SKALD: Against the Black Priory

83/100

Skald: Against the Black Priory is a classic, turn-based RPG. It's set in a dark and gritty fantasy universe: full of tragic heroes, violent deaths and eldritch, Lovecraftian horror. With a dark, immersive plot and inspired by legendary titles such as Ultima and the gold box series, this is my love letter to classic roleplaying. It is a tile and turn based roleplaying game where you lead a party of up to six characters on an epic and perilous quest.

Genres

Adventure Indie Role-playing (RPG)

Themes

Fantasy, Open world

Modes

Single player

Platforms

Release

2024

Perspective

Bird view / Isometric, Text

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Media

Features

turn-basedturn-based combatturn-based rpg8-bit styledark fantasygrid-based movementlovecraftiandeliberately retropixel art

Storyline

The Gallian Empire is in turmoil: By virtue of it's Wizard Lords, the Empire stood for a thousand years. Now the fabrics of the realm is fraying. Within, the ruling elite is losing its jealously guarded monopoly on the use of magics. Without, hordes of enemies threaten the realms of man. In these troubled times heroes are few...