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Suspect List ACME Detective Agency has files on no fewer than eight individuals known to be part of Carmen Sandiego's gang. The information is in a set of 8 tear-out cards in the center of the book, one per suspect. The question is - who did each theft?  Carmen Sandiego Sex: Female Hair: Brown Eyes: Blue Occupation: Former spy for the Intelligence Service of Monaco Favorite Food: Mexican Weakness: Too smart for her own good.  Eulalie 'Auntie' Bellum Sex: Female Hair: Blond Eyes: Hazel Occupation: Professional Southerner. Favorite Food: Shoo Fly Pie and Apple Pan Dowdie Weakness: Sucker for flattery.  Justin Case Sex: Male Hair: Black Eyes: Blue Occupation: Lawyer Favorite Food: Tortes Weakness: Constantly chasing ambulances.  Ernest Endeavor Sex: Male Hair: Blond Eyes: Blue Occupation: Sells cellos door-to-door. Favorite Food: Hamburgers and milkshakes. Weakness: Gullible, and offers so much help he's useless.  Clare d'Loon Sex: Female Hair: Red Eyes: Brown Occupation: Concert pianist Favorite Food: Pasta a la Pavarotti — and of course chocolate! Weakness: Can't pass a piano without playing "We've Only Just Begun."  Kari Meback Sex: Female Hair: Brown Eyes: Brown Occupation: Cat burglar Favorite Food: Cat Nip or a little tuna fish Weakness: A terrible cat burglar — keeps getting stuck in high places.  Chuck Roast Sex: Male Hair: Brown Eyes: Gray Occupation: Butcher Favorite Food: Vegetables Weakness: Will stop in the middle of a getaway to help a lady in distress or a poor animal.  Luke Warmwater Sex: Male Hair: Red Eyes: Gray Occupation: Teller in a soil bank Favorite Food: Fried anything Weakness: Totally in the dark — doesn't have a clue about what's going on. Quackles fucked around with this message at 01:29 on Jul 3, 2019 |
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Map The book's got a fully illustrated map of the world a la 1991 as an insert - covering everywhere from Puerto Rico to the Soviet Union! It's a little hard to see, but you may be able to spot perforations on the map. It's made to split apart into a set of 8 cards, each with information about the labeled countries on the back. The card information is reproduced below - we'll need it to track down the thieves, after all.  GREENLAND Capital: Nuuk Area: 840,000 square miles Language: Danish Agriculture: Hay, sheep Industry: Mining, fishing Natural Resources: Cryolite, which is used in production of aluminum. UNITED STATES OF AMERICA Capital: Washington, D.C. Area: 3,536,855 square miles Language: English Currency: Dollar Agriculture: Corn, potatoes, wheat, oats Industry: Oil, iron and steel, automobiles, plastics, electronics. Natural Resources: Coal, oil, copper, gold silver, timber PUERTO RICO Capital: San Juan Area: 3,435 square miles Language: Spanish, English Currency: U.S. Dollars Agriculture: Sugar, livestock, coffee Industry: Electronics, perfumes, plastics, tourism Natural Resources: Copper, cement, fertilizers ARGENTINA Capital: Buenos Aires Area: 3,536,855 square miles Language: English Currency: Austral Agriculture: Grain, oilseeds, livestock products Industry: Food, textiles, chemicals Natural Resources: Lead, zinc, uranium UNITED KINGDOM Capital: London Area: 94,226 square miles Language: English Currency: Pounds Agriculture: Grains, sugar beets, vegetables Industry: Steel, textiles, aircraft Natural Resources: Coal, oil, gas ITALY Capital: Rome Area: 116,303 Language: Italian Currency: Lira Agriculture: Grapes, olives, citrus fruits, vegetables Industry: Automobiles, textiles, shoes Natural Resources: Fish, gas, marble SAUDI ARABIA Capital: Riyadh Area: 9,839,996 square miles Language: Arabic Currency: Riyal Agriculture: Dates, grains, livestock Industry: Petroleum, cement, plastics Natural Resources: Oil UGANDA Capital: Kampala Area: 93,354 square miles Language: English, Swahili Currency: Ugandan shilling Agriculture: Coffee, tea, cotton, sugar, bananas Industry: Cement, shoes, fertilizer Natural Resources: Copper, sugar, animal hides SOVIET UNION Capital: Moscow Area: 8,649,496 square miles Language: Russian Currency: Ruble Agriculture: Wheat, rye, corn, potatoes, livestock Industry: Metals, fuels, chemicals Natural Resources: Fossil fuel, timber, manganese, mercury CHINA Capital: Beijing (Peking) Area: 3,705,930 square miles Language: Mandarin Chinese, Cantonese Currency: Yuan Agriculture: Rice, wheat, cotton Industry: Machinery, corn, milk Natural Resources: Coal, gas, limestone, marble INDIA Capital: New Delhi Area: 1,266,595 