Might and Magic® Book I: Secret of the Inner Sanctum™

About Book I:

It is a dark time in the land of Varn. Hostile creatures scour the once noble world, without consequence. The dangers in the outside world have forced towns to move beneath the earth. The once righteous King Alamar has mysteriously engaged in un-valiant behavior. Three lords seek heroes to serve them in noble quests, but destruction has eliminated any hope for a hero. Yet amongst all this ruin in the land of Varn Knights, Paladins, Robbers, Archers, Clerics, and Sorcerers have appeared in the small town of Sorpigal; with but one quest: To find the Secret of the Inner Sanctum.

B. M. Everett

Overview:

The first Might and Magic game and by far the most boring. I really don't recommend playing it with the intent to win. The game is really just a lot of text and a 3d rendered maze that you can see.

If you intend to complete this game, get some good medieval midi files to play in the background.

General Strategy

If you really want to go all out on this game you'll require a pad of graph paper and a lot of time. The graph paper is to map out every town, dungeon, outdoor area, castle, and unknownst dimension. It will take a lot of patience. If you are easily annoyed by games with random monster encounters forget playing this right now.

If you're just looking to win get a hint book, if you received this game by buying interplay's collection the hint book provided with that is excellent--it features every map in the game. To win level twenty or so should be fine. Getting levels can be a long process. Once you are high enough in level I recommend using fly to get to area A2 and find a location where you are guaranteed to get an encounter with a dragon: Cast sorcerer spell 3-2(fly) chose area A-2 then go west 1 square, south 2 squares, west 1 square, south 2 squares, and west 2 squares you find a dragon there along with some tougher monsters. Repeat this process over and over, you'll generally receive 2000-4000 experience for this battle, plus you'll receive the dragon's tooth which can be sold for a rather large chunk of change.

Extensive strategy

You’ll find some good guides here (I recommend the one by Jking):
http://www.gamefaqs.com/computer/doswin/game/11019.html
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