CarrionCrow: With a root canal, I'd at least get some good drugs when I was done. ;)
How are you liking Shadowgate? Played the NES version once upon a time but haven't really gotten into the remake yet.
EndreWhiteMane: Love it so far, first game in a while to actually make me lose track of time. Very well done I think.
Been reading some of the stuff on LoX too and just playing around, getting used to the controls helped a lot. It's still way over my head complexity wise but I'll keep at it.
That sounds promising. =)
Don't give yourself too much grief on LoX, more than one of the systems isn't exactly explained well.
People can say what they want about the obtuseness of Baldur's Gate and Icewind Dale, but they had exhaustive manuals so that as long as you could read and comprehend, you could understand exactly what every stat and system meant, both in the short and long term.
LoX is in dire need of that level of clarification.