lbaum@bcsaic.UUCP (Larry Baum) (05/02/90)
In article <5889@ucrmath.UCR.EDU> gumby@ucrmath.ucr.edu (john donahue) writes:
:
: Well, I finally solved all the puzzles in the game. Then came the fun of
: organizing all the parts of the "Sun Map" and putting them in their
: proper place so that the map was readable. I knew there'd be another
: "phase" to this game afterwards since "The Book of Thoth" was one part
: of a puzzle it wouldn't even let me try to solve, but this is
: ridiculous!
:
If you had built the map as you went, you would have been able
to deduce much more easily which piece corresponds to which
place.
You don't make it clear whether you successfully completed the
map.
: Does anyone have a "solution file" or some general advice or hints on
: how to locate the 14 treasures. I looked at all of the places on the maps
: where "clues" are located and I don't even know where to begin! Help me!
spoiler
Once you have the map completely constructed, various sections
of it will be mouse sensitive. If you click on such a spot,
you will get a puzzle. All the clues for the puzzles are in
bold face in the journal, which you should definitely print
out. (Anybody know how to get laser printer output?)
If you click on the piece of the map that looks like a scroll
(it has no path thru it) you will get the book of Thoth where
you can record your 14 answers.
If you still are stuck, write for more expliciti help.
--
Larry Baum
Advanced Technology Center
Boeing Computer Services uucp: uw-beaver!bcsaic!lbaum
(206) 865-3365 internet: lbaum@atc.boeing.com jcoper@ccu.umanitoba.ca (D. Joseph Creighton) (07/29/90)
Alright. Enough is enough. I've run out of *rational* answers for the puzzle "The Couple." It's my last one - I even did the map and know where that *irritating* piece will fall once I solve it. You know which one: a four-three-three phrase combination where the fool is watching girls dance with wine in their hands, and below is the sentence: "Ladies enjoy and perhaps favor odd rowdy jigs of yore!" thought the fool. Anyone? Anyone? Anyone? Hailing Frequencies Closed. "Captain" D. Joseph Creighton *******************************************************************************
dmc@planet.bt.co.uk (Darin Crawford) (07/30/90)
jcoper@ccu.umanitoba.ca (D. Joseph Creighton) writes: >Alright. Enough is enough. I've run out of *rational* answers for the >puzzle "The Couple." It's my last one - I even did the map and know where >that *irritating* piece will fall once I solve it. >You know which one: a four-three-three phrase combination where the fool is >watching girls dance with wine in their hands, and below is the sentence: >"Ladies enjoy and perhaps favor odd rowdy jigs of yore!" thought the fool. >Anyone? >Anyone? >Anyone? >Hailing Frequencies Closed. >"Captain" D. Joseph Creighton >******************************************************************************* The cryptic way of helping you is to say "FIRSTS", but I could also tell you the full answer, stop reading now if you don't want to see it. The Answer is Ladies enjoy and perhaps favor odd rowdy jigs of yore ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ L E A P F O R J O Y Now for the next part. Good Luck
d88-cbr@dront.nada.kth.se (Christian Beijner) (07/30/90)
In article <1990Jul29.134526.28289@ccu.umanitoba.ca> jcoper@ccu.umanitoba.ca (D. Joseph Creighton) writes: >Alright. Enough is enough. I've run out of *rational* answers for the >puzzle "The Couple." It's my last one - I even did the map and know where >that *irritating* piece will fall once I solve it. > >You know which one: a four-three-three phrase combination where the fool is >watching girls dance with wine in their hands, and below is the sentence: > >"Ladies enjoy and perhaps favor odd rowdy jigs of yore!" thought the fool. > >Anyone? > >Anyone? > >Anyone? > >Hailing Frequencies Closed. >"Captain" D. Joseph Creighton >******************************************************************************* Who me? The clue is what the fool says. This is an easy one Ladies Enjoy And Perhaps Favor Odd Rowdy Jigs Of Yore Spoiler follows: Leap for joy. /Chris
