Développé par le studio Grimario of Games, Sword of the Necromancer est un action RPG au style pixel art. Le joueur incarne Tama, un ancien bandit chargé d'escorter la prêtresse Koko. Lors du périple, Koko meurt et Tama décide de s'emparer de l'interdite épée du nécromancien afin de la ressusciter. Le joueur incarne le jeune homme se lançant dans l'exploration de donjons générés de manière procédurale et peut utiliser le pouvoir de l'épée pour rallier ses ennemis à sa cause.
She gave my mother such a turn, that I have always been convinced I am indebted to Miss Betsey for having been born on a Friday. The word was appropriate to the moment. My mother was so much worse that Peggotty, coming in with the teaboard and candles, and seeing at a glance how ill she was, - as Miss Betsey might have done sooner if there had been light enough, - conveyed her upstairs to her own room with all speed; and immediately dispatched Ham Peggotty, her nephew, who had been for some days past secreted in the house, unknown to my mother, as a special messenger in case of emergency, to fetch the nurse and doctor.