Bored of the Rings FAQ/Walkthrough version 1.0.0
by Andrew Schultz
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Commodore 64 game
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Oh yeah--if you want to skip to the walkthrough just search for the
decimal number 5.1 until you get to the file's end.
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1. INTRODUCTION
2. THE PLOT AND MY IMPRESSIONS/COMPARISONS TO THE BOOK
3. VOCABULARY
3.1. VERBS
3.2. NOUNS
3.3. PROPER NOUNS/NPC'S
4. MAPS
4.1. PART 1
4.1.1. VILLAGES
4.1.2. FOREST
4.1.3. EAST ROAD, WEST PART
4.1.4. EAST ROAD, EAST PART
4.2. PART 2
4.2.1. MAZE AND BEFORE
4.2.2. BEYOND THE MAZE
4.2.3. THE LAST PART
4.3. PART 3
4.3.1. UP TO THE ROAD
4.3.2. UP TO THE CAVE
4.3.3. THE CAVE
5. WALKTHROUGH
5.1. PART 1
5.2. PART 2
5.3. PART 3
6. HOW POINTS ARE SCORED
6.1. PART 1
6.2. PART 2
6.3. PART 3
7. WAYS TO DIE
8. UNFAITHLESSNESS TO THE BOOK
9. CREDITS/VERSIONS
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1. INTRODUCTION
BTW I often will use BotR to refer to the book and 'the game' to refer
to the actual game. Except when I get confused. Of course this may all
be a secret ploy to get mail from people('what is what anyway?') so I
actually know my FAQ is getting read.
2. THE PLOT AND MY IMPRESSIONS/COMPARISONS TO THE BOOK
Bored of the Rings is not a terribly difficult game except for
figuring out which commands to use when. So I will have a segment where
I give you that, and I also have a map included. Below all that is the
walkthrough.
(Comparisons later when I re-read)
3. VOCABULARY
The computer simply looks at the first four words you type in.
(note: list not complete, 3rd part of quest still to come)
3.1. VERBS
--N, North, S, South, E, East, W, West, NE, NW, SE, SW, U, Up, D, Down,
Out, Outs(ide), In, Into, Insi(de) = directional verbs without objects.
--Clim(b), Asce(nd), Desc(end), Ente(r)
--Hide and wait can be useful to help you get to the end of the
game...one in a much less pleasant way than the other.
--Help and hint ask for help.
--Hi, Hell(o), Hall(o), Good(morning), Gree(t) greet NPC's in the game.
--Exam(ine)
--Get, Take, Drop, Remo(ve), Wear = what you'd expect
--I, Inv, Inve(ntory), R=Rede(scribe), L=Look do standard functions.
--Q, Quit, Stop all stop the game. Save, Load are what you expect. Score
tells your score, and Turn(s)/Move(s) tell how many turns you took.
Hit, Kill, Hurt, Atta(ck), Dama(ge), Pulv(erise), Crip(ple), Inju(re),
Maim, Dest(roy), Murd(er), Hosp(italize)
--Say, Cry, Shou(t), Yell, Call
--Eat, Consume, Gobble, Munch, Drink, Swig are ways to eat
|REM |
--Open, Close
DOOR CARL|BOTT|SEX |
--Wank, Mast(urbate) err oh dear.
--F***, Sexu(ally assault?), Make, Scre(w), Rape, Mole(st), Grop(e),
Lick, Feel
--S***, Damn, Bloo(dy), Bast(ard), Bum, Wog, Sex are other naughty words
you can use.
FART|GUFF|BLOW|WIND|SWIM|DIVE|
3.2. NOUNS
Tree
Ring
Smelrond
GRAN
SPAM
--PIMP(ly): Pepsi in BotR
--MURK(y): Moxie in BotR
GIBL|LEGO|BORR|Arog(ant) ARAG(ont) STRI|STRA|SPIL|BUTT|NAZA|Tim,
Hash(Berry), Wigh(t)
SWOR|SPRI|WOLF|WOLV|SPY |CROW|
|WHY |WHAT|WHEN|WHER|WHIC|DWAR(f)
|ARMY|LIZA|BALH|MAID|TROL(l)
|FARM|ALE |BOOZ|
--Bean(s) have psychedelic effect
--Pill(s)
--Cand(y)
--Swee(ts)
--Drug(s)
--Pepp(er)
--Rock
--Jack
--Mith
3.3. PROPER NOUNS/NPC'S
You can't reference yourself(Fordo, but Frito in BotR) in the
game.
