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About the StoryYou are Alaric Blackmoon, a penniless ex-mercenary soldier, reduced to wandering the land and doing odd-jobs in return for food and a place to sleep. You have just left the town of Greenwych and you have hitched a ride on a haywain. The driver tells you that you might have luck finding gainful employment in the village of Hengemire. Game Details
Language: English (en)
Current Version: Unknown License: Former commercial Development System: PAW, Quill Forgiveness Rating: Tough IFID: 5273B53B4A2B26ECACF44F4344E6042C TUID: ci6lsqnrll5qd44s Remade as The Axe of Kolt [2014 ADRIFT version], by Larry Horsfield |
Editorial Reviews
Crash
"The imagination and thought that’s gone into the puzzles makes the game enjoyably frustrating — if you know what I mean. You’ll need lateral thinking by the bucketful. Even objects you may think have served their use may be needed for a completely different purpose later on. Axe of Kolt is a little gem — the best adventure I’ve played this year."
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Your Sinclair
"From the start I made a couple of moves and with the experience of years of adventuring behind me immediately found myself outside the Dragonslayer's Arms. The bad news was that it was shut, so I wandered off again, found myself a clapper without a bell and returned to the pub just in time to give the landlord a helping hand. This earned me a bed for the night, a meal and all the ale I could sup. This is the life!"
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