Dungeon Fantasy 7: Attack of the Healbots

[Kromm]

An incomplete list of important inspirations for me, in chronological order:

1979 to 1985 — Played and ran Tunnels and Trolls Fifth Edition.
1979 to 1986 — Played and ran AD&D First Edition, primarily in a couple of campaign worlds of my own design.
1986 to 1990 — Ran my first GURPS fantasy campaign, set on Yrth.
1987 to present — Played Rogue, NetHack, and other roguelikes.
1988 to 1992 — Played SSI's "Gold Box" AD&D games.
1990 to 1995 — Ran my second GURPS fantasy campaign, which was world-hopping.
1992 to 1993 — Played Bethesda's The Elder Scrolls: Arena.
1995 to 1996 — Played Interplay's Stonekeep.
1998 to 2002 — Played Bioware's Baldur's Gate and Baldur's Gate 2 (AD&D-based).
2001 to present — Played Diablo II and its expansion, Lord of Destruction.
2002 to 2007 — Played Bioware's NWN and NWN 2 (D&D-based).
2002 to 2009 — Ran my third GURPS fantasy campaign, which was set entirely in a TL2/3 world of my creation.

As you can see, D&D titles, computer games, and my own campaign worlds were my main inspirations.