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September 14, 2025 at 9:16 PM
briandunaway.bsky.social
Oh hi,

LIVE: Pool Of Radiance (1988) - DOS 6.22 - First Timer.

Lurk or Join the fun

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December 28, 2025 at 11:40 PM
paratimetim.bsky.social
Advanced Dungeons & Dragons computer games advert from 1992
#Hillsfar #PoolOfRadiance #AD&D #Forgottenrealms #D&D #Dungeons&Dragons #AdvancedDungeons&Dragons #TSR #SSI
Advanced Dungeons & Dragons computer games advert from 1992
December 4, 2025 at 7:54 PM
samthul.bsky.social
The first step to saving New Phlan is getting pickpocketed and starting shit in a tavern.

Episode 1 of my Pool of Radiance playthrough/journal:

samthul.com/pages/floppy...

#PoolOfRadiance #GoldBox #RetroGaming #CRPG #DnD
August 22, 2026 at 12:31 AM
skyfly1985.bsky.social
Pool of Radiance
DOS - 1988

Published and Developed by Strategic Simulations

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#roleplayinggame
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June 6, 2026 at 4:14 AM
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December 23, 2024 at 1:41 AM
samthul.bsky.social
Episode 4 of The Pools Saga is up!

We murdered an old fortune teller for a few coppers.

This, as it turns out, was a terrible fucking idea.

Grandma had one hell of a Yelp following.

🎲⚔️💀

samthul.com/pages/floppy...

#PoolOfRadiance #RetroGaming #CRPG #DnD #GoldBox
August 25, 2026 at 1:29 AM
samthul.bsky.social
I’m playing through the entire Pools series and keeping a journal of the chaos.

Four games. One party. A lot of terrible decisions.

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August 29, 2026 at 3:37 AM
samthul.bsky.social
We caught a pickpocket.

This somehow resulted in a drunken brawl, nearly dying, fleeing from the city guards, and spending two days in a hostel recovering.

We have not fought a single monster yet.

Pool of Radiance is going great.

#PoolOfRadiance #RetroGaming #DOSGaming #DnD
August 30, 2026 at 8:27 PM
samthul.bsky.social
Episode 3 of The Pools Saga is up!

Our heroes die. Then die again. Merrick digs through horse shit. Aldren discovers that maybe everyone else was just holding him back.

Just another normal day in Pool of Radiance.

samthul.com/pages/floppy...

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August 23, 2026 at 12:11 PM
samthul.bsky.social
“Hail, lizards!” — Aldren Kestyr, approximately six seconds before everyone died.

Pool of Radiance continues to reward confidence with immediate consequences. 😂

Episode 4 of The Pools Saga:
samthul.com/pages/floppy...

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August 25, 2026 at 4:59 PM
samthul.bsky.social
Episode 2 of The Pools Saga is up.

We asked an old man for more money.

He responded with murder.

The entire party died.

So, yeah. Negotiations went well.

samthul.com/pages/floppy...

#PoolOfRadiance #GoldBox #RetroGaming #CRPG #DnD #DOSGaming
August 23, 2026 at 2:15 AM
samthul.bsky.social
So apparently I’ve decided it’s a good idea to play through all four of the old SSI Pools games with the same four idiots.

I’m documenting the whole fucking thing as I go.

The Pools Saga:
samthul.com/pages/floppy...

#PoolOfRadiance #GoldBox #RetroGaming #CRPG #DnD
August 20, 2026 at 2:31 AM
samthul.bsky.social
Aldren needed a weapon.

I wanted to buy him a bastard sword.

He refused to wield a weapon with such an offensive name.

So he got a long sword.

Things were going great.

⚔️ Pool of Radiance — Episode 1
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August 31, 2026 at 12:04 AM
samthul.bsky.social
Four first-level morons. No rerolls. Random alignments.

Three of them are evil.

Phlan is absolutely fucked.

samthul.com/pages/floppy...

#PoolOfRadiance #GoldBox #RetroGaming #CRPG #DnD
August 21, 2026 at 4:53 PM
samthul.bsky.social
Episode 5 of the Pools Saga is up!

There’s a monster auction, a bar fight, blackout drinking, robbery, magical loot, and—somehow—actual progress.

samthul.com/pages/floppy...

