Eric the Unready - Early Moves

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Go into the barn and open the medicine chest and get all. Now go
to the privy and tie rope to the hook, climb down the rope and
give the hog-wild to the pig. The pig will wrap itself around your
legs.  Climb back up and return to the farmyard and kiss pig, the
farmer will tell you to go into the barn and clean up while he
fills out your workslip. When you enter the barn the cows will
stampede and the barn will collapse.

Score 41pts

After getting a ride back to the village with Princess Lorealle
you find yourself back in the barracks. Wait until your squire
runs in and tells you that Lorealle has been kidnapped, wait again
until he returns and helps to remove your rusty armour.  Take the
card from your bed and go to the union hall.

Inside the union hall wait until the shop steward arrives and
gives YOU the task of rescuing Lorealle. Now go to the armoury and
give the card to Giovanni, answer his questions and he will give
you a cloak to wear until your new armour is ready.

Now go to the feasting hall and take the kindling wood then go to
Ulric's and he will give you a torch. Go into the ice-cream shop
and put the kindling in the fireplace and light it with the torch,
Bobbin will give you his earmuffs.

Now fill your helmet with water from the pond and go to the
courtyard and plant the bean that you found inside the cloak.
Water the bean and climb up the beanstalk that grows up the side
of the tower. Inside the tower you meet Bud the wizard who gives
you a gold coin to buy a root beer float.

Score 86pts

Go to village square and wear the earmuffs then give gold coin to
ponce. The ponce will then recite the Epic and everyone but you
will fall asleep. The ponce explains that he has dreamt of
performing for the knights of the Rhomboid table. Go to feasting
hall with the ponce, he will recite the Epic and while everyone
sleeps you can go upstairs. Once upstairs you overhear a plot to
stop you reaching Lorealle and quickly return to the feasting
hall.

The knights begin to fight and stop you leaving the feasting hall,
the ponce gives you a book and makes a quick exit. Wait until Bud
appears and transports everyone to the village green to see just
who is suitable for the quest of rescuing Lorealle.

At the village green you see a banana in a stone, pull the banana
from the stone, Bud appears again. He explains about the objects
you will need for your quest and where to find them. Without these
items you will not be able to open the Black Gate that guards the
witch's castle. Now throw the magic banana into the pond and you
will be sent on your way.

@~The full solution will be in the next issue of SynTax.