Temple of Elemental Evil

The Temple of Elemental Evil – Matt Chat

Matt Barton spends close to four hours with Troika’s The Temple of Elemental Evil in the latest episode of Matt Chat. And seeing how to this day, this game offers one of the most competent adaptations of D&D’s combat system,…

GOG – Grand RPG Sale Live

If you’re interested in buying some RPGs while also saving a bit of cash, you can now participate in GOG’s Grand RPG Sale. Featuring a great deal of classics, as well as some new additions to GOG’s catalog like Gato…

George Ziets Interview, Part 5 – Matt Chat

The fifth and final installment of Matt Barton’s extensive chat with George Ziets covers plenty of interesting topics, including the development of inXile Entertainment’s Torment: Tides of Numenera, the intricacies of corwdfunding, innovation in the role-playing genre, underutilized RPG settings,…

Leonard Boyarsky Interview, Part 3 – Matt Chat

In the third and final installment of his chat with Matt Barton, Leonard Boyarsky talks about his days at Troika Games and all the issues Arcanum, Vampire: Bloodlines, and The Temple of Elemental Evil had to overcome in order to…

Why The Temple of Elemental Evil is the Most D&D Game Ever Made

Although they admit that it’s not the “best” Dungeons & Dragons-based CRPG ever created (Planescape: Torment carries that distinction), PC Gamer has editorialized about why they think Troika’s second game was “the most D&D game ever made”. I’m on the…

PC Gamer’s History of RPGs

Richard Cobbett, a well-known pundit when it comes to RPGs, has put together a comprehensive guide to PC RPGs, starting from way back in 1975. With the sheer scope of the RPG genre, some titles get overlooked, but for the…

Tim Cain on Building a Better RPG

Tim Cain, a veteran developer and one of the founders of Troika Games, has recently delivered a keynote speech at the Reboot Develop conference. He talked about building better RPGs, and in particular, the mistakes RPG developers should strive to…

Leonard Boyarsky Talk: A Life in Video Games

Leonard Boyarsky, who worked at Interplay Entertainment, Troika Games, Blizzard Entertainment, and is currently holding a position of Creative Director at Obsidian Entertainment, gave a talk at SINFO 24, a Tech conference in Portugal. Boyarsky’s segment, called A Life in…

Icewind Dale: ToEE Total Conversion Mod in Open Beta

In case you ever wanted to know what would happen if Infinity Engine games were truly turn-based, and possibly looked a whole lot like Troika Games’ The Temple of Elemental Evil, you’re in luck. You can now play through the…