The Game

An aura of doom hangs low over the mediaeval world of Albion, a primitive, mysterious world where magic still exists. Magic may only be used by the Order of Leofric, Patron of Magic and discoverer of the Thirteen Realms of the Arcane.

As Nathan, Inquisitor of the Order of Leofric, you have been informed that the Lord Talent of Dinham is believed to be attempting to open a portal into the forbidden Thirteenth Realm, the Realm which brings terror and disorder - The Realm of Chaos...

This superb Robico adventure features approximately 200 locations, over 100 objects, exquisitely written text, a plethora of perplexing puzzles, an exciting and original storyline, roving characters, wit and humour, an advanced sentence interpreter, thrills, spills, magic and mystery... In fact, it should give you hour upon hour of mind manipulating, brain-teasing entertainment.

Introduction

Albion is a mediaeval world where magic still exists. However, it may only be used by those gifted with The Talent.

All use of magic is controlled by the Order of St. Leofric, Patron of Magic and Discoverer of the Thirteen Realms of the Arcane.

Talents working outside of the Order in the world of the Mundanes are overwatched by the supervisors and may only operate by the good will of The Order. They must regularly undertake examination by an Inquisition to ensure that contact with the Arcane has not caused corruption of mind, body and soul.

The Council of Twelve are a group of the most powerful Talents in Albion. Each member holds a key to one of the Twelve Realms of Order.

As Nathan, Inquisitor of The Order of St. Leofric, you have been summoned to the study of Father-Magister Alian to commence an investigation for the Council of Twelve. Father-Magister Alain informs you that the Lord Talent of the Village of Dinham is believed to be attempting to open a portal into the forbidden Thirteen Realm - the realm which brings disorder - The Realm Of Chaos!

Father-Magister Alain closes his eyes, his face cloaked by the gentle mist which rises from the ice-blue slab at his feet. He raises his hands and the azure cloud of the Transmission Spell billows around you...

Playing The Game

Village Of Lost Souls uses an advanced sentence interpreter which is able to understand full sentence commands, typed in upper or lower case, as well as multiple statements. Multiple statements may be used by typing AND, THEN, or comma (,) or full stop(.).

HELP prints out a list of useful verbs. This is not a complete list but should assist you during play. LOOK prints a description of your surroundings, EXAMINE takes a close look at an object, INVENTORY prints a list of your possessions. OPEN/CLOSE acts on doors, GET etc. picks up objects, DROP etc. leaves objects behind and SCORE informs you of your current progress.

NORTH, SOUTH, EAST, WEST, NORTHEAST, NORTHWEST, SOUTHEAST, SOUTHWEST, UP, DOWN, IN and OUT may be used as directional commands. ALL and EVERYTHING may be used in conjunction with BUT/APART/EXCEPT.

Pressing the TAB key repeats the last command line. OG (go backwards!) or OOPS allow you to retract a move you would rather not have made. SAVE/LOAD/RESTORE may be used to save or load your position.

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Tape: CHAIN"" (RETURN)
Disc: SHIFT-BREAK