Fivebyfivia Delenda Est

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I would expect there to be a large overlap between fans of interactive fiction and fans of chess, but I’m surprised (as is the author, judging from the game’s notes) that there isn’t much overlap between interactive fiction puzzles and chess puzzles. There’s a desultory puzzle set on a chessboard in Zork Zero, and there’s an breezy puzzle in Zork: Grand Inquisitor that’s ostensibly related to chess, but that’s about it. If anything, Fivebyfivia is more reminiscent of The 7th Guest, with a very different interface and tone but the same sort of puzzles.