Alias 'The Magpie' (2018) — Release Date, Cheats, Price & Requirements

Alias 'The Magpie'

Alias 'The Magpie' is a parser interactive fiction game, or text adventure. There are no graphics! You play as Sir Rodney Playfair, alias the 'Magpie', typing commands to decide what he does next!

1 October 2018

What Alias 'The Magpie' is

Alias 'The Magpie' is an adventure game developed by J. J. Guest and released in 2018. It is available on Linux, Mac, PC (Microsoft Windows) and Web browser. It runs on Inform.

The premise, in the publisher's words

Sir Rodney Playfair, gentleman thief, has a simple plan: impersonate a psychiatrist, infiltrate a country house, steal a priceless Egyptian scarab and make it back to London in time for cocktails. All in a day's work for the illustrious 'Magpie'.

Description from the publisher · source

How it plays

It is played from a text perspective. Its themes are comedy and stealth. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component.

What it launched against

Alias 'The Magpie' launched on 1 October 2018, within three weeks of Assassin's Creed Odyssey, Return of the Obra Dinn, Shadow of the Tomb Raider and Assassin's Creed Odyssey.

Released around the same time: Assassin's Creed Odyssey, Return of the Obra Dinn, Shadow of the Tomb Raider, Assassin's Creed Odyssey.

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