LORD (Legend of the Red Dragon)
Shares rank 3 of 4 BBS door games by recommenders
People recommend it for BBS-era nostalgia and for multiplayer fun with other callers. Its appeal is mostly social, and it is only fun for many players unless it is heavily modded.
People recommend it for BBS-era nostalgia and for multiplayer fun with other callers. Its appeal is mostly social, and it is only fun for many players unless it is heavily modded.
6 people gave an opinion
- recommend it
- 5
- criticize it
- 1
- approval share
- 83%
Recommended in 2 of 13 months
- November 2025: not recommended
- December 2025: recommended
- January 2026: not recommended
- February 2026: not recommended
- March 2026: not recommended
- April 2026: not recommended
- May 2026: not recommended
- June 2026: not recommended
- July 2026: not recommended
- August 2026: recommended
- September 2026: not recommended
- October 2026: not recommended
- November 2026: not recommended (month in progress)
Why it doesn’t carry the badge
- 5 people recommend itNeeds 10 or more, not met.
- 5 recommenders for every criticNeeds 2 to 1 or better, met.
- Recommended in 2 of 13 monthsNeeds 4 or more, not met.
The same three rules apply to every product, and the badge can’t be bought. How the badge works
What people say about it
The reasons people give, with the number of comments that give each one. Open a reason to read what they said.
Why people recommend it
Each mark is one comment
Nostalgia for BBS-era games
“I was a LORD man myself. One of my good friends from the BBS scene in my hometown had a Telnet/SSH instance of LORD that ran for a good decade plus.”
Comment from 17 Aug 2026 in “Interview with Amit Patel, Creator of "Solar Realms Elite"” “LoRD was fantastic, as were the turn based games that other people would dial in to take part of.”
Comment from 4 Dec 2025 in “Fighting the age-gated internet” “Other awesome BBS door games, for a those that want a shot of nostalgia”
Comment from 17 Aug 2026 in “Interview with Amit Patel, Creator of "Solar Realms Elite"” Social multiplayer with other callers
“LoRD was fantastic, as were the turn based games that other people would dial in to take part of.”
Comment from 4 Dec 2025 in “Fighting the age-gated internet” “LORD was fun mostly only fun (unless it was heavily modded) for social/community aspects”
Comment from 17 Aug 2026 in “Interview with Amit Patel, Creator of "Solar Realms Elite"” Long-running hosted server instances
“I was a LORD man myself. One of my good friends from the BBS scene in my hometown had a Telnet/SSH instance of LORD that ran for a good decade plus.”
Comment from 17 Aug 2026 in “Interview with Amit Patel, Creator of "Solar Realms Elite"”
What people warn about
Each mark is one comment
Fun mostly social unless modded
“LORD was fun mostly only fun (unless it was heavily modded) for social/community aspects”
Comment from 17 Aug 2026 in “Interview with Amit Patel, Creator of "Solar Realms Elite"” Licensing feels encumbered
“it Just Feels Wrong(tm) that a popular game based on 9600baud phone modems is encumbered”
Comment from 22 Jul 2026 in “Late.sh – a command-line Clubhouse for computer people”
Other BBS door games people recommend
The three most recommended other BBS door games, with the same counts for each, so you can compare like for like. The tick on each bar marks the 2 to 1 line the badge needs.
| Product | Recommend | Criticize | Approval | Months | Owned | Badge |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TradeWars 2002 | 8 | 0 | 100% | 3 | — | — |
| Barren Realms Elite | 6 | 0 | 100% | 2 | — | — |
| LORD (Legend of the Red Dragon)This page | 5 | 1 | 83% | 2 | — | — |
| Legend of the Red Dragon | 5 | 1 | 83% | 2 | — | — |
What people said
5 of the 6 comments that mention it, newest first. Each links to the original comment.
“LORD was fun mostly only fun (unless it was heavily modded) for social/community aspects”
“Other awesome BBS door games, for a those that want a shot of nostalgia”
“I was a LORD man myself. One of my good friends from the BBS scene in my hometown had a Telnet/SSH instance of LORD that ran for a good decade plus.”
“it Just Feels Wrong(tm) that a popular game based on 9600baud phone modems is encumbered”
“LoRD was fantastic, as were the turn based games that other people would dial in to take part of.”
Counts come from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026. How we count. Report a mistake.