Lordlings of Yore is subtitled “A Game of Knights, Knaves and Necromancers.” It was published exclusively for the Apple II by Softlore Corporation in 1983, and it was packaged in a zip-lock bag. Unlike most fantasy games of the era, Lordlings of Lore didn’t feature dungeon delving, a two-word parser, or jumping over barrels. The game offered the ability to challenge your friends (and up to three computer opponents) in “hot seat” fashion — meaning each player entered her instructions for the turn one at a time, and then turned the computer over to the next player. The turn was only played out when all the players had keyed in their commands.