, items, monster, and spell lists, level maps of dungeons and towns, hack programs and editors, game music, etc. etc. etc...
    • : ) Bard Song. You can get the music for all three games here (midi files).
    • : ) The Bard's Tale. Useful site for spells, items, monster lists, mostly for bt1 (some bt2 and bt3).
    • : ) The Bard's Tale. Covers all 3 games. Has the games, maps, hints, etc.
    • : ) The Bard's Tale Webring. You can join The Bard's Tale webring here.
    • : ( J.o.a.T.'s Bard's Tale Trilogy Section. You have to solve his annoying little puzzle to visit his site, "To procede, invoke the MALE spell found on this page". Grrrrrr....

 

The Bard's Tale 1: Tales of the Unknown (bt1)

  • BOOKMARKS for The Bard's Tale 1
    • Jonathan G. Lampe Website - Tales of the Unknown (Apple 2). Excellent Site. Has instructions for running bt1 on Apple II. Has Apple II game manual and documentation, spells and equipment lists and nice big maps of Skara Brae and the dungeons.
    • Welcome to the Bard's Tale: Tales of the Unknown Shrine. Excellent Site. Has items, weapons, armor, spells, songs, and monster lists, cheats, character info, dungeons with keyed maps, a nice keyed map of Skara Brae with shoppe descriptions and inventory, and a walkthrough. Also has a discussion of other versions of the game (Apple II, NES, etc.).
    • : ) Bard's Tale. OK site. Fan site for the NES version of bt1. Has an FAQ, Hints & Tips, Story, and screenshots.
    • : ) Bard's Tale Help. Good site. Cheats tips and hints for The Bards Tale 1.

 

  • CHARACTERS for The Bard's Tale 1
    • Teran's Super-Duper-Party. This archive contains player character files for Bard's Tale: Tales of the Unknown. Get it at: http://www.bardstale.de/ (under Tales of the Unknown Hacking).

 

  • FAQ's for The Bard's Tale 1
    • : ) Anonymous, "The Bard's Tale". Short walkthrough of Skara Brae and the five dungeons you need to explore. Has some good tips on party composition and how to survive at the beginning of the game. Get it at: http://www.gamefaqs.com/

 

 

 

  • GUIDE for The Bard's Tale 1
    • The Bard's Tale Volume 1: Tales of the Unknown Clue Book. Has tips and maps of dungeons. Get it at: http://www.replacementdocs.com/ or at http://www.bardstale.de/. BT1-Cluebook.pdf is the one you want, original version with pics. The other .pdf cluebook file is a typed version.

 

 

 

The Bard's Tale 2: The Destiny Knight (bt2)

 

  • FAQ's for The Bard's Tale 2
    • Stephen S. Lee, "Bard's Tale II: The Destiny Knight Monster Table" (vs.1.01). Excellent table of monster stats. Get it at: http://www.gamefaqs.com/.
    • : ) Anonymous, "Bard's Tale II: The Destiny Knight Walkthrough". A pretty good walkthrough with a monster list. Get it at: http://www.gamefaqs.com/.

 

 

 

 

 

 

The Bard's Tale 3: Thief of Fate (bt3)

  • BOOKMARKS for The Bard's Tale 3

 

  • FAQ's for The Bard's Tale 3
    • Richard J. Hutchison, "Solution for: Bard's Tale III". Tips and keyed ASCII maps for dungeons and universes. Useful. Get it at: http://www.gamefaqs.com/.
    • Yuandy, "Bard's Tale III: Thief of Fate Item FAQ (Apple version).". Detailed item listing with some useful tips on the best equipment for the various character classes. Get it at: http://www.gamefaqs.com/.
    • : ) Kool Kat, Wildcat, and Marduk, "Bard's Tale III: Thief of Fate Walkthrough-Solution". A pretty good walkthrough with tips on creating a party and early adventuring (from the game manual). Also has spell lists and some items. Get it at: http://www.the-spoiler.com/RPG/Interplay/bards.tale.3.2.html.

 

 

 

  • LEVEL MAPS for The Bard's Tale 3
    • You can get maps of the wilderness and hand drawn maps of some dungeons and "dimensions" at: http://www.bardstale.de/ Hand drawn maps of dungeons and dimensions are also found here: http://www.angelfire.com/realm3/skarabrae/ (at bottom of page). Otherwise, Richard Hutchison has ASCII maps of the dungeons and dimensions in his walkthrough.

 

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