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Is Tally Ho worth it for you?
We tell you who should skip it, too.
Play it if you…
Good fit- Interactive-fiction readers who enjoy comedy set in the 1920s
- Players interested in stories about servants managing a household and its social complications
- Readers who want choices involving romance, mystery, and moral decisions
Skip it if you…
Saves you a refund- Players looking for visual environments or sound effects
- Players who prefer action-focused gameplay over reading a long, choice-driven story
- Players seeking a short experience rather than a 600,000-word narrative
Our take on Tally Ho
The experience is entirely text-based: its 600,000-word story leaves the setting, characters, and events to the reader’s imagination.
What is Tally Ho?
Tally Ho is a 600,000-word interactive comedy set in England during the 1920s.
The player serves Rory Wintermint as a valet or lady’s maid during a weekend at Rory’s aunt’s country house. Choices shape the story as the servant handles household problems, Rory’s romantic life, a mysterious thief, spies, and events such as a fox hunt, animal show, and boat race. The story can involve helping Rory or interfering, and pursuing integrity or using deception and crime. Players choose a male, female, or nonbinary character, along with a sexual orientation that can include gay, straight, bi, or poly. The game is entirely text-based, with no graphics or sound effects.
How Tally Ho plays
- 01Choice-shaped story
- Decisions can affect Rory’s relationships, the thief investigation, and whether the servant follows personal principles or turns to crime.
- 02Character options
- The player character can be male, female, or nonbinary, with relationship preferences including gay, straight, bi, or poly.
- 03Text-only presentation
- The story uses written text without graphics or sound effects.
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Tally Ho: platforms & release
Is Tally Ho worth it?
It is worth it if: interactive-fiction readers who enjoy comedy set in the 1920s. Skip it if: players looking for visual environments or sound effects.
Where can I download Tally Ho?
Use the Download Now button on this page: it opens Tally Ho's store page, where you can choose how to get it.
What platforms is Tally Ho on?
Windows, macOS and Linux.
