Chronology of Styx Series

[deejay]

Of S:MoS, S:SoD, and OOaM, how do the games occur in chronological order? Asking because I plan on playing all in chronological order

[ed]

Chronologically, it's Master of Shadows, Shards of Darkness, Of Orcs and Men.

However, I do not recommend this order if you haven't played them before. The writing assumes you played in release order (OOAM first) and does not go back and explain things it expects you to know already.

So, for example, we once had a very confused player in here who hadn't played OOAM, did not know the meaning or significance of the word "rakash," and spent all of MOS thinking "rakash" was the character's actual name. And that's not the only point that chronological-order folks have struggled with over the years.

If you've played them before then it's of course fine to do whatever, but I just really don't rec chronological for your first playthrough.