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Title: Minor Minion (MAGS game)
Post by: Crimson Wizard on Fri 25/09/2009 14:49:12
Have anyone played it through? I am stuck in a worst kind of stuck... I know what I need to do, but I don't have a clue how, and although I have a whole bunch of items, none seem to be useful.

In my inventory I have:
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Plane, Glove, Sock, Shrunken Head, Wood (pierced one), Spike, Ink, Feather, Wooden shavings, Cheese and Torch with earwax.
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I am certainly supposed to do one of the following now:
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1. Open chest with princess inside
2. Open desk with a pentagram
3. Pay landlord debts.
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Can someone give a small clue?
Title: Re: Minor Minion (MAGS game)
Post by: Leon on Fri 25/09/2009 14:59:03
Of course I've played through (http://gamesolutions.efzeven.nl/minor-minion-walkthrough-helme2009/) ;-)

You're perfectly on track. All items are there, indeed you need to start using them.

1: read the clues below
2: talk to the landlord
3: don't worry

A small clue:
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You ate the key, you need to get it back.
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More specific:
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What smells really bad and make you throw up?
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Another one:
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Combine inventory items.
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And if all else fails:
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Use the sock with the cheese.
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Title: Re: Minor Minion (MAGS game)
Post by: arj0n on Fri 25/09/2009 15:00:10
step 1
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1. Pay landlord debts:
You need to give something to the landlord but it's not yet in your inventory.
Look around in the same screen as where the landlord is.
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step 2
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2. Open chest with princess inside
You will need to get the key out of your stomach.
Try to make yourself throw up by something disgusting
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step 3
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3. Open desk with a pentagram:
Ask the landlord for the lease contract and have a closer look...
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EDIT, darn Leon, you were just 1 minuted faster...;)  :P
Title: Re: Minor Minion (MAGS game)
Post by: Leon on Fri 25/09/2009 15:03:21
@Arjon:

Looking at his inventory, he already did step 1.
Title: Re: Minor Minion (MAGS game)
Post by: arj0n on Fri 25/09/2009 15:04:26
Oops, yes he did.
Title: Re: Minor Minion (MAGS game)
Post by: arj0n on Fri 25/09/2009 15:07:39
Someone noticed this?

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Grot + Canco = Expand Spell, a fourth spell that has no use in the game as far as I know.
Maybe a typically mags-game-unused-element?
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Title: Re: Minor Minion (MAGS game)
Post by: Leon on Fri 25/09/2009 15:09:34
Yep. Another lack-of-time-cut-the-story-short feature. Maybe in the 'deluxe'-i've-got-plenty-of-time-version?
Title: Re: Minor Minion (MAGS game)
Post by: arj0n on Fri 25/09/2009 15:11:28
Yeh maybe... :D
Anyway, you can forget about my last pm about this concerning your WT... ;)
Title: Re: Minor Minion (MAGS game)
Post by: Leon on Fri 25/09/2009 15:39:02
Hmm.. answered that one before this so...
Title: Re: Minor Minion (MAGS game)
Post by: Crimson Wizard on Fri 25/09/2009 16:37:01
OMG that princess is more fearsome than cobolds  :o ;D
Title: Re: Minor Minion (MAGS game)
Post by: arj0n on Fri 25/09/2009 16:49:41
Crimson, tried to
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cast the princes-spell and then the expand-spell: result: a huge princess.
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now that's FEARSOME!  :o :P
Title: Re: Minor Minion (MAGS game)
Post by: Leon on Fri 25/09/2009 17:00:37
And...
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..you can make the huge princess invisible too! 
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;D ;D
Title: Re: Minor Minion (MAGS game)
Post by: arj0n on Fri 25/09/2009 17:06:06
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A giant invisible princess
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*shivers*  :D
Title: Re: Minor Minion (MAGS game)
Post by: Leon on Fri 25/09/2009 17:17:54
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Might be an idea for the next MAGS... ;-)

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Title: Re: Minor Minion (MAGS game)
Post by: arj0n on Fri 25/09/2009 17:29:49
What, a mags game that give you shivers?
Sounds good to me  ;)
Title: Re: Minor Minion (MAGS game)
Post by: Crimson Wizard on Fri 25/09/2009 17:38:37
Quote from: [ Arj0n ] on Fri 25/09/2009 17:29:49
What, a mags game that give you shivers?
Sounds good to me  ;)

Rather MAGS game that features
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giant invisible princess...

- A nice dolly! hehehe... ooooow another one....owwww many tiny dollies running away!! here I come dollies!! *brrrooom* *brrrooom* *brrrooom*
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Title: Re: Minor Minion (MAGS game)
Post by: Helme on Fri 25/09/2009 19:05:24
Quote from: [ Arj0n ] on Fri 25/09/2009 15:07:39
Someone noticed this?

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Grot + Canco = Expand Spell, a fourth spell that has no use in the game as far as I know.
Maybe a typically mags-game-unused-element?
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I tried the  'Code + Fast'-spell on me, but it didn't work. So, yes it is an unused element
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By, the way, you all should be afraid of the princess. You know who will be the next evil lord  ;D
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Title: Re: Minor Minion (MAGS game)
Post by: Crimson Wizard on Fri 25/09/2009 19:09:02
Quote from: Helme on Fri 25/09/2009 19:05:24
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By, the way, you all should be afraid of the princess. You know who will be the next evil lord  ;D
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Funny,
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when I got "Princess" spell I actually had an idea that Princess IS the Evil Lord, who disguised himself to save from angry mob.
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Title: Re: Minor Minion (MAGS game)
Post by: Helme on Sat 26/09/2009 17:01:21
Quote from: Crimson Wizard on Fri 25/09/2009 19:09:02
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when I got "Princess" spell I actually had an idea that Princess IS the Evil Lord, who disguised himself to save from angry mob.
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Wow! Would have been a cool idea, too!
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Title: Re: Minor Minion (MAGS game)
Post by: tzachs on Sat 26/09/2009 23:20:48
After I've been stuck for hours, I read Leon's walkthrough and realized there is probably a bug:

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I talk with the princess about one of the stones, she tells me she wants a doll. Only after I give her the doll, I try to talk to her about the other stones but all she says is "It's boring", and then I can't continue further...  :(
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Title: Re: Minor Minion (MAGS game)
Post by: Helme on Sat 26/09/2009 23:42:52
@tzachs

Leon's walkthrough is perfect.

I heard about a similar bug but I wasn't able to reproduce it and could not really find the reason for it.
But I changed the script and I hoped to make this bug less possible. Seens like I failed.

You can try this (I don't know if it works)
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Show the spell book to the princess again. The only condition is that you have shown her the book before.
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