Nathan D. Jerpe
Canticle of the Onslaught is a cluebook package for Legerdemain - a surreal fantasy computer role-playing game with over two hundred hours of content. Legerdemain follows the tradition of so-called Roguelike games, in which the entire game world is rendered in a top-down view of alphanumeric glyphs. From this abstract representation comes a greater focus on story, depth and content, the things that make game worlds come alive.,In Legerdemain you are a magician in the kaleidoscopic world of Phenomedom. Join one of five philosophies of magic as you cast off your fetters to explore a world fractured with surreal meadows, frozen wastes, mine shafts, observatories in the sky, and much, much, more. Do battle with the likes of boogadahs, daemons, blowfish, dream porridges, over two hundred enemies in all. Explore nine towns and cities as you try to unravel the secret of Legerdemain.,And when you are stuck, or ready to probe deeper into the mysteries and legends of this world, there is Canticle of the Onslaught to guide you. An innovative walkthrough disguised as the journal of a mad magician, The Canticle comes complete with a world map and full copy of the game on a CD.
Canticle of the Onslaught