#RetroGaming #DOSGaming #PoolOfRadiance #GoldBox #OldSchoolGaming #CRPG
August 27, 2026 at 7:05 PM
samthul.bsky.social
Episode 6 is up.

Norris the Gray finally gets what’s coming to him, Merrick finds more shit he absolutely should not find, and we meet a man named Skullcrusher.

It gets worse.

samthul.com/pages/floppy...

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August 30, 2026 at 2:29 AM
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Pool of Radiance was published by Strategic Simulations, Inc (SSI) in 1988. It was the first adaptation of TSR's Advanced D&D fantasy role-playing game for home computers and won the Origins Award for "Best Fantasy or SciFi Computer Game of 1988". #dungeonsanddragons #retrogaming #poolofradiance
Screenshot from Pool of Radiance (1988) by SSI
January 24, 2025 at 4:27 PM
screamingkobold.bsky.social
Remember when Dungeons and Dragons had an "Advanced" version? StreamingKobold remembers. 6:30 pm, PST, at www.twitch.tv/streamingkob.... Quick recap of last week at www.tiktok.com/@streamingko... #retrogames #adnd
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September 14, 2023 at 1:42 PM
elkhorn95.bsky.social
Explored the monster-infested slums of Phlan in #PoolofRadiance tonight - took a couple of TPKs before I started to remember how 2E D&D works. But underway now with a few set encounters under our belt! Thanks to everyone who hung out; the herd thundered over to @kimandjax.bsky.social.
September 4, 2026 at 4:02 AM
samthul.bsky.social
An old man gave us a quest and told Aldren the password was “Ohlo.”

Aldren immediately repeated:

“Ohlo.”

Everyone stared at him.

“Not now, you moron. When you get to the Rope Guild.”

Our leader, ladies and gentlemen.

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September 2, 2026 at 9:56 AM
carrottwo.bsky.social
#PoolofRadiance has to be my favorite #D&D game. And it has a console port! Due to its simplistic nature, it plays well on a controller and you don't need a separate journal to read all the story. Colors are rather limited but it has music, something the DOS version lacks. Overall, a faithful port.
August 1, 2026 at 12:56 PM
firemanrich.bsky.social
Gaming Setup On TicTok: 02022026

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February 2, 2026 at 6:03 PM
firemanrich.bsky.social
Pool of Radiance Game Play 11.14.2025 @rumblevideo Broadcast 🎥🎬

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November 15, 2025 at 1:25 AM
algi.bsky.social
The characters of my party at the start of #PoolOfRadiance vs at the end of #PoolsOfDarkness:
(the aging is due to the use of Haste spells, also note the loss of CON points due to resurrections):
- Gorach, the naked barbarian
- Mikul, the former city guard
A pixel art portrait shows a half naked man with pre-steroid era style big muscles and white hair. Gorach male human age 16 lawful good fighter STR 18(00) INT 18 WIS 18 DEX 18 CON 18 CHA 18 platinum 1 gold 1 level 1 exp 0 AC 0 HP 14 THAC0 17 damage 1d10+6 encumbrance 802 movement 9 weapon two-handed sword armor banded mail status okay Gorach status: okay hit points 193/193 male 30 years lawful good human fighter level 36 experience 7065847 STR 18(00) INT 18 WIS 18 DEX 18 CON 17 CHA 18 armor class -6 THAC0 -3 damage 1d10+10 encumbrance 2410 movement 9 two-handed sword +4 plate mail +4 A pixal art portrait shows a man with brown beard wearing unpainted, gray plate armor over chain mail and a helm. Mikul male human age 17 chaotic good fighter STR 18(00) INT 18 WIS 18 DEX 18 CON 18 CHA 18 gold 1 level 1 exp 0 AC 0 HP 14 THAC0 17 damage 1d10+6 encumbrance 801 movement 9 weapon two-handed sword armor banded mail status okay Mikul status: okay hit points 191/191 male 30 years chaotic good human fighter level 34 experience 6538185 STR 18(00) INT 18 WIS 18 DEX 18 CON 18 CHA 18 armor class -7 THAC0 -2 damage 1d8+9 encumbrance 1792 movement 9 long sword +3 plate mail +3
August 4, 2025 at 7:59 AM