Barry_Woodward: Other than Dungeon Master and Lands Of Lore, I've never played a CRPG. Which 10 would you personally recommend?
I'll suggest something "similar" to those, not the Ultima 7 and Interplay RPGs that everyone else will mention:
Ultima Underworld 1-2, and maybe Arx Fatalis.
If you liked Dungeon Master and Lands of Lore (and why not also Eye of the Beholder series), I always considered Ultima Underworld games as the major evolution of those games. Same idea, but it left behind the square semi-realtime movement. The next generation of Dungeon Master games if you will.
In the same vein, maybe even Might & Magic 6-8 which I enjoyed quite a lot. Not sure about 9 yet, barely played it and I've heard lots of bad things about it.