King of Dragon Pass is a computer game published by A Sharp in 1999. Set in the heavily-magical fictional setting of Glorantha (familiar from RuneQuest, for example), it depicts the lives and fortunes of one of several Orlanthi clans, settling the untamed lands of Dragon Pass over the course of several decades. The clans bear some similarities, such as fyrds and lawspeakers, to the Iron Age Nordic peoples.

The most distinctive features of the game are its greatest oddities. KoDP contains no animation whatsoever, and for much of the time doesn't have graphics as much as illustrations or artwork. More importantly, its genre is somewhat unclassifiable and anachronistic (it would be right at home a decade earlier on 8- or 16-bit computers) - it has elements of strategy, some simulation, a heavy dose of macromanagement of the tribe, and some of role-playing, even though it offers no proper alter ego.

The player controls the seven-member clan ring leading the clan — thus providing leadership to the clan, in all aspects of its life from rituals to diplomacy. The ring can make two macro-level decisions per each of the five seasons in the Gloranthan year. Random events that are drawn from a pool of hundreds and often affected by previous ones require multiple-choice selections not counted as decisions. In battle, the player determines the goals and preparations, and possibly chooses the actions of his nobles at pivotal moments.

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