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I started playing Baldur's Gate the other day...and just got Neverwinter Nights. Could anyone out there tell me what the timeline is for the games currently out?

Just wondering the progression since Baldur's Gate...

Thanks!

The only time line that exists is the Baldurs Gate series. That is: Baldurs Gate and Tales of the Sword Coast, Baldurs Gate: Shadows of Amn and finally Baldurs Gate: Throne of Bhaal.

Neverwinter Nights is a seperate entity.

The Icewind Dale Series is supposed to take place before the Baldur's Gate Series (Drizzt isn't born in Icewind Dale). Neverwinter Nights is last.

I didn't really say what I wanted to say there! What I'm looking for is when these games were actually released, starting with Baldur's Gate...

I assume it goes:

BG, BG II, Icewind, Icewind II, then NWN...

But I saw the links on the side of the gamebanshee site that mentions more than just these games...do the others listed play like BG and NWN, or are they different? I've played Diablo I and II, so I know about those...just wondering about the others.

Thanks again!

Try doing a search on any games you want to date here. I've found them pretty reliable in the past.

Oh. I see

Well I think it goes like this:

Diablo
Baldur's Gate
Vampire: The Masquerade
Planescape: Torment
Icewind Dale
Diablo 2
Baldur's Gate 2
Pool of Radiance: Ruins of Myth Drannor
Dungeon Siege
Morrowind
Neverwinter Nights
Icewind Dale 2

I'm probably off by a little though

Originally posted by Roga Danar
But I saw the links on the side of the gamebanshee site that mentions more than just these games...do the others listed play like BG and NWN, or are they different? I've played Diablo I and II, so I know about those...just wondering about the others.

I think the games in this site is based on the interests shown by members coming here, or rather, Buck himself is interested in playing them. Originally GameBanshee only had BG2. Some of us started saying why there's no BG1, Diablo or Planescape: Torment sections, and Buck created them. Some other games are Buck's own interests, I guess.

I don't play many games, so I don't know if they are actually similar (the game engines are different, so playing style must be different), but they are more or less all RPG and should have similar taste to each other.

Originally posted by Kayless
(BTW, I'm probably the only one here who knows that your handle is based on a one-shot Star Trek TNG character).

Damn you! I was just about to mention that

Originally posted by Minerva
I think the games in this site is based on the interests shown by members coming here, or rather, Buck himself is interested in playing them. Originally GameBanshee only had BG2. Some of us started saying why there's no BG1, Diablo or Planescape: Torment sections, and Buck created them. Some other games are Buck's own interests, I guess. <SNIP>

Feeling a little nostalgic ?

Originally posted by Kayless
@Roga Danar, If you're after after the in-game timelines then I can provide that for you (BTW, I'm probably the only one here who knows that your handle is based on a one-shot Star Trek TNG character).

Kayless, you and Kameleon are definitely the few who recognize my handle...not many people do! One of my favorite episodes.

Thanks for the quick timeline there too...I saw that in Neverwinter Nights, some of the in-game books mention heroes of the sword coast and such. I'll have to read the FR books to really get a feel for it though. I hope they come out with more DragonLance world games...it was too much fun on those old gold box AD&D packages!

As I recall:

Baldur's Gate
TotSC
Planescape: Torment
Icewind Dale
Baldur's Gate 2
IWD Heart of Winter
ToB
Neverwinter Nights
Icewind Dale 2

Originally posted by Roga Danar
I hope they come out with more DragonLance world games...it was too much fun on those old gold box AD&D packages!

Same here, Roga. Krynn is a fun milieu to stage adventures in. I shall miss the Planescape setting, as I found Sigil to be quite original and fun as well. At least it lives on in IWD2, after a fashion.

I was a big fan of the gold box series - talk about memories.

@Kayless: Glad to see you're still stalking the halls of SYM, O Grand Pooh-bah Hippie Hater and Defender of the yummy English Muffin.

Originally posted by Kameleon
Damn you! I was just about to mention that

Ha-Ha! Beat you to it.

Originally posted by Roga Danar
Kayless, you and Kameleon are definitely the few who recognize my handle...not many people do! One of my favorite episodes.

Just goes to show who takes their Trek to heart.

Originally posted by Roga Danar
Thanks for the quick timeline there too...I saw that in Neverwinter Nights, some of the in-game books mention heroes of the sword coast and such. I'll have to read the FR books to really get a feel for it though.

The Forgotten Realms have a crap load of heroes. More than enough to keep you busy reading about all their adventures.

Shameless Plug: You can even read about misadventures of a low level group of misfit heroes in my comic, Dungeon Crawl Inc..

Originally posted by Chanak
@Kayless: Glad to see you're still stalking the halls of SYM, O Grand Pooh-bah Hippie Hater and Defender of the yummy English Muffin.

Hey, I can't let Kam spot all the obscure Star Trek references, can I?

Originally posted by Kayless
Hey, I can't let Kam spot all the obscure Star Trek references, can I?

God forbid if such a thing were to happen! Me, I only notice the occasional obscure references to Ensign Ricky, and to that nobody-wasn't really on the show at all-what a geek Chekhov.

Originally posted by Kayless


Shameless Plug: You can even read about misadventures of a low level group of misfit heroes in my comic, Dungeon Crawl Inc..


Hey, I can't let Kam spot all the obscure Star Trek references, can I?

I started reading it the other day...got to about the 50th episode or so....Pretty damn funny! One question: Is the My Clavin quotes from Doom or Castle Wolfenstein or something like that??? Keep em funny!

I'll probably get into the FR series soon...I read Waterdeep many years ago. Any hints on what order I should read them in? After I finish the Sword of Truth series, I'll get check it out.

Originally posted by Chanak
God forbid if such a thing were to happen! Me, I only notice the occasional obscure references to Ensign Ricky, and to that nobody-wasn't really on the show at all-what a geek Chekhov.

Chekhov was like a Russian Elmer Fudd. "Enemy wessel off the starboard bow captain!"

Originally posted by Roga Danar
I started reading it the other day...got to about the 50th episode or so....Pretty damn funny! One question: Is the My Clavin quotes from Doom or Castle Wolfenstein or something like that??? Keep em funny!

Bingo. The clavin joke is a Wolfenstein reference. I try to work in the occasional subtle video game humor in there.

Originally posted by Roga Danar
I'll probably get into the FR series soon...I read Waterdeep many years ago. Any hints on what order I should read them in? After I finish the Sword of Truth series, I'll get check it out.

I think the official Wizards of the Coast site gives a timeline of the stories (which should give you a good idea what order to read them in). Myself, I haven’t read too many of the novels since I prefer the various source books.