hr_kriese Posted September 17, 2019 Share Posted September 17, 2019 When I bought the game a few days ago, I mistook it for a different game of the franchise. And now I'm in here, kind of enjoying the old school flair of the game, but honestly completely confused by everything. Anyone care to give a short beginner guide on the very basic things. I don't really understand how this game works. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trucmucho Posted November 27, 2019 Share Posted November 27, 2019 (edited) Hello. Greetings from France, so sorry for my bad English. This game is a computer version of the German Pen and Paper "The Black Eye" tabletop RPG. We were in 1980s, Dungeon & Dragons was the leader, clones were growing up. The Black Eye is one of those clones, with sanity additional rules. So you can play both Dungeons & Dragons and Call of Cthulhu tabletop scenarios with The Black Eye rules. So this game was made and meant for old-school tabletop paper&pen roleplayers, as it will use many particularities from this period, and in 1984, they were considered as well-known, so they are undocumented. Examples : - always playing in an open-world, but *lots* of areas in this open-world are uninteresting and just a waste of time. - you are using "The Black Eye" rules, but they won't be explained, you are supposed to have bought the rulebook and learnt them. - as you go into a dungeon, do you have bought some torches/lanterns /anything that can light an area ? You were not instructed to do so, as 1980s dungeons were all unlighted, so it were common knowledge. But it can be stressful for a 2019 player. For those willing to jump into this old-school adventure, a short text-based walkthrough : http://www.bigorrin.org/arkania2.htm Edited November 27, 2019 by trucmucho added another example 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hr_kriese Posted December 5, 2019 Author Share Posted December 5, 2019 Thank you! I also got some help from @Ghostblayd (thanks again!) - I'll probably give it a second go :-) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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