kenney@hsi.UUCP (Brian Kenney) (07/30/90)
In article <1990Jul29.134526.28289@ccu.umanitoba.ca> jcoper@ccu.umanitoba.ca (D. Joseph Creighton) writes: >Alright. Enough is enough. I've run out of *rational* answers for the >puzzle "The Couple." It's my last one - I even did the map and know where >that *irritating* piece will fall once I solve it. Spoilers follow >You know which one: a four-three-three phrase combination where the fool is >watching girls dance with wine in their hands, and below is the sentence: >"Ladies enjoy and perhaps favor odd rowdy jigs of yore!" thought the fool. - - - - - - - - - - ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ >Hailing Frequencies Closed. >"Captain" D. Joseph Creighton -bri -- Brian Kenney kenney@hsi.com --------------------------------------------------------------------------- "She got her good looks from her father. He's a plastic surgeon" Groucho Marx
whooper@oakhill.UUCP (William Hooper) (07/30/90)
In article <1990Jul29.134526.28289@ccu.umanitoba.ca> jcoper@ccu.umanitoba.ca (D. Joseph Creighton) writes: >Alright. Enough is enough. I've run out of *rational* answers for the >puzzle "The Couple." It's my last one - I even did the map and know where >that *irritating* piece will fall once I solve it. > >You know which one: a four-three-three phrase combination where the fool is >watching girls dance with wine in their hands, and below is the sentence: > >"Ladies enjoy and perhaps favor odd rowdy jigs of yore!" thought the fool. > >Anyone? > >Anyone? > >Anyone? > >Hailing Frequencies Closed. >"Captain" D. Joseph Creighton >******************************************************************************* Well, "captain," the answer to this annoying puzzle (I thought it was annoying too) is staring you right in the face. It is hidden in the words on the screen. If you want the answer spelled out, just hit return. The puzzle is solved by taking the first letter of each word --> Ladies Enjoy And Perhaps Favor Odd Rowdy Jigs Of Yore --> LEAP FOR JOY!! Bill Hooper Motorola, Inc.
so@grad11.cs.duke.edu (Steve Owen) (07/30/90)
Spoiler may follow. In article <1990Jul29.134526.28289@ccu.umanitoba.ca> jcoper@ccu.umanitoba.ca (D. Joseph Creighton) writes: >Alright. Enough is enough. I've run out of *rational* answers for the >puzzle "The Couple." It's my last one - I even did the map and know where >that *irritating* piece will fall once I solve it. > >You know which one: a four-three-three phrase combination where the fool is >watching girls dance with wine in their hands, and below is the sentence: > >"Ladies enjoy and perhaps favor odd rowdy jigs of yore!" thought the fool. > Well . . . I've never even seen Fools Errand, so I have no idea how the game goes. But I noticed that if you take the first letter from each word in "Ladies enjoy and perhaps favor odd rowdy jigs of yore!", you get "Leap for joy". Hope this helps. -+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+- Steve Owen ARPA: so@cs.duke.edu Department of Computer Science CSNET: so@duke Duke University UUCP: {mcnc,decvax}!duke!so Durham, NC 27706 USA "It pays to be obvious, especially if you have a reputation for subtlety." - Isaac Asimov -+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+- -+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+- Steve Owen ARPA: so@cs.duke.edu Department of Computer Science CSNET: so@duke Duke University
chris@momenta (Chris Christensen) (07/30/90)
