Questions tagged [king-of-dragon-pass]
A 1999 turn-based role-playing strategy developed by A Sharp. The player controls a seven-member clan ring providing leadership to the clan, balancing the various needs of survival and prospering, including farming, rituals, diplomacy and more. It takes place in the world of Glorantha.
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Does it ever make sense to send assistant heroquesters?
Two heroquests offer you the option of sending a 'helper' heroquester, but I have the impression that this only ever reduces the chance of succeeding in the quest. Is this true? If so, are there any ...
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How do I establish a trade route?
I have recently picked up King of Dragon Pass, and I like exploring the strangeness of thin setting. Many of the things either make sense to me or I'm willing to try and figure them out, or I found ...
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Should I follow the advice of my Uraldan magician and keep all my magic in reserve?
I am looking at the screen for the first Sacred Time in Dragon Pass of my freshly generated "King Heort exhorted us to get along with our neighbours" Elmali-Jested's-Wake-Lhankor-build peace clan. ...
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How to improve chances of a successful hero quest of a clan member?
As far as I understand, the chances of success in a hero quest are all random meaning every try can fail. I know that there are certain answers which offer a higher probability of success than others, ...
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What purpose does the clan ring serve?
I've been playing the game for a bit now, but I'm still confused what the purpose of the clan ring is, aside from giving you advice. I can send non-ring members to perform quests, trade, lead raids, ...
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I've made a lot of promises. Am I expected to keep *all* of them?
I formed a tribe! Awesome! The saga of my glorious clan and its many HeroQuests will surely ring out for many years. When negotiating to form this tribe, I made many promises. Some of them, I know, ...
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How does King of Dragon Pass for Windows handle saved games? How can I move them between PC's?
I'm a big fan of King of Dragon Pass, but I've pretty much only played the iOS version. Now that the game is on GOG, the itch has come upon me to rope a few friends into a good old fashioned ...
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Does "Spare Grain" give you food without you doing anything?
The Issaries blessing "Spare Grain" is listed as "Obtains extra food via trade." On first read, I thought this meant bonus food only when buying food via caravans.
Does "Spare Grain" give you food ...
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How can I keep my tribe happy with me being king?
I'm trying a long game in King of Dragon Pass, PC version. My problem is this: how by Elmal's balls and Orlanth's fart can I keep my tribe-mates happy?
I am really confused as to what influences tribe-...
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How do I form a tribe?
My clan is strong, respected and has several allied neighbors. It seems like time to form a tribe, but I have no idea how (or if I'm even able).
So, how do you form a tribe, and what are the ...
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How do I know which cranky old dude does the best god impression?
I've reached the point in King of Dragon Pass where I want to HeroQuest as often as possible in order to score sacks of phat lewt and mad XP secure the future of my clan, honor the gods, and ensure ...