Border Reivers walkthrough

Opening:

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Try asking your father some questions.

Go SW when ready

Middle section:

This section has a time limit of 120 minutes (in game time).

Try asking lots of the people about clues e.g.
ASK KEEPER ABOUT CASTLE
ASK WALTER SCOTT ABOUT ELLIOTS

Use TOPICS command for recap of ideas of things to ask about

Specific questions that will help unmask the conspiracy:
ASK WALTER SCOTT ABOUT MURDER
ASK JAMES DOUGLAS ABOUT DOUGLASES
ASK WALTER SCOTT ABOUT FATHER
ASK FATHER ABOUT CASTLE
ASK JAMES DOUGLAS ABOUT LOGAN
ASK SIMON ARMSTRONG ABOUT FATHER
ASK JOHN LOGAN ABOUT CASTLE

70 minutes after you first enter the Great Hall if you have not been to the kitchen already Robert Elliot will remember a clue that Molly the maid might have. He gives you directions to the kitchen to go and see her.

From the Great Hall North go

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Molly will give you the scrap of paper as soon as you enter the kitchen.

You can ask the maid and cook questions, but should return to the Great Hall (N, E, U, S). There try asking people about the scrap of paper you now have.

e.g. ASK FATHER ABOUT PAPER
or SHOW PAPER TO FATHER will have the same effect.

Try asking other characters about the paper, in particular Simon Armstrong and John Logan.

By now you should have a fair idea of who might be behind this.

120 minutes after you first leave your father's room the next time you are in the Great Hall the final part of the game is triggered, and the game action moves to bonfire outside the castle.

End game:

Type WAIT repeatedly to move the story on (or try other actions).

When you get to the multiple choice question there are 6 options (1-6) which uncover endings as below:
1 or 5 - good ending [the conspirators are Simon Armstrong and John Logan]
2, 3, 4 or 6 - bad ending

Type WAIT several times to see the story play out. Then the story ends with:
good ending: 1 of 3 things happens, at random (either a conspirator killed or something else happens)
bad ending: 1 of 2 things happen, at random (both bad)