The Role of Computers

The Role of Computers was a series of articles originally by Hartley and Patricia Lesser—and later including Kirk Lesser—that were published in Dragon magazine.
The column debuted in June 1986 (Dragon #110) and ended in August 1993 (Dragon #196). The column was occasional at first but became a monthly feature with issue #126. Kirk joined the writing team with issue #128. It focused on RPG and simulation computer games.
The articles had several sections. The first section was an introduction and gave updates to the article series. It was followed by a review section, which gave reviews and basic walkthroughs of 3-5 games. The next section was called Game Conversions, which would provide industry updates and news on upcoming computer games. The final section was Clue Corner, where readers would mail in hints and tips on gameplay.
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==Articles==
Note that only articles relating to Realms canon (relating to the Forgotten Realms or Core D&D) appear here.
Issue 	Date 	Description 	Citation template
Dragon #142	February 1989 	A review of the Pool of Radiance Clue Book 	
Dragon #143	March 1989 	A walkthrough of Pool of Radiance. 	
Dragon #145	May 1989 	A walkthrough of Pool of Radiance. 	
Dragon #146	June 1989 	A walkthrough of Pool of Radiance. 	
Dragon #147	July 1989 	A review of Hillsfar. 	
Dragon #148	August 1989 	Review of the Pool of Radiance. 	
Dragon #149	September 1989	Review of Curse of the Azure Bonds. 	
Dragon #157	May 1990 	Curse of the Azure Bonds hints. 	
Dragon #158	June 1990 	Clue Corner: Curse of the Azure Bonds and Pool of Radiance. 	
Dragon #159	July 1990 	Clue Corner: Pool of Radiance. 	
Dragon #160	August 1990 	Clue Corner: Curse of the Azure Bonds. 	
Dragon #161	September 1990	Clue Corner: Curse of the Azure Bonds. 	
Dragon #162	October 1990 	Clue Corner: Curse of the Azure Bonds. 	
Dragon #163	November 1990 	Review of Secret of the Silver Blades. 	
Dragon #164	December 1990 	Clue Corner: Curse of the Azure Bonds. 	
Dragon #165	January 1991 	Clue Corner: Curse of the Azure Bonds. 	
Dragon #166	February 1991 	Clue Corner: Curse of the Azure Bonds. 	
Dragon #167	March 1991 	The 1990 Beastie Awards: Secret of the Silver Blades
Clue Corner: Curse of the Azure Bonds 	
Dragon #168	April 1991 	Clue Corner: Curse of the Azure Bonds. 	
Dragon #171	July 1991 	Review of Eye of the Beholder. Clue Corner: Secret of the Silver Blades. 	
Dragon #172	August 1991 	Clue Corner: Hillsfar. 	
Dragon #173	September 1991	Clue Corner: Eye of the Beholder and Secret of the Silver Blades. 	
Dragon #174	October 1991 	Clue Corner: Curse of the Azure Bonds. 	
Dragon #175	November 1991 	Clue Corner: Curse of the Azure Bonds and Secret of the Silver Blades. 	
Dragon #177	January 1992 	Review: Gateway to the Savage Frontier
Clue Corner: Pools of Darkness and Secret of the Silver Blades.	
Dragon #178	February 1992 	Review: Pools of Darkness.
Clue Corner: Pool of Radiance and Secret of the Silver Blades. 	
Dragon #179	March 1992 	Review: Eye of the Beholder II: The Legend of Darkmoon and Neverwinter Nights AOL.
Clue Corner: Pools of Darkness.	
Dragon #181	May 1992 	Clue Corner: Curse of the Azure Bonds, Eye of the Beholder, Gateway to the Savage Frontier.	
Dragon #182	June 1992 	Clue Corner: Pools of Darkness. 	
Dragon #184	August 1992 	Review: Treasures of the Savage Frontier.
Clue Corner: Curse of the Azure Bonds. 	
Dragon #187	November 1992 	Clue Corner: Eye of the Beholder and Eye of the Beholder II: The Legend of Darkmoon. 	
Dragon #190	May 1993 	Clue Corner: Gateway to the Savage Frontier and Curse of the Azure Bonds. 	
Dragon #193	May 1993 	Clue Corner: Eye of the Beholder. 	
Dragon #194	June 1993 	Clue Corner: Curse of the Azure BondsSpelljammer: Pirates of Realmspace. 	
Dragon #196	August 1993 	Clue Corner: Treasures of the Savage Frontier. 	
==Appendix==
===See Also===
* Silicon Sorcery
===Connections===
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