Key & Compass presents:
King Arthur's Night Out
by Mikko Vuorinen

In this short light comedy, you play as King Arthur Pendragon of Britain. You want to go out to the pub with Lance and the boys, but Queen Guinevere insists you're staying home. Well, we'll see about that. How will you sneak out of the castle?

This solution is by David Welbourn, and is based on Release 2 of the game.

Map
Walkthrough
Extras
- Characters, Inventory
Thank You to my Patreon supporters
External links:
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Map

Walkthrough

Entrance Hall

> x me. i. (Carrying nothing.)

> x queen. x door. x tapestries.

> s.

Guinevere smiles and goes to the bedroom to knit.

Main Corridor (north)

> w.

War Room

You want three things from this room: a pin, Excalibur, and a right gauntlet.

> x weapons.

> x armour. search armour. take pin. x pin.

> x excalibur. take it.

> x scabbard.

> x painting. move painting. x niche.

> x fairies. x gauntlet. take gauntlet.

> e. e.

Bedroom

Guinevere's presence blocks some actions here.

> x bed. x pillows. search bed. x sheets.

> look under bed. x something. take something. (Can't reach.)

> take something with sword.

> look. take left gauntlet. x it.

> x window. x nightstand. open drawer. (Can't.)

> w. s. w.

Throne Room

> x throne. sit on throne. search throne.

> push throne. (Note it's bolted to the floor.)

> e. e.

Storage Closet

The window opens, but it's too high above the ground outside.

> x junk. x window.

> w.

Main Corridor (south)

> se. (You don't need to go in the lavatory.)

> s.

Royal Kitchen

> x pot. x hot water.

> take pot. (Too heavy.)

> push pot. (Too hot.)

> wear left. wear right. push pot.

Guinevere is now in the kitchen cleaning your mess. You can no longer enter the kitchen.

Main Corridor (south)

> n. e.

Bedroom

> open drawer. (Locked.)

> unlock drawer with pin. open drawer.

> take scissors. close drawer.

> take sheet.

> w. s. w.

Throne Room

> cut sheet with scissors. x rope.

> tie rope to throne. e. e.

Storage Closet

> open window. put rope in window.

> climb rope.

Events don't happen quite as planned, but you've finished this story.

Congratulations.

Extras

Characters

Queen Guinevere is your wife and effectively your jailer in this game.

Mentioned:

"Lance and the boys" are mentioned in the prologue. This undoubtedly means Lancelot and the Knights of the Round Table.
Merlin, a wizard, is mentioned in the description of the scabbard and when you try to XYZZY.
"That chick in the lake" is mentioned in the description of Excalibur. She's better known as the Lady of the Lake.

Inventory

Excalibur. It's your famous sword. Find it in its scabbard in the War Room. Take it to your bedroom and take the something (under the bed) with it. The "something" is a left hand gauntlet.
a left hand gauntlet. It's out of reach under the bed in your bedroom and initially styled as a "thing" or "something". Take the something with Excalibur to pull it out, then take the gauntlet. Wear both gauntlets so you can push the pot in the kitchen.
a right hand gauntlet. It's it in the niche behind the painting in the War Room. Wear both gauntlets so you can push the pot in the kitchen.
a huge sheet. Take a sheet from your bed in your bedroom when Guinevere is busy in the kitchen. Cut the sheet with the scissors to make a rope.
a metal pin. Find it by searching the suit of armour in the War Room. Go to your bedroom and unlock the nightstand drawer with the pin when Guinevere's not there.
a pair of scissors. It's in Guinevere's nightstand drawer in your bedroom; unlock the drawer with the pin when Guinevere's not there. Cut the sheet with the scissors to make a rope.
a rope. Made by cutting the huge sheet with the pair of scissors. Tie one end to the throne in the throne room. Take the other end to the storage room, open the window, and put the rope in the window. Climb down the rope to conclude the game.

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