square miles Language: Hindi Currency: Rupee Agriculture: Rice, wheat, oilseeds, tea Industry: Jute (for rope), food, steel, machinery Natural Resources: Iron, coal AUSTRALIA Capital: Canberra Area: 2,966,200 square miles Language: English Currency: Australian Dollar Agriculture: Wool, meat, cereals, sugar, sheep Industry: Machinery, iron and steel, textiles, chemicals Natural Resources: Gold, bauxite, uranium, diamonds JAPAN Capital: Tokyo Area: 145,856 square miles Language: Japanese Currency: Yen Agriculture: Rice, vegetables, fruit, fish Industry: Machinery, automobiles, electronic equipment Natural Resources: Fish CANADA Capital: Ottawa Area: 3,851,790 square miles Language: English, French Currency: Canadian Dollar Agriculture: Wheat, barley, oats, livestock Industry: Petrol, chemicals, wood products Natural Resources: Fish, timber HAWAII, U.S.A. Capital: Honolulu Area: 6,471 square miles Language: Hawaiian, English Currency: U.S. Dollar Agriculture: Sugar, pineapples, coffee, bananas, nuts Industry: Sugar refining, tourism, movie-making Natural Resources: Fruits, landscape NEW ZEALAND Capital: Wellington Area: 103,736 square miles Language: English, Maori Currency: New Zealand Dollar Agriculture: Wool, meat, dairy Industry: Textiles, food, machinery, paper products Natural Resources: Timber, coal, gold Quackles fucked around with this message at 22:53 on Jun 3, 2019 |
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Gallery The book has a few generic interstitial images of various crook-looking types.    Also, here are the images of the stolen items.    
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Prologue Rain clouds hang over the city as you enter the Acme Detective Agency Building. It's Monday, and you know that nothing good ever happens on a Monday. The receptionist looks up at you and gives you a dazzling smile. You sigh because you know you've just had the one bright moment of your day. "The Chief is waiting for you in your office," she tells you. "It figures," you grunt. "It's Monday." Your office is just down the hall. The bulb by the door has burned out, casting dark shadows across your nameplate. You enter the room to find the Chief sitting in your swivel chair. He looks older than he did on Friday, and you're sure his hair has turned even more gray. "Glad you're in," he snaps. "We've got real trouble this time." You play a hunch. "Carmen Sandiego?" you ask. "Right," he says, and with a deep sigh he puts four folders on your desk. "She and her gang struck last night. They stole four treasures from four different countries. Take your pick where you want to start. I hope your passport's up to date." "With Carmen and her gang on the loose, I'm always ready," you tell the Chief. "Good," the Chief responds with just a hint of a smile. "Inside each folder are details of the stolen treasures and maps of the countries involved." Then he hands you four separate cards. "Each time you make a move, mark down your travel points on these cards. You're in line for a promotion, and we'll be using them to grade you when the case is over." A promotion! Maybe you'll be able to afford that new CD player, after all. Better make certain that you keep those travel points carefully noted. Finally the Chief hands you another batch of cards. "These are snapshots of the members of Carmen's gang. Don't forget to get a warrant for the right person before you make an arrest, otherwise the thief will get away with it." "Don't worry, Chief," you tell him. "I'm sure I'll spot the right clues in order to eliminate the wrong suspects. By the time I find the stolen treasures, I'll have the right robber identified, too." "You'd better," he warns. "Trust me, Chief." "I do," he tells you. "You're the only one who stands a chance of catching Carmen and her gang. Well, enough talk. Decide which case you want to start on, and get going," he growls. "Right," you call after him as he disappears through the door. You examine the four stolen object cards and follow the instructions on the one that you're going after. And we're off! The score cards, the stolen object cards, and the suspect cards are normally found in the center of the book. I'll keep track of our scores, so we don't need the score cards - and the suspect cards are in the supplemental materials up top. Stolen Object Cards will be shown when we start each case. Normally, we could solve the cases in any order, but so that we can get right into it, I've chosen one at random. It's time to track down the stolen Stradivarius Violin!
