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Quondam boasts on the box of being a game for 'advanced' adventurers. To prove the obvious foolishness of this claim, I immediately gave the sealed 'Hints and Answers' envelope to the idiot troll and forbade him to reveal the contents until I returned victorious with the final solution.

I hate that troll! I've never realised it before but he has a very nasty smirk. Anyway, I didn't like the look of this game from the start, what kind of an adventure starts with a maze? You know I was never any good at mazes! It won't let you save when you want to, and it even sends the Mafia round if you upset it!

Having taken an hour to map the first maze I then met a very beliigerent knight who prevented any further movement, thus forcing me to quit.

The game features caves, magic, dragons and the aforementioned Mafia. A friendly passing wizard has informed me that this game is, of course, a skit on the banking system (of course). You will quickly find that you may not save the game whenever you feel like it, as the gentlemen with the dark glasses and knuckledusters don't like that!

A sneaky feature of Quondam is that some commands appear to work first time, but in fact need to be repeated several times to achieve the final effect. There is also a loathsome custom official who will eat you should you attempt to pass him with anything he considers to be contraband.

Of course, one small peek in the envelope would be all I would need to complete the game. That's all I need, one quick peek. I hate that troll!