The Blackguards website now offers downloads of playable demos for Blackguards, allowing a sample of either the Windows or OS X editions of Daedalic Entertainment's Dark Eye role-playing game in advance of its release this Friday. Here's a refresher: "The first turn-based RPG by Daedalic Entertainment unites the studio’s high standard of a suspenseful storytelling and unique characters with gripping tactical battles in elaborately crafted 3D-environments. In a taxing campaign, the player takes part in a dark story full of doubt, betrayal and loss." Here's word on the demo:

The free demo contains the finalised first chapter of Blackguards incorporating new features that have been implemented as a result of the feedback collected throughout The Early Access program. This will include the advanced character creation announced last month. Players will be able to continue saved games started in the demo in the full version of the game.