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Looks very good. I’m thinking of buying it, but I read it has a fair number of word puzzles and I’m not sure it’s suitable for non-natives. What do you think? To give you an indication: the can puzzle (YYYYY) in the 7th Guest was a problem for me. 

I’ve solved two nice puzzles of the demo. Not the one with letters though.

Fien - if you struggle with word puzzles (I’m assuming a form of dyslexia as you come across far from stupid), in this case anagrams, try here:
http://www.wordsmith.org/anagram/advanced.html

Some might call it cheating but I think, where specific problems occur for an individual (I can’t do musical puzzles as I don’t “hear” musical differences properly), then any help is fine.

Thanks for the link, Jabod. It may come in handy.

I’m not dyslectic, just Dutch.    Have you ever tried to solve word puzzles in a foreign language? Not easy, and not much fun either. At least, not for me. The can puzzle in the 7th Guest (words with Ys, no other vowels) was impossible. For one thing, I didn’t even know the word tryst. Well, now I do.

I liked the two puzzles I solved very much, so I’ll probably end up buying The Fool and His Money anyway. And I may consult a walkthrough for the word puzzles.

In the first game, you meet the characters of the Tarot deck, including your nemesis, the High Priestess.  There are some references to the previous game and characters, but on the whole, you get enough background in the introduction that it shouldn’t matter.  There is a story, but it all cleverly revolves around the puzzles.  Both games have layers upon layers to solves, and there are some delightful surprises along the way.

Fien,
There are many scrambled words, especially after you assemble the moon’s map, but if you get stuck, the hints are set up with gradual clues like the UHS.  I think you have a good command of English and should be able to do fairly well with it.

I’ve finished three of the five demo puzzles. Two with words and letters left. I really did try. But I ordered the game this morning because I’m having so much fun with the other puzzles.

EDIT: I solved one! Oh happy dance! Funny thing is, I tried Jabod’s anagrammer and it didn’t come up with the right words at all. But it did point me in the right direction.

A few evenings, really? Some 65 puzzles? I’m duly impressed, although I haven’t played the first game (yet). I’ve always known my puzzle-solving skills are just average…

Oscar - 26 November 2012 10:03 AM

Is it really 39.95? I adored Fool’s Errand but it took me no longer than a few evenings, so unless The Fool and His Money is substantially longer I may need to wait until it becomes cheaper.

(Or my bank account becomes fatter. A fool and his money indeed…)

Oscar,
They must have been very long evenings. Figuring out the mazes and the map alone took me days.

The sequel is much longer than the original and more complex, I think.  Puzzles are hidden in fun places, and figuring out the rules of the card games, auctions and other unique puzzles takes quite a while.  I have reams of notes.

I played Fool’s Errand years ago, but I can’t remember there being any sort of story in it. As I recall it was basically just a puzzle for every card in the tarot deck…
I could be wrong (since it was at least a decade ago), though.

Might replay it before giving this one a go. I loves me a good puzzle.