Nope played the "original Bard's Tale" years ago and what I have read so far it aint even close to being that good ..... as for time, well it took me 4 weeks playing about 3-4 hours a night, meantime I shall continue with Oblivion and as always (on the other PC) Neverwinter Nights <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/up.gif" alt="" />