jcoper@ccu.umanitoba.ca (D. Joseph Creighton) writes: >Alright. Enough is enough. I've run out of *rational* answers for the >puzzle "The Couple." It's my last one - I even did the map and know where >that *irritating* piece will fall once I solve it. >You know which one: a four-three-three phrase combination where the fool is >watching girls dance with wine in their hands, and below is the sentence: >"Ladies enjoy and perhaps favor odd rowdy jigs of yore!" thought the fool. DANGER!! SPOILER FOLLOWS DANGER!! SPOILER FOLLOWS DANGER!! SPOILER FOLLOWS DANGER!! SPOILER FOLLOWS Try: Ladies Enjoy And Perhaps Favor Odd Rowdy Jigs Of Yore LEAP FOR JOY
jcoper@ccu.umanitoba.ca (D. Joseph Creighton) (07/31/90)
In article <3609@saturn.oakhill.UUCP> whooper@saturn.UUCP (William Hooper) writes: >In article <1990Jul29.134526.28289@ccu.umanitoba.ca> jcoper@ccu.umanitoba.ca (D. Joseph Creighton) writes: >>Alright. Enough is enough. I've run out of *rational* answers for the >>puzzle "The Couple." It's my last one - I even did the map and know where >>that *irritating* piece will fall once I solve it. >> >>You know which one: a four-three-three phrase combination where the fool is >>watching girls dance with wine in their hands, and below is the sentence: >> >>"Ladies enjoy and perhaps favor odd rowdy jigs of yore!" thought the fool. >> >>Anyone? To Humans And Nice Kindred Spirits... to everyone. Hailing Frequencies Closed. "Captain" D. Joseph Creighton *******************************************************************************
forbes@sp11.csrd.uiuc.edu (Michael Scott Forbes) (07/31/90)
jcoper@ccu.umanitoba.ca (D. Joseph Creighton) writes: >Alright. Enough is enough. I've run out of *rational* answers for the >puzzle "The Couple." It's my last one - I even did the map and know where >that *irritating* piece will fall once I solve it. > >You know which one: a four-three-three phrase combination where the fool is >watching girls dance with wine in their hands, and below is the sentence: > >"Ladies enjoy and perhaps favor odd rowdy jigs of yore!" thought the fool. 7,205 netters from all across the nation respond: >[7,205 variations on "Leap for joy!" deleted] I think this thread shows that what's an easy puzzle for some Fool's Errand players turns out to be a hard one for others. Me, I spent hours/days/weeks chasing a question mark across the page at "Three Ships". What other puzzles from Fool's Errand (or other games, for that matter) have people found to be the hardest? -- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Scott Forbes University of Illinois at Urbana/Champaign forbes@uicsrd.csrd.uiuc.edu Center for Supercomputing Research & Development Disclaimer: This job doesn't pay much, but it does wonders for my .signature
sarwate@ux1.cso.uiuc.edu (07/31/90)
Well, I have solved the game. The hardest puzzles were: Justice Three Ships Death (I cheated on this one, actually. There is a really sweet way to get through it using the Mac interface to its fullest.) The Humbug This is an amazingly cool game, by the way. Anyone who needs any help, write me at sarwate@ux1.cso.uiuc.edu "Who dares to interrupt my errand?"
aruns@microsoft.UUCP (Arun SAGAR) (07/31/90)
Spoiler In article <1990Jul29.134526.28289@ccu.umanitoba.ca> jcoper@ccu.umanitoba.ca (D. Joseph Creighton) writes: >"Ladies enjoy and perhaps favor odd rowdy jigs of yore!" thought the fool. ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ Leap for joy. Bad language is clue.
ted@cs.utexas.edu (Ted Woodward) (08/01/90)
I'm sure nobody has answered this, so the answer is: leap for joy. Gee, to bad nobody else answered this... :-) (sheesh! seems people would read on before answering a few thousand times...) -- Ted Woodward (ted@cs.utexas.edu) Greetings, Royal Ugly Dudes!
