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Warcraft Retrospective 19: Exodus of the Horde, Part One
All right! Let’s start Warcraft 3: Reign of Chaos, and play through all the campaigns, in order. If you want to see a video review of the campaigns, I recommend this one by GiantCrabGames, which covers both the base game and the Frozen Throne expansion in amazing detail, while also focusing on what makes the Warcraft 3 gameplay captivating.
Warcraft Retrospective 18: Reign of Chaos Manual, the Newcomers
Today we’re looking at the rest of the Reign of Chaos manual, the factions we’ll be seeing for the first time: the undead Scourge, night elf Sentinels, and demonic Burning Legion. The latter is a pure antagonist unplayable faction, though they were planned as playable at one point in Warcraft 3 development.
Warcraft Retrospective 17: Reign of Chaos Manual, Red and Blue
Warcraft Retrospective 16: The Last Guardian
Today we’re looking at The Last Guardian by Jeff Grubb1, the last of the four novels meant to set up the stage for Warcraft 3.
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Who, surprisingly, didn’t write any other Warcraft books other than co-writing the decanonized RPG. ↩
Warcraft Retrospective 15: Lord of the Clans
A year before the release of Warcraft 3, Blizzard faced a problem. Warcraft Adventures: Lord of the Clans, the adventure game that was supposed to bridge Warcraft 2 and 3, was canceled. Its lore, however, was too important to simply discard, as it set up the orc storyline in Warcraft 3. Therefore, Blizzard commisioned a novel adaptation of the game’s scrapped plot. After the first author failed to finish it, Christie Golden was brought in, with only six weeks to write the novel based on Chris Metzen’s plot outline.
Warcraft Retrospective 14: Day of the Dragon
This week we’re looking at the novel Day of the Dragon by… (sigh) Richard A. Knaak. Now, I could have cheated with this one, since Ramses already did a chapter-by-chapter review years ago, but I have some things to say about this book that he didn’t. And at any rate, I cannot ignore this novel, as it introduces one of the foundational concepts of the Warcraft setting as we know it now: the five Dragon Aspects.
Warcraft Retrospective 13: Of Blood and Honor
We’re now taking a break from games.
Warcraft Retrospective 12: The Game That Never Was
Warcraft Retrospective 11: Interlude: Warfare vs Adventure
Warcraft Retrospective 10: Nobody Expects the Alliance Expedition!
We’re almost finished with Warcraft 2. All that’s left is the human campaign of Beyond the Dark Portal. But since this is my last chance to talk about that game, first I’d like to deal with a couple of topics about Warcraft 2 in general that don’t really fit anywhere specific.