TWO WAYS solution: INITIAL COMMENTS: The "discarded sword" is absolutely essential to enter the city of Eirene and win game. There are five locations at which the city can be entered--one before entering Apoleia, four after. The player must visit all five locations to gain full score of 77 points. Additionally, the player must be resurrected from five specific locations during play to obtain a full score--MAX_LIVES are 9. There are five GAME_END rooms. Three hostile creatures can be killed--a fourth is only escaped via a special. (I don't remember reading about this last possibility but liked it once I discovered you could escape from hostile creatures. Also, got a kick out of the idea of awarding points in PLAYER_DEAD rooms.) The turns as listed below are sufficient to win the game and score 77 points. They are not necessarily all given in precise order for most interesting play, but reflect primarily one way all the points can be scored. For play one should use the "HELP" and "EXAMINE" commands frequently. Also, many specials were not included as they did not have an effect on scoring per se. Many of the specials can be viewed by "listen" or sometimes "watch". Some NOUNS and CREATURES are disguised by the wording of the "short description". My apologies are offered if you find the designer more "ruthless" than the characters and traps in the game itself. I would be interested in knowing if you find the game-play fair, not discouraging, and yet challenging. -- GEM TURNS TO COMPLETE GAME WITH 77 POINTS: 1. TOUCH OBJECT 2. GET SWORD 3. E 4. E 5. LOOK BEHIND TREE 6. S 7. E 8. KILL DEMON WITH SWORD 9. GET SWORD 10. W 11. N 12. GET SCROLL 13. UNROLL SCROLL 14. NW 15. NE 16. N 17. N 18. S 19. GET CASE 20. OPEN CASE 21. SW 22. UNLOCK CASE 23. OPEN CASE 24. ENTER CASE 25. GET BOOK 26. EXIT 27. S 28. S *YES, NE, N, N* 29. N 30. FOLLOW 31. GO WITH *YES, NE, N, N* 32. U 33. CLIMB STAIRS 34. D 35. D *YES, NE, N, N* 36. W 37. W 38. W 39. E 40. NW 41. E 42. E 43. E 44. E 45. E 46. E 47. E 48. E 49. E 50. E 51. E 52. SE 53. E 54. GET PAPER 55. E 56. KILL BIRD/BOOK 57. N 58. S 59. S 60. EX SPELL-DREAM/AWAKE 61. W 62. W 63. W 64. S 65. S 66. N 67. E 68. S *YES, NE, N, N* 69. SW 70. W 71. S 72. SHOOT 73. NE 74. NE 75. NE 76. NE 77. D 78. U 79. D 80. D 81. BELIEVE IN jESUS 82. REST 83. WAIT 84. UNLOCK BOOK 85. OPEN BOOK 86. E GAME_WIN POINTS 77