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Use a PotionUse a Potion SKALD: Against the Black Priory Review
Published 6/14/2024
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PC / Mac - 5/31/2024
SKALD: Against the Black Priory
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.
- Developer
- High North Studios AS
- Publisher
- Raw Fury
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74
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Steven Scaife
Slant Magazine'Skald: Against the Black Priory' Review:
Published 6/7/2024
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70
-4 vs critic avg
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Read originalRick Lane
EurogamerSkald: Against the Black Priory review - a robust but inessential throwback to the RPG's primordial era
Published 6/2/2024
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60
-14 vs critic avg
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Read originalMark Roddison
RPGFanSKALD: Against the Black Priory Review | RPGFan
Published 6/1/2024
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89
+15 vs critic avg
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Read originalLowell Bell
PCGamesNSkald Against the Black Priory review - a modern take on retro RPGs
Published 5/29/2024
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