# Legend of the Red Dragon

5 Hacker News commenters recommended Legend of the Red Dragon and 1 criticized it, November 2025 to November 2026. It was recommended in 2 of 13 months.

**Verdict:** People recommend it as one of the best BBS games of its era, and say it stays fun to play years later. Critics raised no recurring complaints.

## Why people recommend it

- Among the best BBS games (1 comments): "Legend of the Red Dragon (LoRD), Solar Realms Elite and Barren Realms Elite, and Tradewars were the best." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47323787))
- Still played for years (1 comments): "I have been playing LoRD here and other places for a while" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47318550))
- Doesn't get boring (1 comments): "Still a great game that doesn't get boring." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47320927))
- Loved by longtime BBS players (1 comments): "I loved BRE and LoRD so much." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47324137))

## Alternatives hackers recommend

- [TradeWars 2002](https://hackerapproved.com/p/tradewars-2002.md): 8 recommend
- [Barren Realms Elite](https://hackerapproved.com/p/barren-realms-elite.md): 6 recommend
- [LORD (Legend of the Red Dragon)](https://hackerapproved.com/p/lord.md): 5 recommend

## Cite as

Hacker Approved, "Legend of the Red Dragon", https://hackerapproved.com/p/legend-of-the-red-dragon/ (counts from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026).