Forgotten Realms: Unlimited Adventures

Strategic Simulations

Rank: #5 / 14
Released: 1993
Studio: Strategic Simulations
Genre: role-playing video game, game creation system

At a glance

Forgotten Realms: Unlimited Adventures is a role-playing game and creation system from Strategic Simulations, set in the Forgotten Realms. Its tools let you build adventure scenarios by laying out maps on a grid and connecting areas with teleporters, doors and stairs. You can populate designs with characters drawn from a bank of 112 monsters and multiple non-player characters, then test them through a point-and-click interface as you build. The game also includes a pre-made scenario, The Heirs to Skull Crag, with four quests, and that adventure can be modified. Steam lists single-player, downloadable content and Family Sharing. The general platform list includes Windows, DOS and Classic Mac OS, while the Steam platform listing names Windows. The game was originally released in 1993; the listed Steam release date is March 29, 2022.

Who it is for

It suits players who want to create and test their own AD&D-style adventure scenarios, as well as those who want to play or modify a supplied scenario.

What is good

Grid-based tools support custom map building.
Maps can link areas with teleporters, doors and stairs.
Includes a modifiable scenario with four quests.
The character bank includes 112 monsters.

What to know first

The Steam platform listing names Windows only.
Steam lists single-player, not multiplayer.

Verdict

Unlimited Adventures is centered on making and testing scenarios rather than only playing a fixed campaign. Its supplied four-quest adventure offers a starting point that can also be changed.