I hadn't. I was more of an Ultima fan than a D&D fan back in the day. On your recommendation, though, I played Shattered Lands for about an hour just now. It's pretty nice and I can see the appeal. I like how it starts (being a slave and leveling up in the arena until you're strong and equipped enough to escape) and the music is pretty great (after switching to MIDI, of course). I wish that I'd found it in the mid-90s. I think that I would've loved it.
I sure wish that it wouldn't exit the game whenever I save, though. That's awfully annoying. Oh, after a search and finding
this page, I learned that it doesn't exit/crash if I use F1 or Tab->Save, so I'll save that way from now on. Perhaps that's an example of the glitchiness in the series that you guys were talking about, haha.