Postby Technomancer » Sun Jan 11, 2004 5:22 am
Record of the Lodoss War is a good series, although it's pretty much a standard sort of fantasy. In other words, a young farmer's son finds out his father was really a great knight living in exile and goes off to avenge his death, save the kingdom, etc. It could have been based on a D&D campaign. It's still pretty good nonetheless, at least the original series. There's a newer one that's not quite as good.
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