For example, high strength can be applied to break a heavy object, charisma rating might influence the way NPCs interact with the main character, etc. Beside helping the characters to fight more efficiently, main attributes sometimes have an impact on activities used outside of combat.

The game makes use of the skill system in conjunction with traditional character attributes to achieve goals and get past obstacles. However, Wasteland also introduced an original skill system that has had a significant influence on the genre. The player can create a whole party of adventurers and/or recruit some of the characters that populate the game's world. Much of the game is played like most other RPGs of its time: the player navigates the party through the top-down world, fights enemies (which appear randomly in hostile areas) in turn-based style on combat screens represented by enemy pictures, acquires information, equipment, and items from NPCs in towns, etc. The player guides band of Desert Rangers from town to town, gradually uncovering a sinister plot that threatens what's left of mankind. I managed to snag a copy of that through eBay, complete in the original box.Wasteland takes place in the future after the nuclear holocaust of World War III. I also enjoyed the review you did of Portal quite a while back. I'll be interested in seeing the copy of the quasi-hint book you post, as I've also got an Apple IIc and plan on playing Wasteland on it. I'm scanning it to post along with my show notes. It's an amazing quasi-hint book that reads more like a story (with maps). I'm lucky to have snagged a copy of the rare Wasteland Survival Guide, which I believe only shipped with the original issue of the Apple II version of the game.

I'd started the game months ago but then got distracted this time I'm hoping to play all the way through. The show is the reason I found myself here on this board, actually: looking for info about Wasteland, which I've been playing (*VERY* happily) for the couple of weeks. I've moved since my last show, and it took ages to set up my podcasting gear in my new digs (plus, you know. I'll be recording it this weekend, and hopefully getting back into regular episodes.

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