Dungeons & Dragons: Warriors of the Eternal Sun yɛ saa Old-School Genesis RPG ahorow no mu biako a ɛte sɛ nea wɔrehinhim wɔ D&D amansan no fã a ɛyɛ nwonwa a wɔn werɛ afi no mu. Wode apontow a nnipa baanan na wɔwom na efi ase —classic picks te sɛ akofo, asɔfo, ne elves —nanso twitwagye no ni: Wonni Faerûn anaa Krynn mu. Mmom, wosɔre wɔ saa bon a ɛyɛ nwonwa a owia abɔ a amamfõ ne mmoa a wɔyɛ keka a ɛne D&D a wɔtaa yɛ no nhyia koraa no mu.

Adeɛ a ɛdi kan a wobɛhunu? Ɔko no grid-based, ɛkame ayɛ sɛ te sɛ proto-tactics agoru, nanso exploration di agoru wɔ saa weird first-onipa adwene a ɛma dungeons te nka sɛ claustrophobic wɔ ɔkwan a eye sen biara so. Mfiase no, worebɔ mmɔden sɛ wubenya nkwa kɛkɛ —scroung gear, ahwehwɛ akɔmfosɛm bɛn na ɛyɛ adwuma ankasa (rip me mage a edi kan, a osuaa Fireball akyiri dodo), na sɛ wokyinkyin kɔ akyiri dodo a, wohyiam random. Wiase no mu sua sen sɛnea wobɛhwɛ kwan, nanso ahintasɛm nketenkete ne nneɛma bi a ɛyɛ den ankasa a wobɛpaw a ɛfa onii a ɛsɛ sɛ wugyina n’afã no ahyɛ mu ma. Kɛkɛ a, nhwɛ kwan sɛ Baldur’s Gate —eyi yɛ janky, crunchy, na oddly charming wɔ saa mfiase '90s kwan no so.

Afei nso, pro tip: Elves yɛ weirdly op ha, na ɔsɔfo no turn undead tumi begye wo nkwa mpɛn pii sen sɛnea wubesusuw.