Jeu de rôle (RPG) en vue isométrique se déroulant dans un univers fantasy, Icewind Dale est basé sur les règles de Donjons et Dragons. Six zones majeures sont divisées en une cinquantaine de donjons remplis de dizaines de monstres aux caractéristiques différentes. Les combats se déroulent en temps réel avec une pause active permettant de donner des ordres aux membres de l'équipe.
She gave my mother such a turn, that I have always been convinced I am indebted to Miss Betsey for having been born on a Friday. The word was appropriate to the moment. My mother was so much worse that Peggotty, coming in with the teaboard and candles, and seeing at a glance how ill she was, - as Miss Betsey might have done sooner if there had been light enough, - conveyed her upstairs to her own room with all speed; and immediately dispatched Ham Peggotty, her nephew, who had been for some days past secreted in the house, unknown to my mother, as a special messenger in case of emergency, to fetch the nurse and doctor.
