from: the Asimov collection *************************************** * * * -=* ULYSSES & THE GOLDEN FLEECE *=- * * * * BY * * * * BSBAL THE WISE * * * * & * * * * MICHAEL DECAYE * * * *************************************** <<>> THIS TELLS EXACTLY HOW TO SOLVE 'HIRES ADVENTURE #4: ULYSSES AND THE GOLDEN FLEECE'. THIS IS NOT A HINT SHEET. NOTE: (PARANTHESIS) INDICATE A DIRECTION TO MOVE. INDICATE AN ACTION -AND THESE- INDICATES A FOOTNOTE START: (E,S,S,E,E,N) -YOU CAN'T OPEN THE CHEST YET, YOU'LL NEED THE MAGIC WORD- (W,S,W,N,N,W,S,W,W,W) -THE GUARD ASSUMES YOU MEAN THAT YOU HAVE AN APPOINTMENT, OTHERWISE, YOU MAY WAIT AROUND UNTIL YOU GET KICKED OUT- (E,E,N,W) -IF YOU READ THE SIGN YOU WILL NOTICE THAT YOU CAN BUY A LANTERN. BUT IF YOU DO,YOU WILL NEVER FINISH THE ADVENTURE.- (E,N,W) (S) -IF YOU TAKE THE CHEST IN THE BACK ALLEY, YOU WILL BE ROBBED- (N) -YOU NEED THE CREW TO SAIL THE SHIP- (E) -ARE YOU TRYING TO BRIBE A GUARD?!?- -FROM THE BOTTLE, OF COURSE- (E,N) (N,W) -IF YOU GO NORTH FROM HERE, YOU WILL LOSE ALL YOUR STUFF- (E,S,E) -POOR BIRD- (E) -THE NEXT SET OF DIRECTIONS ARE FROM THE MAP:- (N,N,E,S,W,S,W,S,E,N,E,N,E,E) (E,S,S) -I WONDER WHO THE BRIDLE IS FOR? (E,S) -DON'T SNORT IT!- (N,W,N,N,N,N,N,U,N,E,N) -IT'S MAGICAL- (S,N,D,S,S,E,E,S,E) -YES,SOUTH THEN NORTH, YOU DON'T END UP IN THE SAME SPOT- -IF YOU THROW ANYTHING ELSE, YOU WILL LOSE IT DOWN THE FJORD- (E,N,E,N) -DRAGONS ARE SO GREEDY- (N,E,E,N) -I WONDER WHO THE REINS ARE FOR- (D,W,W,S) -OUCH!- (E,S,E,E) (S,E) (S,W) (N,N,W,N,N) -POSIDON IS ALLERGIC TO WATER- (N,E,E,N) -DO YOU WANT TO BE TIED TO THE MAST?- -TO SOFTEN IT UP- -PUT THE WAX IN THE CREWS' EARS, OR THEY WILL BE DRAWN TO THE SIRENS. STRANGE POEM, REMEMBER THE LAST VERSE- (W,N,N,W,N,N,N) (W,W,N) -NOTICE HOW THE CARVINGS CHANGE FROM 'SEVENSEAS' TO 'SVEENSEAS' (E,E,N,E,N) -HMM, YOUR MEN SEEM HUGRY- (W) (E,E,S,E,N) -CYCLOPS LIKE WINE. WHAT DO YOU NEED TO MAKE MORE WINE?- -THE CYCLOPS WILL RETURN SOON- -HOW MEAN- -THE SHEEP WILL STILL RUN OUT OF YOUR REACH EVEN THOUGH THEY ARE DEAD, STRANGE- -YOUR MEN WOULD'VE EATEN YOU,HAD YOU NOT FOUND THE SHEEP- (S,S,E,N) -NOW YOU GET TO OPEN THE CHEST- (E,N,N) -DID YOU REMEMBER WHAT THE SIRENS SANG? (N) (W) -SAME GUARD- THE KING DELIGHTEDLY TAKES THE THE FLEECE. HE AWARDS YOU A KINGDOM OF YOUR OWN AND 300 BAGS OF GOLD. CONGRATULATIONS!!!!!!!!! YOU HAVE SUCCESSFULLY COMPLETED "ULYSSES AND THE GOLDEN FLEECE" AND ARE HEREBY DECLARED A LEVEL-2 ADVENTURER.