The Pawn - Magnetic Scrolls - RRP œ24.95 
    (Text/graphics adventure for ST, PC and Amiga)

                Reviewed by "Kedenan"

The  Pawn is a graphic adventure game set in the magical world  of
Kerovnia during a period of social upheaval.

Recently  King Erik, the present ruler of the land, has started to
lose  his hold on the Kerovnian peoples and can no longer rely  on
their loyalty and supreme devotion to support him through times of
war, famine and personal bankruptcy.

Many  political  commentators  have  attributed  this  decline  in
popularity   to   Erik's  steadfast  refusal  to   reinstate   the
citizenship  of the Ribikyoub dwarves who were banished  en  masse
soon  after  the assassination of the beloved Queen Jendah II  and
have never since returned.


The dwarves  were  thought  to  be the  sole  instigators  of  the
assassination  plot but the real facts were kept behind closed and
locked doors.

Needless  to  say the dwarves were of immense economic  importance
to Kerovnia with their relentless efforts to produce the smoothest
malt  whisky  this  side of  Obakanga Valley and  they are  sorely
missed in these days of economic gloom, not least  for the quality
of their whisky.

In  the  absence  of the  dwarves,  the  drinks  market  has  been
dominated  by  the  Farthington  Real Ale Company, which had  some
dodgy dealings with Boris Brunchkev O.K.B. and by the Romni gnomes
who  produce  a  refreshing  spring water. Neither  of  these  two
influential groups want to see the dwarves come back on the  scene
to  take  a large slice of the market but the people of  Kerovnia,
many  of  whom  are  beginning to suspect  that  the dwarves  were
completely innocent of the assassination, vehemently disagree.

Standing  in the middle of all this is King Erik who becomes  more
and  more unpopular the longer he leaves his decision, and, to top
it all, there is a general election on the horizon.

At  this point you arrive on the scene. You will be the  principle
player  in  the  game  and the story  unfolds  according  to  your
decisions and actions.

The  program  will  describe  where you are, who or what is  there
with  you  and what are they doing. It is then up to you  to  tell
the program in plain English what action you want to take.

You will have to discover the goal of the game and the best way to
achieve  it by utilizing the items that you find on your  travels,
conversing with characters and exercising your imagination.

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