Experience Dragon Wars, developed and published by Interplay Productions in 1989. A party-based fantasy RPG, it blends open overworld travel with first-person, tile-based dungeons and tactical, turn-paced combat. Build your adventuring team, train skills, and chain spells and abilities to break tough encounters. Conversations, exploration, and puzzle logic open alternate paths through the world. It’s a systems-forward quest where smart routing and resource planning matter.

Rooted in pillars like The Bard’s Tale (1985) and Wizardry (1981), Dragon Wars channeled deep character building and clue-driven progression into a cohesive adventure. Its open structure, skill checks, and problem-solving emphasis foreshadowed design threads later seen in Fallout (1997) and helped inspire modern retro crawlers like Legend of Grimrock (2012). Expect meaningful trade-offs between party comps, resistances, and consumables. Mapping, note-taking, and targeted spell use beat brute force.

This Big Box New & Sealed release pairs naturally with the Bard’s Tale trilogy for a clean lineage display, or alongside Might and Magic entries to showcase golden-era “blobber” RPGs. A tidy add for collectors curating late-’80s Interplay classics, DOS fantasy epics, and puzzle-forward dungeon adventuring.

Disclaimer: This game is sold as-is and is intended primarily for collectors. Due to its age and packaging, functionality cannot be guaranteed. By purchasing this item, you acknowledge and accept the condition as shown in the provided photos (and video, if available). Please review them carefully, as there may be defects or imperfections not immediately visible to everyone. All packages are insured, sealed in a cellophane bag, wrapped in bubble wrap, and shipped in a box for maximum protection. If you have any questions or need additional information about the item's condition, please ask before making your purchase.

Seller Note: The top of the box has minor crushing damage. Please refer to the photos and video for more details.