War of the Lance
War of the Lance is presented in a top-down view. In single player mode, the player plays the Whitestone side to fight the evil forces of the Highlord (controlled by the computer). In a two-player game, the…
1 February 1990
War of the Lance is an adventure developed by SSI (Strategic Simulations, Inc.), released 1 February 1990 on PC (Microsoft Windows).
What War of the Lance is
War of the Lance is an adventure game developed by SSI (Strategic Simulations, Inc.) and released in 1990. It is available on PC (Microsoft Windows) only.
The premise, in the publisher's words
War of the Lance is presented in a top-down view. In single player mode, the player plays the Whitestone side to fight the evil forces of the Highlord (controlled by the computer). In a two-player game, the second player will play the Highlord forces. This game is a turn-based strategy game. The player controls various units and heroes of an army against enemy forces. The game can be won in two ways. The player can win by controlling the enemy capitals (Highlord capital is Neraka and the Whitestone capitals are the four Knight countries (Solanthus, Caergoth, Gunthar, and Northern Ergoth) plus the Clerist Tower near Palanthus. If neither side can capture the enemy capitals by the end of the…
How it plays
It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component.
Where it sits in the Dungeons & Dragons series
War of the Lance is the 11th of 140 entries we hold in the Dungeons & Dragons series. The next entry was DragonStrike in 1990.
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When did War of the Lance come out?
War of the Lance was released on 1 February 1990 for PC (Microsoft Windows).
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