--Bimb(o): your uncle, who drops the ring off you. Dildo in BotR
4. MAPS
Where you start is always capitalized.
* : the pathath leads you back to where you were.
@ : use 'in/out' to move around here.
> : how to get to the next area.
4.1. PART 1
4.1.1. VILLAGES
*
west east muck |
Bimbo's-outside-road-field@tent bridge-bridge-hill-fordo's-hedge
| | |
| | under
inn-road-e road-junc- by hedge>
v tion river tunnel
*-forest-* | |
| +>>triffid great
* ^ farm hedge
^ | |
^ farmer *
^ faggot
^
forest
4.1.2. FOREST
in the
shack
/
/(in)
tree-- bank--shack
|
great downs
east |
road downs
| |
downs--downs--downs (barrow wight)
4.1.3. EAST ROAD, WEST PART
*pepper*
top
|
|(u/d)
path
|
|(u/d)
RIP-great -whee--cross--sign--moun--skir-see -w toll-e toll-bet >riv
e road | road post tains ting bridge bridge bridge ween en
|(in) east dull
by inn
|
|(in)
Puny
Prancer
4.1.4. EAST ROAD, EAST PART
Smel
Rond
|
| mt.
<Riven-junc-cadav +--narrow--+
dull tion erous | ledge |
| | |
small-dried--great morona
hill stream dam gate
4.2. PART 2
4.2.1. MAZE AND BEFORE
Dome
Shaped
Cave
u
|
d *vending*
Cave *machine* *battery*
Complex--Cavern--Offices *-*-*
| | |
secret dark---------------*-* *-*
room - -cave |
*pixie* *-*
*mat* |
*-*-* (poster)
v
outside
maze
4.2.2. BEYOND THE MAZE
west khard
bridge--- inal
| Hume to maze
south | ^
edge horde--outside
|
| *id*
east foot/ De
bank-Wiffy-Lorean-carpet
Mtns. | |
glade-chloro
| (via raft)
clear--fork-river bank > camp site > w shore
ing
fount
ain
4.2.3. THE LAST PART
Alma
Nak
|
bay
|
clear-w shore > part 3
isithard ing
| |
west dense
autobahn-forests
4.3. PART 3
4.3.1. UP TO THE ROAD
*brick* % %-% %-%>road
Water |\ | | |
Gully- Fall % % % %-%-% %-%
| | | \| | |
Mtns.-Stream-Cliff % %-%-%
*goldbum*
012345678901234567890123456789012345678901234567890123456789012345678901
4.3.2. UP TO THE CAVE
cave--gloom--fissure>
mouth
/U-D/ |
road stairs by
| U lift
*salt* effa-glade-bou-----+ silent-puddle-foot/ (red)
mall lien ghs | road vale stairs
| | | | |
yox by out@@cinema road grey beside
mall--mall-side (slug) trees lift
| | | | @
mall outside-main-road-cross--path lift
bar road roads | (magenta)
@ | pavilion
bar track |
(loops to inside
itself) pavilion
4.3.3. THE CAVE
gun
tower
|
treas--dark-- she-base/-plains-base/ forge
ure pasg slob cliff \ tower |
| U-D\ |
| slope-junction-entrance
ticket-train
coll- depot
ector (to sole
and back here
if you RIDE TRAIN)
Also,
*debugger*
progr
ammers
prison
|
halls/---fire
dupli brick
cation @
lift
(blue)
5. WALKTHROUGH
One nuisance about the game if you are trying to get through it is
that there are random encounters. So if you just bull ahead and type
everything you may miss a move, which is especially painful in the maze.
You start off in the tent.
5.1. PART 1
OUT. OUT. [1st two moves don't really matter] W. W. W. WAIT. [get ring,
get 10 points] E. E. S. IN. OUT. [if you don't Tim doesn't seem to greet
you later] S. HIDE. [10 points] N. N. N. E. E. E. E. S. DESCEND TUNNEL.
E. E. E. S. [here you just go in the same direction a few times in a
row, trying different ones, until you get sucked up by the tree. West
then north often works well.] CALL FOR HELP. [10 points] E. E. IN. OUT.
[should have the beans now] S. S. S. [more random movement here, same
direction a few times in a row, wind up at Great East Road. W. W. N.
seems to work.] E. IN. IN. WAIT. [until you get Aragont] OUT. OUT. E. E.
E. E. N. U. GET PEPPER. D. S. E. E. E. E. E. IN. WAIT. [until you get
Legoland, Borrower, Grandalf and Giblet] E. S. E. E. N. E. DROP PEPPER
5.2. PART 2
Watch here for random encounters if you are just typing from the script.
