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Blades of Exile

A discussion about our powerful open source game and scenario editor combination, Blades of Exile.

Blades of Exile


Getting Blades

Whilst the original game no longer runs on modern systems, since the release of the code under the GNU GPL, the development community has been able to make this archaic code run fine on 32- and 64-bit computers:

 

Windows users

  • Installer for CBoE.
  • Experimental 64-bit game binaries - Don't use these if you don't have a 64-bit machine. Use the installer above, then swap out the binaries for these.
  • Experimental/beta Windows builds here. (May have trouble on XP or in WINE.)

 

Mac users

  • Intel Mac build available here. No character editor.
  • PPC Mac build available here.
  • Experimental/beta Mac builds here. (Won't run on older Macs.)

 

Original Blades

A lot of users express interest in running the original version of BoE, that came from SW. While this is possible on older machines or with extreme emulation/virtualization, it is not recommended. The community here can only offer limited amounts of support for this version. A registered version of the original BoE can be downloaded from SW's site


Help and Documentation
The documentation is currently available in HTML format at the following links: Game Documentation and Editor Docs. We are currently in the process of porting this to a format handy for packaging within the game.


Scenarios
Download new scenarios from TrueSite, the most comprehensive archive available. Not sure which one to play? Check out the CSR, now hosted here at the forums. Don't forget to rate them after you've played!


Designing

 


Development

 

Subforums

  1. Blades of Exile Scenario Reviews

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929 topics in this forum

  1. "Faster Boom Space Effects"

    By Prince of Kitties,
    • 7 replies
    • 1.5k views

  2. a couple of questions regarding the editor

    By ixfd64,
    • 10 replies
    • 1.9k views

  3. can't edit item abilities without changing properties first - bug?

    By ixfd64,
    • 2 replies
    • 773 views

  4. suggestion: ability to import/export custom NPCs/items

    By ixfd64,
    • 8 replies
    • 2k views

  5. Straw Poll: Alcritas' Scenarios

    By BainIhrno,
    • 2 replies
    • 1.3k views

  6. Recommendations please

    By Jerakeen,
    • 17 replies
    • 1.5k views

  7. making scenarios into standalone games?

    By ixfd64,
    • 3 replies
    • 863 views

  8. Character Editor

    By Jerakeen,
    • 8 replies
    • 1.1k views

  9. Question about town encounters

    By Falcon,
    • 11 replies
    • 1.2k views

  10. Phalia Colony

    By Fatman,
    • 2 replies
    • 723 views

  11. Some rock wall graphics

    By Falcon,
    • 1 reply
    • 730 views

  12. Spell locations

    By Fatman,
    • 2 replies
    • 847 views

  13. Item storage for A Small Rebellion scenario

    By Fatman,
    • 3 replies
    • 1.6k views

  14. Brohoof!

    By keira,   
    • 1 reply
    • 2.2k views

  15. The helpful hints thread

    By Prince of Kitties,
    • 5 replies
    • 1.5k views

  16. Small suggestion for the scenario editor

    By Prince of Kitties,
    • 21 replies
    • 1.6k views

  17. Scenario Editor: Better Terrain Organization?

    By Karoka,
    • 1 reply
    • 731 views

  18. healing scepter in Valley of Dying Things?

    By ixfd64,
    • 1 reply
    • 906 views

  19. a "portal" voting system for BoE/BoA scenarios?

    By ixfd64,
    • 1 reply
    • 1.4k views

  20. is there any benefit to buying the original BoE now?

    By ixfd64,
    • 4 replies
    • 1.1k views

  21. Straw Poll: Best BoE Scenarios

    By BainIhrno,
    • 7 replies
    • 1.3k views

  22. Some Designer Utilities

    By Karoka,
    • 27 replies
    • 2.6k views

  23. Alcritas Series

    By mrsensitive,
    • 6 replies
    • 1.2k views

  24. BoE Graphics Search Engine

    By Harehunter,
    • 13 replies
    • 2k views

  25. Exile 3 to .Blades

    By keira,
    • 48 replies
    • 7.6k views

  26. New utility, of sorts... [take 2]

    By Prince of Kitties,
    • 7 replies
    • 1.2k views

  27. Falling Stars: Rune Sword

    By Tonweya,
    • 4 replies
    • 1.2k views

  28. Crashes under Wine (apparently sound related)

    By Prince of Kitties,
    • 3 replies
    • 2k views

  29. Giving an item "no ability"

    By Prince of Kitties,
    • 2 replies
    • 766 views

  30. Scenario Terrain Gone Bad

    By Karoka,
    • 7 replies
    • 956 views

  31. Very stupid question about special nodes

    By Prince of Kitties,
    • 3 replies
    • 878 views

  32. Keyboard use?

    By Triumph,
    • 10 replies
    • 1.7k views

  33. Scenario Release: Pilgrimage to Thrakos

    By keira,
    • 6 replies
    • 1.6k views

  34. Most recent/best stable Windows release?

    By Mistb0rn,
    • 1 reply
    • 1.2k views

  35. 10th Design Contest

    By BainIhrno,
    • 0 replies
    • 870 views

  36. Doom Moon 2: First Battle

    By Karoka,
    • 3 replies
    • 1.2k views

  37. Stuck in pt2 of Adventurer's Club 3...help?

    By Blades2011,
    • 34 replies
    • 4.4k views

  38. Question on BoE Compatibility and other options

    By Kay5636,
    • 4 replies
    • 1.1k views

  39. How popular is BoE these days?

    By AndyLandy,
    • 22 replies
    • 3.1k views

  40. Universal Binary?

    By Tyranicus,
    • 4 replies
    • 1.3k views

  41. Stuck in the dream sequence in Redemption. Bug?

    By Prince of Kitties,
    • 3 replies
    • 934 views

  42. The Foolish Giant - A bug perhaps?

    By S M Adventurer,
    • 3 replies
    • 823 views

  43. The Crusaders... Released

    By BainIhrno,
    • 16 replies
    • 2.1k views

  44. *.meg to *.exs Conversion

    By Tonweya,
    • 8 replies
    • 1.7k views

  45. One-time text-messages

    By Neptúnus Hirt,
    • 6 replies
    • 1.1k views

  46. CBoE editor's default scenario password?

    By Prince of Kitties,
    • 7 replies
    • 1.4k views

  47. BoE Scenario Editor Documentation

    By Neptúnus Hirt,
    • 3 replies
    • 954 views

  48. Graphical glitch related to bladbase files

    By Neptúnus Hirt,
    • 0 replies
    • 776 views

  49. Mac and Windows Merge (Status Update)

    By icelizarrd,
    • 0 replies
    • 665 views

  50. "The adventurers club 1" problem

    By frendlyspider,
    • 13 replies
    • 2k views
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