Rick Hanson (aka Assassin - BBC Micro, Robico) Hints by Jonathan Ormond To avoid being shot in the street: Don't go there! To avoid being shot by the strange man: Listen to the tape and collect objects before going to the waiting room. To leave the station safely: On the footbridge, wait until the wagon with the stone chippings is below you, then jump. To avoid being killed by the guard: Attack him with the spanner. Exact command to pay for your room: Pay bartender with Quhut Deciphering the note: It is a simple substitution cipher and can easily be solved by standard methods - a useful point is that it is self-inverse, in other words if S becomes F then F becomes S. (This also applies to the code in the book, but the cipher is not the same!) What to do in the church: Examine the frame (after you sleep the night in your room), and in the belfry cut the rope with the razor. What to do at the river: Carry the tyre and go as far North as possible on the riverbank, then swim. How to get to the farmhouse: Go to the location with the bull, wave the seat cover and then dodge the bull. To get rid of the mouse: Drop the pie. What to do with the trowel: Dig in the manure. How to get to the Ice Shrine: Tie the hook to the rope, and at the cliff throw the rope, then climb it. More things than floors can be waxed with polish. The bottle is more important than its contents. At the bottom of the ski-slope, make something dangerous (from two items you should already have). You will need something from the dead driver. When in the jeep, you can make further progress by using it! An everyday object can be used to open the final set of doors. ***************************************************** Displayed on the Classic Adventures Solution Archive: http://hjem.get2net.dk/gunn/