It can throw you off especially in the maze.
E. E. GET BATTERY. W. INSERT BATTERY. [10 points] GET COIN. S. GIVE
COIN. [5 points] GET MAP. READ MAP. MOVE MAT. [5 points--you can take
the mat but then can't drop it and you still have to move it] GET KEY.
OPEN DOOR. W. GET RIFLE. E. E. E. N. E. E. S. W. S. E. TAKE POSTER. W.
W. S. [Note: if you get lost in the maze, start at the third E once
you're back in it.] W. DROP POSTER. [5 points] N. W. PUSH RED BUTTON.
[15 points] S. S. W. TAKE ROPE. E. E. PLANT BEANS. [10 points] E. S. S.
E. INFLATE RAFT. WAIT until you get to the campsite. SHOOT NAZAL. [10
points] INFLATE RAFT. WAIT until you get to the western shore. GET COIN.
W. U. U. INSERT COIN. [5 points] D. D. E. [the raft is on the shore now
though it wasn't before] INFLATE RAFT
5.3. PART 3
E. GET BRICK. S. E. SAY HOG. [10 points] GET ROPE. TIE ROPE. [5 points]
CLIMB DOWN. PULL ROPE. GET ROPE. GIVE BRICK. [10 points, save or save-
state here as basilisk can randomly kill you. If you use save-state then
get killed, be sure to throw in a wait move before trying again] N. N.
SE. SE. N. N. E. S. E. E. S. E. E. N. W. N. E. E. GET SHADES. WEAR
SHADES. W. W. S. E. S. W. W. [10 points for freezing basilisk] E. E. N.
W. N. E. E. S. S. W. N. GET SALT. S. E. N. E. E. E. DROP SALT. [25
points] S. E. N. N. E. E. U. U. E. E. THROW ROPE. [10 points] SWING. S.
E. S. W. SHOOT TICKET. [5 points] GET TICKET. E. RIDE TRAIN. OUT. RIDE
TRAIN. OUT. N. E. E. E. U. SHOOT PIG. [15 points] D. W. D. E. E. N. GET
KEY. S. W. W. U. W. W. W. N. SWING. W. W. S. PUSH BUTTON. GO LIFT. PUSH
RED. OUT. OPEN DOOR. N. GET DEBUGGER. S. GO LIFT. PUSH MAGENTA. OUT. N.
W. W. S. S. W. W. W. W. IN. OUT. ATTACK KREMLINS. [10 points] IN. GET
SCISSORS. OUT. N. W. S. CUT STRING. [10 points] PUT RING IN MICROWAVE
6. HOW POINTS ARE SCORED
6.1. PART 1
70 points total here.
10 points for getting the ring
10 points for hiding in the woods
10 points for calling for help inside the willow
10 points for visiting Tim's shack
10 points for entering Smelrond's with your entire party
10 points for entering again(?)
10 points for dropping the pepper
6.2. PART 2
65 points total here.
10 points for inserting the coin in the vending machine
5 points for giving the coin to the pixie
5 points for getting the rifle
5 points for dropping the poster
10 points for pushing the red button
10 points for planting the beans
15 points for shooting the Nazal with the rifle
5 points for putting the coin in the telescope
6.3. PART 3
115 total points here.
10 points for 'say hog'
5 points for tying the rope
10 points for giving the brick to Goldbum
10 points for killing the basilisk
25 points for killing the slug
10 points for throwing the rope across the chasm
5 points for shooting the ticket collector
15 points for shooting the pig
5 points for unlocking the door in firebrick(blue button)
10 points for attacking the Kremlins successfully
10 points for cutting the string
The total is 250 points, which seems right, but maybe there's something
else the game can turn up. Still don't know how to get my fortune told.
7. WAYS TO DIE
They're usually pretty funny although often you can die by going the
wrong way.
Feel free to donate any. I'll give you credit.
--Don't hide in the forest
--Wait around inside the willow tree
--Wait around too long and the nazal catch you
--Eat the salt
--Eat the beans
End of FAQ proper.
AUF WEIRDO-SEHN, OR SOMETHING, DUDE!
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8. CREDITS/VERSIONS
1.0.0 sent to GameFAQs 7/31/2002, complete walkthrough but some details
are missing about the game, getting points, words that work, etc.
Jacob Gunness for having the original outline for this on his solutions
archive:
http://hjem.get2net.dk/gunn/
Harvard Lampoon for writing the great book this was loosely based on
arnold.org for having the image
