# King of Dragon Pass for iOS is out **URL:** \ **Category:** The Game Room\ **Created:** [September 10, 2011, 10:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/king-of-dragon-pass-for-ios-is-out/595865 "2011-09-10T22:53:55Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Brainiac4](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/brainiac4/32/3534_2.png) [@Brainiac4](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Brainiac4)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2011, 10:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/king-of-dragon-pass-for-ios-is-out/595865/1 "2011-09-10T22:53:55Z")
And it’s terrific. If you’re not familiar with KoDP, it’s a hard-to-classify computer game set in the fantasy world of Glorantha, the setting of Runequest. > **[King of Dragon Pass](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/King_of_Dragon_Pass)** > > King of Dragon Pass is a 1999 strategy simulation fantasy video game published by A Sharp. Set in the fictional world of Glorantha, the player controls the fate of a barbarian clan settling in the dangerous frontier region of Dragon Pass. > Originally released for PC, the game was a commercial failure but became a cult classic. It was ported for iOS in 2011, and was later released for Android and re-released for PCs. The iOS versions were much more commercially successful than the original PC rele... The iOS version is not a port, it’s an update and rework of the game. All of the stuff that makes KoDP a great game is there, re-thought for a smaller touch-screen interface. It’s an immersive game; I spent a three-hour flight playing it and was surprised to hear the pilot announcing that we were beginning our descent; if you’d asked me how long I had been playing I would have guessed a bit more than an hour. It’s $9.99, which is steep for an iOS game, but I think it’s worth the price. Anyone else trying it? The original game has demos available for both Mac and PC, if you want to get a sense of what you’d be getting into before plunking down your hard-earned cash. I’d played before, so I knew what I was getting. ---
**Author:** ![DeptfordX](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e68b1a/32.png) [@DeptfordX](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DeptfordX)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2011, 9:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/king-of-dragon-pass-for-ios-is-out/595865/2 "2011-09-11T21:46:01Z")
I picked it up myself. I totally agree, it’s a fantastic port and a really great game. Especially for anyone with an interest in Glorantha. ---
**Author:** ![smiling\_bandit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e9a140/32.png) [@smiling\_bandit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/smiling_bandit)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2011, 11:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/king-of-dragon-pass-for-ios-is-out/595865/3 "2011-09-11T23:42:37Z")
What irritated me about this darn game was that they did no marketing, and apparently won’t release it on STEAM or something. Darn you people! Let me play your game! I saw a Let’s Play which looked amazing, but apparently you have to jump through more hoops than a circus lion to get a copy. As in, you write to the company by snail mail, pay na fortune, and if they can find a disc lying around in the back closet they’ll mail it back. :smack: ---
**Author:** ![DeptfordX](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e68b1a/32.png) [@DeptfordX](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DeptfordX)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2011, 8:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/king-of-dragon-pass-for-ios-is-out/595865/4 "2011-09-12T08:52:54Z")
Yep, that’s not an exagerration. I looked up getting the game a few years ago and gave up when i saw the hoops you had to go through. I mentioned the ipod version to a friend of mine over the weekend and he reeled off exactly the same story. You’d swear they were allergic to money or something when it came to the pc version. ---
**Author:** ![DeptfordX](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e68b1a/32.png) [@DeptfordX](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DeptfordX)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2011, 8:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/king-of-dragon-pass-for-ios-is-out/595865/5 "2011-09-12T08:58:24Z")
And this is the long play **smiling bandit** was probably talking about. > **[King of Dragon Pass](https://lparchive.org/King-of-Dragon-Pass/)** > > Let's Play King of Dragon Pass by Mystic Mongol ---
**Author:** ![smiling\_bandit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e9a140/32.png) [@smiling\_bandit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/smiling_bandit)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2011, 12:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/king-of-dragon-pass-for-ios-is-out/595865/6 "2011-09-12T12:42:25Z")
Yarr, that’s the one. Seriously, they release this for the iphone, but don’t hand it to GoG or STEAM? The heck? ---
**Author:** ![Brainiac4](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/brainiac4/32/3534_2.png) [@Brainiac4](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Brainiac4)\ **Post date:** [September 13, 2011, 2:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/king-of-dragon-pass-for-ios-is-out/595865/7 "2011-09-13T02:28:48Z")
You could bug David Dunham and A Sharp about getting it up on Steam; I think it would be excellent there. Regarding the iOS version… a friend DMed me on Twitter this morning to complain that he’s lost 6 hours over the weekend playing it, and asking for advice on heroquesting. Yeah, this is one awesomely addictive little game. The fact that the events are tied to a number of invisible factors makes them quite replayable. And I love the age progression of the faces of your Clan Ring. Oh, and the advice. The advice of Tricksters is just bad-ass. Every time something goes wrong, Bastakos is all “I told you this would happen.”