The Guild of Thieves is an interactive fiction game by Magnetic Scrolls which was first published by Rainbird in 1987. The game also takes place in Kerovnia like the previous game The Pawn.
The player's character is "an aspiring member of the infamous Guild of Thieves" and is to steal all the valuables that can be found in and around an island castle. The game features "extremely atmospheric" descriptions and 30 artistic renditions of key locatio...
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The Guild of Thieves is an interactive fiction game by Magnetic Scrolls which was first published by Rainbird in 1987. The game also takes place in Kerovnia like the previous game The Pawn.
The player's character is "an aspiring member of the infamous Guild of Thieves" and is to steal all the valuables that can be found in and around an island castle. The game features "extremely atmospheric" descriptions and 30 artistic renditions of key locations. A review in Computer Gaming World compared the game favorably to the best Infocom adventures, noting its off-beat British humour.
Included in the game package are a faux newsletter of the Guild of Thieves titled What Burglar providing instructions and hints for the game, a Bank of Kerovnia Trading Account Card, a guild contract detailing the arrangement between the player's character and the Guild of Thieves and small dice.
The game was re-released in 1992 as part of the Magnetic Scrolls Collection . The new version had an updated UI and...
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