                      THE HOBBIT (Melbourne House)
                      ----------------------------

(You begin in your cosy little hole) READ MAP, E, E, N, WAIT (till dawn
breaks. The trolls have now turned to stone. He-he!), S, GET KEY, N, UNLOCK
DOOR, OPEN IT, N, GET ROPE AND SWORD, S, S, SE, GIVE MAP TO ELROND, SAY TO
ELROND "HELLO", SAY TO ELROND "READ MAP" (this gives you a hint), WAIT
(until Elrond gives you some lunch), EAT LUNCH, SAY TO ELROND "GIVE ME MAP",
E, S, E, N, NW, N, SE, D, D, D, D, E, GET GOLDEN KEY, U, N, W, S, E, N, WAIT
(till the crack opens and you are captured. You are thrown into a dungeon),
DIG, SMASH TRAP DOOR (until it breaks. Under it is Curious Key, which Thorin
takes), SAY TO THORIN "OPEN WINDOW", SAY TO THORIN "PICK ME UP", SAY TO
THORIN "WEST", SW, WAIT (until a goblin enters), N, SE, E, GET RING, N, S,
NW, E, OPEN DOOR, U, CLOSE DOOR, E, E, OPEN CURTAIN, OPEN CUPBOARD, GET
FOOD, EAT IT, NE, E, E, LOOK ACROSS RIVER (you spot a boat), THROW ROPE
ACROSS RIVER (keep trying until you hit it), PULL ROPE (you pull the boat
across the river), SAY TO THORIN "CLIMB INTO BOAT", CLIMB INTO BOAT (it
floats to the other shore), CLIMB OUT, E, SMASH WEB (till it breaks), NE,
SMASH WEB, N, WEAR RING, EXAMINE DOOR, WAIT (until the door opens), NE, S,
KILL BUTLER WITH SWORD, GET RED KEY, UNLOCK RED DOOR WITH RED KEY, OPEN DOOR
(if Thorin has been caught, he should come out now), OPEN BARREL, OPEN TRAP
DOOR, GET BARREL, THROW IT THROUGH TRAP DOOR, SAY TO THORIN "JUMP ONTO
BARREL", GET BARREL, THROW IT THROUGH TRAP DOOR, JUMP ONTO BARREL (you sail
down to Long Lake), E, PICK UP BARD, W, N, U, N, NW, N, W, E, NW, N, WAIT
(until the sun shines on the rock and opens Secret Door), SAY TO THORIN
"UNLOCK DOOR WITH CURIOUS KEY", DROP BARD (it's a good idea to save your
game here, since Thorin has a bad habit of walking down to the dragon and
becoming toast!), E, SAY TO THORIN "WEST", WEAR RING, E, GET TREASURE, E, W,
PICK UP BARD, U, DROP BARD, SAY TO BARD "GET STRONG ARROW FROM QUIVER" (if
he takes too long, restore), WAIT (till the dragon appears), SAY TO BARD
"SHOOT DRAGON", S, S, S, D, S, S, S, WEAR RING, W, WAIT, WAIT (watch out for
those spiders!), W, WAIT, WAIT, W, N, SW, W, W, W, W, SW, W, OPEN CHEST, PUT
TREASURE IN CHEST (Congratulations. You have killed Smaug and found the
treasure - a real thief!)


NOTES:
1. All interactive commands are for guidance only. There is no guarantee
that whoever you want to talk with is at the place at the time which the
solution states. Otherwise you'll just have to go find him! There is no
guarantee, either, that those persons will actually do what you ask them
to. Hooray for intelligent NPCs!

2. If you come across Gollum, kill him right away.

3. Your capture in the cave and the trip across the river are not really
necessary, but both things score you extra points.

4. If there's any wine in the barrel, try drinking it!

5. Since there are several score bugs in the game (mine being the extended
disk version), like keeping getting points at Elrond's by asking him to
read the map (!), I am not sure that this solution hits the 100% mark. It
does take you all the way through, however.

Jacob Gunness - d.1/4-1990.
