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Shadowgate Hints
What's first?
1 of 20: Show him some respect.
2 of 20: Take a close look at him.
3 of 20: Something is missing. Go get it.
4 of 20: What is missing, you say? Seen something that belongs with a ruler?
5 of 20: Or a dead person?
6 of 20: You found it on a dead person, if you found it at all.
7 of 20: The SCEPTRE, to spoil it.
8 of 20: Where was that, you say?
9 of 20: Well, where is the logical place for a dead person?
10 of 20: Dead people belong in coffins. Look there.
11 of 20: This room can be dangerous, so be very careful about where you search.
12 of 20: Silver isn't good. If you do open it, see:
