The Bard’s Tale

The Bard’s Tale is a fantasy role-playing video game franchise created by Michael Cranford and developed by Brian Fargo’s Interplay Productions (1985–1992) and inXile Entertainment (2004–present). The initial title of the series was Tales of the Unknown, but it didn’t last longer than the game boxes and manuals for the versions published between 1985 and 1987. The Bard’s Tale II: The Destiny Knight dropped the Tales of the Unknown series title, as did all ports of the original game after 1988. From then on, the series was simply known as The Bard’s Tale series. Both Cranford and Fargo have refuted the assertion that the original projected titles for the second and third installments were The Archmage’s Tale and The Thief’s Tale. (Wikipedia)