Although touted in early promotional materials as a remake of the classic "Bard's Tale" series, InXile Entertainment never had any rights to the series' trademarks of the original "Bard's Tale" — those rights are still owned by Electronic Arts. This meant that InXile was not legally allowed to use any of the plot, characters or locations featured in the original trilogy. However, allusions to the original "Bard's Tale" do exist in the game. The city in which Fionnaoch's tower stands, Dounby, is only a few kilometers away from the ruins of real-world Skara Brae, where the original trilogy takes place. The PC, Android, and iOS ports of "The Bard's Tale" comes packaged with the original "Bard's Tale" trilogy.