Tally Ho

Tally Ho

Choice of Games · 2017

Wodehousian prose with immaculate comic timing

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The WhatsNext verdict

Tally Ho is one of the strongest choice-based comedies of its era, powered by exceptional prose and unusually generous branching. Play it if you want to roleplay through a sprawling, affectionate Wodehousian disaster where failure is often its own reward.

What it does best

  • Wodehousian prose with immaculate comic timing

  • Choices create genuinely different comic disasters

  • A sustained country-house comedy of escalating chaos

  • A cast of lovable eccentrics worth returning to

What might put you off

  • Opaque stat checks

  • Wodehouse-style absurdity

The setup

What you are walking into

Only a perfect servant can solve a perfect mess! Being the perfect gentleman's gentleman or lady's lady doesn't make you an angel. Can you untangle your employer's knottiest problems with elegance and unruffled grace?

Where it lives

LinuxPC (Microsoft Windows)Mac

Genre

Role-playing (RPG)AdventureIndie
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