I have an extra copy of exactly one game. And that game is Icewind
Dale: Enhanced Edition for Steam.

I have no desire to post the code here on usenet. If someone here
wants it, please just let me know for now. I will eventually pick one
of you and then ask you for an email address. You can always make a
new one at gmail or wherever if you really want this game.

I am favoring Spalls and Ant because of all the freebies I get from
them. Spalls likely already has it and Ant may not want it though.

Hopefully someone here wants it as I have no use for it.

On Friday, December 23, 2022 at 4:23:49 AM UTC-8, Mike S. wrote:
> I have an extra copy of exactly one game. And that game is Icewind
> Dale: Enhanced Edition for Steam.
>
> I have no desire to post the code here on usenet. If someone here
> wants it, please just let me know for now. I will eventually pick one
> of you and then ask you for an email address. You can always make a
> new one at gmail or wherever if you really want this game.
>
> I am favoring Spalls and Ant because of all the freebies I get from
> them. Spalls likely already has it and Ant may not want it though.
>
> Hopefully someone here wants it as I have no use for it.

I played it briefly but didn't get into it. It was a physical copy that
went out with the trash. It pains me to say that.

- Justisaur

On Fri, 23 Dec 2022 07:23:46 -0500, Mike S. <Mike_S@nowhere.com>
wrote:

>I have an extra copy of exactly one game. And that game is Icewind
>Dale: Enhanced Edition for Steam.
>
>I have no desire to post the code here on usenet. If someone here
>wants it, please just let me know for now. I will eventually pick one
>of you and then ask you for an email address. You can always make a
>new one at gmail or wherever if you really want this game.
>
>I am favoring Spalls and Ant because of all the freebies I get from
>them. Spalls likely already has it and Ant may not want it though.
>
>Hopefully someone here wants it as I have no use for it.

Of course I have it! ;-) Well, I have it on GOG and not Steam but that
still counts. I'm not averse to having it on multiple platforms, but
Christmas is about sharing so rather than indulge my greed I'll give
others an opportunity to claim it.

Prior to its release, "Icewind Dale" was announced as being more of an
action-RPG than its better-known sibling, "Baldurs Gate", doubtlessly
as a reaction to the success of "Diablo" and its clones. For a long
time I avoid the game because of this but when I finally broke down
and gave it a try, I realized that - while streamlined from"Baldurs
Gate", it leans far more heavily towards the classic end of the RPG
spectrum than it does towards the actionified newcomers.

It has an unfortunately slow start - being an AD&D game, you start as
1st level nobodies and your spellcasters are useless - but the game
really picks up after a few levels. It's definitely one of those
games you have to invest some time into before you starting seeing any
returns, but it's a quite satisfying experience by the end.

I haven't played "Icewind Dale" in years, largely because it -like so
many fantasy RPGs - is such a time sink. But it's really one of those
games I /want/ to play again... if I can find the time.

On Friday, December 23, 2022 at 6:58:55 AM UTC-8, Spalls Hurgenson wrote:
> On Fri, 23 Dec 2022 07:23:46 -0500, Mike S. <Mik...@nowhere.com>
> wrote:
> >I have an extra copy of exactly one game. And that game is Icewind
> >Dale: Enhanced Edition for Steam.
> >
> >I have no desire to post the code here on usenet. If someone here
> >wants it, please just let me know for now. I will eventually pick one
> >of you and then ask you for an email address. You can always make a
> >new one at gmail or wherever if you really want this game.
> >
> >I am favoring Spalls and Ant because of all the freebies I get from
> >them. Spalls likely already has it and Ant may not want it though.
> >
> >Hopefully someone here wants it as I have no use for it.
> Of course I have it! ;-) Well, I have it on GOG and not Steam but that
> still counts. I'm not averse to having it on multiple platforms, but
> Christmas is about sharing so rather than indulge my greed I'll give
> others an opportunity to claim it.
>
> Prior to its release, "Icewind Dale" was announced as being more of an
> action-RPG than its better-known sibling, "Baldurs Gate", doubtlessly
> as a reaction to the success of "Diablo" and its clones. For a long
> time I avoid the game because of this but when I finally broke down
> and gave it a try, I realized that - while streamlined from"Baldurs
> Gate", it leans far more heavily towards the classic end of the RPG
> spectrum than it does towards the actionified newcomers.

Maybe I need to give it another try then. I gave it up pretty early.
I still won't take it as I've played it.

- Justisaur

On Fri, 23 Dec 2022 09:58:39 -0500, Spalls Hurgenson
<spallshurgenson@gmail.com> wrote:

>Prior to its release, "Icewind Dale" was announced as being more of an
>action-RPG than its better-known sibling, "Baldurs Gate", doubtlessly
>as a reaction to the success of "Diablo" and its clones. For a long
>time I avoid the game because of this but when I finally broke down
>and gave it a try, I realized that - while streamlined from"Baldurs
>Gate", it leans far more heavily towards the classic end of the RPG
>spectrum than it does towards the actionified newcomers.

Yeah, I don't think of Diablo when I think of Icewind Dale but to each
his own I guess.

