With Orthanc done and dusted, it's time for me to move on to yet another game from 1975, and yet another game from the PLATO system: ...

After a mere eight months, I've completed Orthanc .  I did take a break for a few months in the middle, so it's not as bad as it lo...

I feel like I'm in the hone stretch with this game now.  I'm currently about half-way through mapping level 8, and I feel like I ha...

For most of my time playing this game I've been quickly building my characters up, then sending them to map as much unexplored territor...

I'm chugging along at a nice pace on Orthanc now, having mapped level 5 and most of level 6.  I'm using my spells more effectively,...

If there's one common thread when it comes to surviving in these PLATO RPGs, it's this: spells are your most important resource.  I...

I was logging in to my PLATO emulator earlier today to play some Orthanc, and this is the screen that it opened with: What a l...