After a night of heavy drinking with friends, Grindleguts the orc awakes to find himself strapped to a horse and about to joust with a human knight.

The player must explore the settings while collecting useful items and interacting with various non-player characters to solve puzzles and problems.

One nice touch is the little bits that are added on to the end of descriptions which tell you what the other players are doing, such as 'Somewhere, a male voice cries out "Has anyone got any spare treasure?"'

"[1]Computer Gaming World stated that the graphics were a waste of disk space and the puzzles were "uneven".

award, praising the story and the unique protagonist perspective, additionally noting that the accompanying novella, The Sign of the Orc, is "a good read in its own right.