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Adventure fan Paul Styles wrote this puzzler with The Quill and Gilsoft were so impressed that they marketed it! Being a 'fan' rather than a 'professional' author, perhaps Paul has kept his tongue firmly planted in his cheek as this adventure's descriptions and responses show a splendid sense of humour.

It all started in the office where I spend my "ordinary humdrum existence", furnished with just a telephone, a desk diary and (Aha!) a quill pen. Suddenly the phone rang! I answered the insistent purr to a listing voice which declared (a la Max Boyce) "Croeso y Cymru". The room span, my world vanished... and I recovered consciousness incide a closed cell in the huge complex in Mindbender. Alone, unarmed, I had to seek out and destroy the terrible threat.

Paul has ignored some of The Quill's visual presentation (viz. highlighted directions and objects) in favour of the plainer Artic-style, and made singular but effective use of sound.

Not the most difficult of adventures so far, but an excellent introduction for novice adventurers: even seasoned veterans should find enough to keep them entertained. Anyway, I must get back to the kitchens and that food...