On Fri, 23 Dec 2022 10:21:14 -0500, Mike S. <Mike_S@nowhere.com>
wrote:
>On Fri, 23 Dec 2022 09:58:39 -0500, Spalls Hurgenson
><spallshurgenson@gmail.com> wrote:

>>Prior to its release, "Icewind Dale" was announced as being more of an
>>action-RPG than its better-known sibling, "Baldurs Gate", doubtlessly
>>as a reaction to the success of "Diablo" and its clones. For a long
>>time I avoid the game because of this but when I finally broke down
>>and gave it a try, I realized that - while streamlined from"Baldurs
>>Gate", it leans far more heavily towards the classic end of the RPG
>>spectrum than it does towards the actionified newcomers.
>
>Yeah, I don't think of Diablo when I think of Icewind Dale but to each
>his own I guess.

No, but that's how it was advertised at the time. Action-RPGs were all
the rage in that era, and traditional RPGs were seen as slow, clunky
dinosaurs that wouldn't sell. So a lot of the ad-copy and magazine
previews (arguably the same thing ;-) hyped up how "Icewind" was going
to be a much faster game, not all stodgy like "Baldurs Gate".

The reality was that "Icewind" was still very much more like "Baldurs
Gate" than Diablo, but its (slightly) faster-paced gameplay was an
attempt to attract the click-happy Diablo-crowd, and its original
portrayal in the media reflected this. Fortunately, I eventually gave
the game a try and found it wasn't so bad as I feared. But I was very
much turned off by the direction Bioware was (supposedly) headed by
the original advertisements.

On 12/23/2022 4:23 AM, Mike S. wrote:
> I have an extra copy of exactly one game. And that game is Icewind
> Dale: Enhanced Edition for Steam.
>
> I have no desire to post the code here on usenet. If someone here
> wants it, please just let me know for now. I will eventually pick one
> of you and then ask you for an email address. You can always make a
> new one at gmail or wherever if you really want this game.
>
> I am favoring Spalls and Ant because of all the freebies I get from
> them. Spalls likely already has it and Ant may not want it though.
>
> Hopefully someone here wants it as I have no use for it.

I'll take it if you haven't given it away yet. :)
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On Fri, 23 Dec 2022 08:24:48 -0800, Ant <ant@zimage.comANT> wrote:

>I'll take it if you haven't given it away yet. :)

Ok Ant, since Spalls already owns it, you can have it. I need an email
address to send it to. If the one I see above (ant@zimage.com) is
legit and the one you want me to use, just confirm it.

On 12/23/2022 8:54 AM, Mike S. wrote:
> On Fri, 23 Dec 2022 08:24:48 -0800, Ant <ant@zimage.comANT> wrote:
>
>> I'll take it if you haven't given it away yet. :)
>
> Ok Ant, since Spalls already owns it, you can have it. I need an email
> address to send it to. If the one I see above (ant@zimage.comREMOVETHIS) is
> legit and the one you want me to use, just confirm it.

Yes, it is. ;)
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On Fri, 23 Dec 2022 12:54:52 -0800, Ant <ant@zimage.comANT> wrote:

>Yes, it is. ;)

Ok, I sent the code. Hopefully, it works.

On 12/23/2022 1:33 PM, Mike S. wrote:
> On Fri, 23 Dec 2022 12:54:52 -0800, Ant <ant@zimage.comANT> wrote:
>
>> Yes, it is. ;)
>
> Ok, I sent the code. Hopefully, it works.

If not the beavants will send a sharknado your way.

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On Fri, 23 Dec 2022 15:00:44 -0800, Dimensional Traveler
<dtravel@sonic.net> wrote:

>If not the beavants will send a sharknado your way.

Now I really hope it works.

On 12/23/2022 1:33 PM, Mike S. wrote:
> On Fri, 23 Dec 2022 12:54:52 -0800, Ant <ant@zimage.comANT> wrote:
>
>> Yes, it is. ;)
>
> Ok, I sent the code. Hopefully, it works.

Thanks, Mike! It worked. :)
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On Fri, 23 Dec 2022 18:23:28 -0800, Ant <ant@zimage.comANT> wrote:

>Thanks, Mike! It worked. :)

Excellent!

On 12/23/2022 7:33 PM, Mike S. wrote:
> On Fri, 23 Dec 2022 18:23:28 -0800, Ant <ant@zimage.comANT> wrote:
>
>> Thanks, Mike! It worked. :)
>
> Excellent!

Saved from the Sharknado! :D

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On 23/12/2022 14:34, Justisaur wrote:
> On Friday, December 23, 2022 at 4:23:49 AM UTC-8, Mike S. wrote:
>> I have an extra copy of exactly one game. And that game is Icewind
>> Dale: Enhanced Edition for Steam.
>>
>> I have no desire to post the code here on usenet. If someone here
>> wants it, please just let me know for now. I will eventually pick one
>> of you and then ask you for an email address. You can always make a
>> new one at gmail or wherever if you really want this game.
>>
>> I am favoring Spalls and Ant because of all the freebies I get from
>> them. Spalls likely already has it and Ant may not want it though.
>>
>> Hopefully someone here wants it as I have no use for it.
>
> I played it briefly but didn't get into it. It was a physical copy that
> went out with the trash. It pains me to say that.
>

I do still have my original copy somewhere but like you it didn't grab
me in the way BG:1/2 or PS:T (I have the EE editions of all of them)
did. I think part of it was it felt a lot more combat focused, instead
of story, and that all the PC's were yours removed an element I like
from CRPG's - interesting companions.