AVON (Topologika)
the solution
By Stefano Lorenzin
N / EYE / GET EYE / S / E / E / GET DAGGER / E / N / GET BASKET / W / N
/ NE / CUT PINE / SW / E [Yorick, the king's jester tells the player a
"password", which may be Golesida, Silegoda, or one of several others.
The first two letters indicate which casket to open first, the next two
which to open next, so that, e.g. Lesigoda means "open lead, then
silver": note it] / N / GET WORM / S / W / S / S / W / W / W / NW / W /
[open the caskets in an order suggested by the jester's word] / GET
PORTRAIT / N / E / KISS STATUE / GET NECKLACE / S / SE / E / S / SW / W
/ KILL SCOTSMAN / GET SHIELD / E / NE / N / DROP SHIELD / DROP DAGGER /
OPEN BASKET / YES / PORTRAIT / YES / NECKLACE / NO / GET BASKET / N /
NE / N / N / E / N / GET COLLAR / S / W / W / W / [Othello sends the
player off to his "agent" in Illyria Court, whose identity is given in
code on a piece of paper. Although the cipher is not identified, it is
assumed to be a straight substitution and can thus refer to only one
such character: e.g. "TEABAG" refers to OLIVIA, because it has 6
letters with 3rd and 5th the same, "THIGHS" means FABIAN, and so on] /
E / E / E / E / E [you reach Illyria Court] / [take correct direction:
the one suggested by Othello's paper] / GET VIOLA / W / N / E / GET
LOAF / EAT LOAF / W / S / W / W / N / YES / GET TROPHY / W / N / [pay
attention: there is a clue written on the wall] / SHAKE SPEAR / N / GET
AGATE / OPEN BASKET / YES / AGATE / YES / TROPHY / YES / VIOLA / NO /
NO / GET BASKET / S / S / S / [the ghost of Hamlet's father, who
provides the player with a "spirit" word, such as GIN, WHISKY etc. for
later use] / N / E / E / E / N / N / W / [help the king decide which
daughter to favour (the clue was given earlier by an anagram: ANGER is
REGAN, ONE GIRL is GONERIL, CORAL DIE is CORDELIA)] / GET ROBE / E /
HAVOC / GET TOUCHSTONE / N / [now a maze: on the mountain paths, the
player can go NE or NW at each stage. Taking the wrong path brings
Cassandra prophesying doom. The player should go back (South) and take
the other exit] / GET ILIAD / S / S / S / S / S / S / S / S / W / W / S
/ ARNE / GET ALL / SE / [summon the spirits from the deep using the
name given by Hamlet's father: GIN, WHISKY, etc.] WHISKY [or whatever]
/ GET TOPAZ / NW / S / SW / S / [ put ROBE, ILIAD, TOPAZ, TOUCHSTONE
in the basket] / GET ALL / DROP COLLAR AND DAGGER / W / SW / GET PHIAL
/ DRINK PHIAL / GET ALL / NE / E / N / TOE / GET TOE / S / E / E / E /
N / E / S / GET PIE / FATHOM / SE / GET GOBLET / NW / N / W / W / S / W
/ W / W / DROP ALL EXCEPT TOE AND BASKET / EAT TOE / W [note letter's
addressee] / OPEN BASKET / NO / YES / YES / N / GET BASKET / NE / N / W
/ NW / W / [solve the March version of the casket puzzle: the notation
is similar to January's; if the letter was addressed to Mistress
Silegond, one opens SILVER then LEAD, and so forth] [open the correct
caskets] / GET RING / E / SE / GET PHIAL / DRINK PHIAL / GET ALL EXCEPT
CALENDAR / E / E / E / N / N / NE / W / SE / E / EAT GRASS / E / GET
PEARL / OPEN BASKET / YES / PEARL / YES / GOBLET / NO / NO / GET BASKET
/ W / W / GET SKULL / W / S / S / E / S / GET CROWN / N / W / W / W /
N / YES / PUT CROWN IN BASKET / GET ALL / S / S / SW / WASH HANDS /
DROP TONGUE / NE / N / W / NW / NW / SIT / NE / E / NE / N / NW / WAIT
[until a path is open] / SW / W / SW / SE / WAIT [again until a path
opens] / NE / N / E / WAIT [again until a path opens] / SW / S / GET
SCEPTRE / U / S / D / PUT SCEPTRE IN BASKET / DROP WOOL / GET BASKET /
E / E / E / N / E / E / GET SCROLL / [note orator's name: the player
will use the name of the orator (Legosinius, Gosilenius, etc.) with the
casket problem once more] / W / W / S / W / W / W / W / NW / W / [open
the correct caskets] / GET STOCKINGS / E / SE / E / S / SW / WASH / S /
SE / READ SCROLL [and move in correct direction: this is a maze and
reading the scroll when in it tells the player the next direction to go
in (including possibly BACK) by means of a Shakespeare quotation.
Reading the scroll elsewhere gives a random enigmatic message (the most
helpful being "By indirections find directions out")] / [repeat until
you find Imogen] / GET BRACELET / READ SCROLL / NNW [like this!: it's
not a typing mistake] / N / NE / N / PUT BRACELET IN BASKET / GET
BASKET / E / E / E / N / E / E / SE / DROP RING / DROP SCROLL / DROP
STOCKINGS / S / S / YES / PUT DUCATS IN BASKET / GET BASKET / SW / GET
CAGE / NE / SE / WAIT [several times until the chest is at your feet] /
OPEN CHEST / GET SPICES / WAIT [the same way again] / GET CHEST [when
it arrives] / NW / N / N / E / N / [map the maze by following the line
of Rosalind notices: this maze is different every time you map it, so
only map it once. Whenever you lose the line of Rosalinds, move back
until you find you are at the first one again (this soon happens)] /
[wake the sleeping man with] MORTIMER / [note the name of his friend
(Costard, Parolles, Nym, Scroop etc.)] / [leave forest coming back
following the Rosalind notices] / OPEN CAGE / W / S / E / GET VASE [if
it ever moves DROP it, WAIT and TAKE it again] / W / S / S / THROW VASE
/ D / GET SHREW / U / GET VASE / N / N / N / [put vase and spices into
basket] / GET ALL EXCEPT SCROLL / E / GET ARROW / E / N / JUMP / DROP
SHIELD / PUT CAGE IN BASKET / GET BOW AND BASKET / E / [give any name]
/ FIRE ARROW / S / GET PORPENTINE / N / DROP BOW / E / [say correct
name (COSTARD, SCROOP or whatever): the one given by the man in that
forest maze] / E / GET BLADDER / E / N / NE / N / NW / GET CHAIN /
BURST BLADDER / SW / S / SE / S / [put ring, chain, sapphire and
stockings in basket] / THROW PORPENTINE: you have completed the game.
[Final score: 450 points]
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