Comment on Questboard – back to the old-school RPG aiming to get the nostalgia crowd polishing their dice

Questboard – back to the old-school RPG aiming to get the nostalgia crowd polishing their dice

There’s a definite indie move towards retro-feeling PC RPGs at the moment. Obviously, Dwarf Fortress continues to do well, then we have games like Warsim and Caves of Qud that eschew fancy graphics in favor of a more old-school vibe. That is also where Questboard joins the party. No, it doesn’t look like Baldur’s Gate 3 but it is reminiscent of the type of text-based adventuring many of us did when we were younger, more innocent, and easily occupied. For me, I remember Phantasie II and the original Bard’s Tale took over my early teenage years, and so, the green (Gameboy-ish) hues of Questboard are instantly recognizable. Devs Binary Cabin describes the game as “a nostalgic throwback to classic text-based RPGs with a modern twist.

 

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