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Classes

I'd appreciate it if someone could fill out the list of classes. It's been a long time since I've played the game and didn't have the patience to research it. :-( Nothing verbose, just a list of the class types and a short (a couple of words) description of each would be ideal. :-) —Frecklefoot 15:08 17 Jul 2003 (UTC)

The way it stands now is nice; a simple linked list of the classes, which lets the links be the description... this is an encyclopedia entry after all, not an in-depth fan site. :) -- Mecandes 13:17, 13 October 2005 (UTC)[reply]

The New Bard's Tale

Is it time for a disambiguation page to jump between the old and new Bard's Tale games? Kainaw 03:18, 9 Nov 2004 (UTC)

OK. I made a disambiguation page. I hope I did it right. Kainaw 14:18, 9 Nov 2004 (UTC)

icestorm99999

I removed the link to this site from the fansites section, on the grounds that the only relevant content is a set of links to other fansites and a decent amount of potentially copyright-infringing material. Feel free to re-add it, if anyone thinks it should be there, but even if it is all perfectly legal I really see no useful reason to link to it from the article.

Bard's Tale Beer

Does Bard's Tale Beer have any connection to these computer games? If so, it should be mentioned in the article. Mike R (talk) 16:24, 19 August 2008 (UTC)[reply]

I asked them and they told me that they were thinking of Shakespeare when they named it. Frotz (talk) 20:04, 13 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Accurate name

I realize that 99.9% of all people just call it "The Bard's Tale," but surely Wikipedia is interested in accuracy, and this page should redirect to a page with the game's actual full name: "Tales of the Unknown, Volume 1: The Bard's Tale." Yes, it is listed in parentheses in the article, but this is like having a Wikipedia article entitled "America" with ("United States of America") after it. 97.113.28.76 (talk) 22:09, 27 May 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Tha naming of Wiki pages is often a convoluted tale. In your example, both names are generally used by all people - it would be more correct for you to have made the comparison between "United States of America" and "The Great Satan" - where one would be the correct title and one would be the title that less than 1% of world uses to refer to the US... Its also a goat rope changing the main page to something else. If you want to take that on, be my guest. Ckruschke (talk) 20:08, 29 May 2012 (UTC)Ckruschke[reply]

More than one version for the Nintendo

Something to note, the US release of Bard's Tale has at least 2 different versions. We'll call them version 1 and version 2. It's nearly impossible to tell the difference from the outside, although I believe version 1 has a darker shade of red for the cover art. The biggest difference is the enemies, version 1 uses the same color palette for all the monsters if you get attacked by a group of 3 identical monsters. In version 2, they are given the rainbow treatment, each monster appearing a different color. Another difference is the color of the Wizard's guarding the wine cellar. All of this is original research, but verifiable, so I didn't add it to the article. 24.225.23.137 (talk) 13:02, 28 August 2012 (UTC)[reply]