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Case 1: The Stolen Violin Case Stradivarius Violin Location: Rome, Italy Background: Antonio Stradivari was born about 1644 and died in 1737. He was the most famous violin maker in history, although he also made violas and cellos. He worked in Cremona, Italy, and developed a secret varnish, which gives his violins a distinct orange-red color. Many people think the varnish produces the fine sound of the instruments. Stradivari took the secret of the varnish with him to his grave and it has never been duplicated. To investigate this crime: Go to [130]. A bit of a pause here before we continue. The book has 170 numbered sections, each containing a location, an interview with a witness, an arrest - or a dead end. Each time you see a number in [square brackets], that's a marker to move to another node. Since this is a thread, and not a book, the node numbers are mostly for show, but I'm including them for the experience. Each time we move to another node (including backtracking), that's one extra point on the score card. The lower our score at the end of the case, the better - but we do want to accuse the right person, too, and the only way to figure out whodunnit is by interviewing witnesses! [130] - Italy (Scene of the Crime) Italy at last! You're excited to be in this famous country. It has treasures dating back to the Roman Empire. And from the fourteenth through the seventeenth centuries, it was the center of learning for all of Europe. There are many well-known painters and sculptors from that time — Leonardo da Vinci, Michelangelo, Botticelli, and Raphael. There were famous musicians such as Vivaldi and Scarlatti. Galileo also lived during this time; he is best known for his work in astronomy. You realize it must have been an exciting time to live. Although you wish you could spend days touring Italy, you're not here to sightsee; it's time to work. The local Acme agent finds you and gives you a list. "The man you're after was here a short while ago," he tells you. "I've found three people who saw him right after he stole the Stradivarius violin. There are only three flights he could have taken out of the country before I was able to seal off the airport." You compliment him on his work and study his list. Should we interrogate: • The opera singer? [45] • The museum attendant? [137] • The wine presser? [89] Or are we ready to leave for: • Argentina? [108] • The Soviet Union? [21] • New Zealand? [75] Score: 1 • Case: Violin • Suspect: Male, no other information yet Decision time! From here, it's all on you. All of the witnesses will usually have some sort of clue about where the thief went. Some might occasionally have items of description that'll help you narrow it down to the right suspect. Once you're done interviewing people and have a good idea where the trail leads, it's time to catch a flight to another country. Good luck, Acme Detectives! Quackles fucked around with this message at 01:05 on Jun 7, 2019 |
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The museum attendant [137], please! This might be the first gamebook thread I ever follow and participate in, let's hope it's a good one!
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Interesting how Puerto Rico is listed like its own country  The opera singer sounds fun.
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Excellent, Would-be Inspector Grandalt is on the case. The museum attendant, seems like a good start in this hunt.
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Just in case y'all haven't seen it, the tv show on netflix mentioned in the op is *fabulous*. This book seems super fun though! I'm going museum attendant.
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[137] - Interview: Museum Attendant The museum contains a large number of famous paintings and several large marble statues. You find the attendant you're looking for, and ask him why there are so many guards running about the place. "Because we almost had a painting stolen today," he tells you. "Sounds like the villain I'm tracking down," you answer. "Can you tell me anything at all about him?" "Only that he left before taking anything, thank goodness! Now, if you'll excuse me, I'm very busy checking the security systems." He hurries back to his work. Well, not much help here. You decide to go back to the airport [130] and try another lead. Where next? Should we interrogate: • The opera singer? [45] • • The wine presser? [89] Or are we ready to leave for: • Argentina? [108] • The Soviet Union? [21] • New Zealand? [75] Score: 3 • Case: Violin • Suspect: Male, no other information yet
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Gummy Shoes Coffee at your service. The opera singer is my pick.
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Let's press the wine seller
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Junpei, Ace Detective, at your service! Opera singer! Because violins are music, and opera is music!
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Huh, thought we'd get more out of him. Opera singer.