llama@eleazar.dartmouth.edu (Joe Francis) (08/01/90)
In article <851@nada.cs.utexas.edu> ted@cs.utexas.edu (Ted Woodward) writes: >(sheesh! seems people would read on before answering a few thousand times...) or you can do what I did... use email. Spoiler requests should probably be answered via email, since there is not usually a wide audience who want to know the solution to problem X in game Y. The requester may get lots of mail, but this is better than the net getting it, and at least the requester gets something in exchange for the mail hastle - namely, the spoiler. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- "Read My Lips: No Nude Texans!" - George Bush clearing up a misunderstanding
jcoper@ccu.umanitoba.ca (D. Joseph Creighton) (08/01/90)
In article <1990Jul30.204848.22522@csrd.uiuc.edu> forbes@sp11.csrd.uiuc.edu (Michael Scott Forbes) writes: >jcoper@ccu.umanitoba.ca (D. Joseph Creighton) writes: > >>Alright. Enough is enough. I've run out of *rational* answers for the >>puzzle "The Couple." It's my last one - I even did the map and know where >>that *irritating* piece will fall once I solve it. >> >>"Ladies enjoy and perhaps favor odd rowdy jigs of yore!" thought the fool. > >7,205 netters from all across the nation respond: >[7,205 variations on "Leap for joy!" deleted] > >I think this thread shows that what's an easy puzzle for some Fool's Errand >players turns out to be a hard one for others. Me, I spent hours/days/weeks >chasing a question mark across the page at "Three Ships". What other puzzles >from Fool's Errand (or other games, for that matter) have people found to be >the hardest? > Well, since you've asked... I found the "Three Ships" also frustrating as hell. Took almost a whole day to figure that one out. When I got to "The Couple," I met my match, I'm afraid. I had all puzzles before and after figured out (minus the two you must do *after* solving "The Couple"), plus the map constructed, all in attempts to clear my brain and come at the puzzle from a new angle. No such luck. The rest were easy as pie (well, some weren't *that* easy), and I have managed to work my way to trying to solve the Sun's Map in less than a week. Six treasures down... :) Hailing Frequencies Closed. "Captain" D. Joseph Creighton *******************************************************************************
taylor@limbo.Intuitive.Com (Dave Taylor) (08/02/90)
Just some good news; Miles Computing is working on a sequel to
Fool's Errand and hope to get it out the door by either later
this year or early next year!! In addition, another entry to the
puzzle gallery series is on the way too, so stay tuned.
-- Dave Taylor
Intuitive Systems
Mountain View, California
taylor@limbo.intuitive.com or {uunet!}{decwrl,apple}!limbo!taylorritter@fornax.UUCP (Dave Ritter) (03/05/91)
My wife and I have recently started to play Fools Errand and while we find it fun there are four (for the moment) puzzels which have us completely stumped. Perhaps some other players could forward hints or solutions. The four tricky puzzels are: 1. Three Ships: The button on this puzzel moves every time to try` to click on it. 2. High Priestess: We've done the flashing/moving numbers from 100 to 1 and now an eye appears. What is the point? 3. The Chapel: This puzzel looks easy since you only have to find three letters, however we cannot for the life of us understand any of the clues. 4. The Thief: Similar to the chapel, can't understand the clues. Any help with these problems or hints that may make yet-to-be-encountered problems a little easier are greatly appreciated. Thanks David Ritter Simon Fraser University Vancouver, BC
news@pasteur.Berkeley.EDU (Six o'clock News) (03/08/91)
> to click on it. From: gousha@cory.Berkeley.EDU (Charles Gousha) Path: cory.Berkeley.EDU!gousha As mentioned in the text elsewhere, don't try to catch the button - make it come to you. > 2. High Priestess: We've done the flashing/moving numbers from 100 to > 1 and now an eye appears. What is the point? Don't worry about this one too much. You need to solve some of the other puzzles before you can finish this one. > 3. The Chapel: This puzzle looks easy since you only have to find > three letters, however we cannot for the life of us understand > any of the clues. > 4. The Thief: Similar to the chapel, can't understand the clues. My mind is blanking on these. Guess it's time to break fool's errand out again! A general hint - pay attention to the text in the story. As the puzzle progresses, it becomes more and more important. The most important bits are in bold, and the magician (I think - the one with 4 pages of text) has some VERY valuable words. Enjoy! And remember: it only gets harder. >David Ritter -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Charles Gousha | "Yes, Star Trek IS a way of life" gousha@cory.berkeley.edu | (my own philosophy) All normal disclaimers apply, as well as some abnormal ones.