Ah, the Holy Grail of RPGs - Grimoire. Fabled, unfinished, bug-ridden Grimoire. Made by one mad perfectionist Australian neanderthal in his spare time, when he isn't working on his ultimate fallout shelter.
I've been following Grimoire and the wild internet adventures of Cleveland Mark Blakemore for about a decade now. There is a LOT of craziness out there to read about this game and its creator, mainly on rpgcodex. If you have time to kill google will take you places you might regret going in regards to Grimoire.
I take everything said on all sides with massive doses of salt. The super-short version is that someday we may be able to play Grimoire... but don't get your hopes up. Cleve has angered (and apparently delighting in doing so) rpg nerds for a very long time now with his as-yet-unfulfilled promises. "Grimoire, coming soon!" is a long running joke on various forums.
That said, I did contribute to his first indiegogo campaign (yes, I gave him money. Fool me once?) and if he actually finishes the game I'll be very happy to finally play it. I mean, at this point he has apparently received about $17,000 over two indiegogo campaigns towards completing the game. Maybe it really will finally happen!
There is a playable demo out there, and in fact I think anyone can download it from the link on indiegogo.
https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/grimoire-forever/Whether it's actually any different from the demo that's been floating around the web since I first learned about Grimoire I can't say. I played it for a bit and it seemed pretty much the same. Definitely fun if you enjoy Wizardry VI & VII or similar games like Might & Magic.
If nothing else his pitch videos are worth watching.
I'm resigned to probably never seeing this game in it's "finished" form. On some level I might be disappointed if he does finish it, because then the game? hoax? prank? sincere project? would be over.
