Parser games (any system, any age) with English rural setting/atmosphere - an IFDB Poll
by Marco Innocenti
RSS FeedI'm looking for any parser game (modern or vintage) that is set in an English, rural, Victorian overall ambient, both indoor and outdoor. As an example, something in the mood of The Hound of the Baskervilles, with moors, villages, mansions to explore. No magic systems; mystery/puzzle oriented, but anything is worth a try.
| Curses, by Graham Nelson 3 votes "Doesn't get more English than this!" [+]"Doesn't get more English than this!: The location, the prose, the sarcasm, its all dripping with English style and class" ( - Full review) --Sven Largone... "set in a mansion..." [+]"set in a mansion in the english countryside (mostly!)" --bkirwi... (No comment) [+](No comment) () --Nomad...  Vote for this game | |
| Muse: An Autumn Romance, by Christopher Huang 2 votes "A love story in the victorian countryside" [+]"A love story in the victorian countryside" ( - Full review) --MathBrush... (No comment) [+](No comment) () --Karl Ove Hufthammer... Vote for this game | |
| The Faeries Of Haelstowne, by Christopher Merriner 2 votes "A puzzley bucolic..." [+]"A puzzley bucolic ramble through a country vicarage and its associated village and countryside." ( - Full review) --Mike Russo... (No comment) [+](No comment) --Greg Frost... Vote for this game | |
| Birmingham IV, by Peter Emery 2 votes "Very puzzly dream-oriented parser game set in the British countryside." [+]"Very puzzly dream-oriented parser game set in the British countryside." --patrick.brian.mooney... "Clever puzzlefest set in the medieval midlands of England. " [+]"Clever puzzlefest set in the medieval midlands of England. : Many ancient tools and instruments from medieval times abound in the game. The npcs are old characters from england's pastoral past; you'll meet the miller and landlord of the tavern as well as a voracious cat which can gobble up enemies by the score if you plan it correctly. And the end of the game finds you firmly impaled on the horns of a dilemma. Will you choose the path of greed or path of righteousness?" ( - Full review) --Canalboy... Vote for this game | |
| Sherlock Indomitable, by mathbrush 2 votes "Direct adaptations of 2 Sherlock Holmes stories" [+]"Direct adaptations of 2 Sherlock Holmes stories" --MathBrush... (No comment) [+](No comment) --Greg Frost... Vote for this game | |
| Toby's Nose, by Chandler Groover 2 votes (No comment) [+](No comment) ( ) --Doug Orleans... (No comment) [+](No comment) () --Greg Frost... Vote for this game | |
| Alias 'The Magpie', by J. J. Guest 2 votes "English country house, gentleman thief, great puzzles" [+]"English country house, gentleman thief, great puzzles" --patrick.brian.mooney... (No comment) [+](No comment) --Greg Frost... Vote for this game | |
| The Holy Grail, by Jim MacBrayne 1 vote "Grail Hunt In An English Medieval Setting" [+]"Grail Hunt In An English Medieval Setting: Excellent puzzlefest set in an old English castle and village." --Canalboy... Vote for this game | |
| The Beast of Torrack Moor - 30th Anniversary Edition, by Linda Doughty and Chris Ainsley and Andy Green 1 vote "Classic 8-bit puzzly mystery story set in a quaint English village." [+]"Classic 8-bit puzzly mystery story set in a quaint English village." --ChrisM... Vote for this game | |
| The Cove, by Kathleen M. Fischer 1 vote "A landscape game meandering around a Victorian cove, thinking" [+]"A landscape game meandering around a Victorian cove, thinking" ( - Full review) --MathBrush... Vote for this game | |
| Lord Bellwater's Secret, by Sam Gordon 1 vote "Single room game with victorian landscape visibile through window" [+]"Single room game with victorian landscape visibile through window" ( - Full review) --MathBrush... Vote for this game | |
| Sunday Afternoon, by Christopher Huang (as Virgil Hilts) 1 vote "A young boy explores a Victorian mansion (no magic)" [+]"A young boy explores a Victorian mansion (no magic)" ( - Full review) --MathBrush... Vote for this game | |