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Thieves' Guild

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The Guild of Thieves is an interactive fiction

Interactive fiction

Interactive fiction, often abbreviated IF, describes software simulating environments in which players use text commands to control characters and influence the environment. Works in this form can be understood as literary narratives and as video games. In common usage, the term refers to text...

 game by Magnetic Scrolls

Magnetic Scrolls

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 first published by Rainbird

Rainbird

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 in 1987. The game also takes place in Kerovnia like the previous game The Pawn

The Pawn

The Pawn is an interactive fiction game by Magnetic Scrolls which was first published by Rainbird in 1986. It is remembered for its excellent graphics and the opening music available in some game versions. Also the game itself - story and parser - got mostly positive reviews...

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The player's character is "an aspiring member of the infamous Guild of Thieves

Thieves' Guild

A thieves' guild is an association of criminals who participate in theft-related organized crime, usually in a fictional context. A thieves' guild is a common feature of old-fashioned urban locations in various types of fiction.-Depictions:...

" 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

Computer Gaming World

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compared the game favorably to the best Infocom

Infocom

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 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 came with an art poster depicting the island.

Reception

Antic (magazine)

ANTIC (magazine)

Antic was the name of a home computer magazine devoted to the Atari 8-bit computer line . Its ISSN is 0113-1141. It took its name from the ANTIC chip, which produced the Atari line's graphics. The first issue was published in April 1982. While it began as a bimonthly magazine, within a year it had...

 reviewer John Manor compliments "The outstanding graphics of The Pawn are matched by those in Guild of Thieves. High-resolution pictures transport you into a medieval world of thieves, castles and treasure. The only complaint I have about the Atari XE/XL version is that most of the detailed graphics had only shades of one or two colors."

Game reviewers Hartley, Patricia, and Kirk Lesser complimented the game in their "The Role of Computers" column in Dragon

Dragon (magazine)

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#127 (1987), calling it an "exciting sequel," citing its "witty dialogue, outstanding graphics, wry humor, and challenging puzzles".

External links

• The Guild of Thieves at the Magnetic Scrolls Chronicles