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[45] Interview - Opera Singer The opera singer is practicing when you arrive. When she stops singing, you go onstange to talk to her. She begins to tell you about the classic Italian operas she's sung in, written by people like Verdi, Rossini, and Donizetti. Opera's not your thing, so you steer her back to the subject you're most interested in — the crook you're tracking down. "He was much more interested in opera than you are," she tells you. "And he said he was a student of ballet, too." "Never heard of him," you reply. "Ballet is a dance style," she tells you. "Is it like disco?" you ask. She just sighs. "Any idea where he might have gone?" you ask. "He mentioned going someplace where there was a lot of farmland," she answers, gruffly. "Thanks for the clue," you answer with a smile. Time to head back to the airport [130]. Where next? Should we interrogate: • • • The wine presser? [89] Or are we ready to leave for: • Argentina? [108] • The Soviet Union? [21] • New Zealand? [75] Score: 5 • Case: Violin • Suspect: Male • Destination: "someplace with a lot of farmland"
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I'm going to whine until you press the last her for information
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Wine presser
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Wine!
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[89] Interview - Wine Presser You find the wine presser hard at work in his vineyard. You expected to see him stomping the grapes down in a big barrel, but he's using a special machine instead. He laughs when you ask why he's not jumping on the grapes. "No one does that anymore," he tells you. "These machines work better than feet. Why, Italian grape-crushing machines are famous all over the world. A lot of wineries back in your United States buy our machines to do the crushing for them." "Well, maybe you can do something else for me," you say. "I'm looking for this thief." "Ah, I saw that man," the wine presser tells you, angrily. "He tried to steal a bottle of my best red wine! I threw him out. He said he was going to head for some rubles, not troubles." You ponder this information while you head back to the airport [130]. Where next? We're out of witnesses to talk to. Should we leave for: • Argentina? [108] • The Soviet Union? [21] • New Zealand? [75] Score: 7 • Case: Violin • Suspect: Male • Destination: "someplace with a lot of farmland", "rubles, not troubles"
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The Soviet Union has a lot of farmland, and... am I remembering right? Was their currency rubles? Either way, Get Back to the USSR
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Back to the... Back to the... Back in the USSR
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To glorious Soviet Russia.
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To the USSR!
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[21] - The Soviet Union Your plane lands in the Soviet Union. You take a taxi to the capital city of Moscow and go immediately to the famous Red Square. You see the Kremlin rise in front of you as you enter the square. In Russian, Kremlin means a fortified area inside a city, but most people think only of Moscow's Kremlin when they hear the word. It is the site of the tomb of Lenin, the founder of the Soviet Union. The Kremlin also houses government agencies as well as museums. You spot your contact waiting in line to see Lenin's famous glass tomb. "Sorry about this," he tells you, "but there's such a wait to see this tomb that I couldn't risk losing my place in line." "Well, I hop you did your work first," you tell him, hoping he'll see that you're a little annoyed. He hands you a list. "I did indeed," he says smugly. "There are three possible contacts and three possible places that your man might have gone to." The line starts to move again and the agent is carried along, You are left holding his list. You sigh and read it. Should we speak with: • The samovar salesman? [112] • The cosmonaut? [38] • The KGB agent? [57] Or is it time to leave for: • India? [151] • Greenland? [139] • China? [13] Score: 8 • Case: Violin • Suspect: Male • Destination: ? Quackles fucked around with this message at 03:24 on Jun 4, 2019 |
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Let's see what the salesman knows.
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Salesman!
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KGB probably knows something. They probably know everything 
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[112] Interview - Samovar Salesman The samovar salesman is a large man, who greets you with a wide smile. Samovars are large urns that are used for brewing pots of strong, hot tea. They are made from metal and are highly decorated with figures and artwork. Many of them are so beautiful, they are considered works of art. "I'm looking for a man with a stolen violin," you tell the salesman. The man growls. "I remember him," he says. He tried to steal one of my best samovars! I called the police, but he escaped. If you catch him, punch him in the nose for me!" "Do you have any idea where he went?" you ask. "Well, when he ran away, he dropped some money." The samovar salesman shows it to you. It's a ten-rupee note. You thank him and head back to the airport [21]. Where next? Should we speak with: • • The cosmonaut? [38] • The KGB agent? [57] Or is it time to leave for: • India? [151] • Greenland? [139] • China? [13] Score: 10 • Case: Violin • Suspect: Male • Destination: "rupees"
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India, they use rupees there. Not to be confused with Indonesia's rupiah!
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India!
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Talk to the spy
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[151] - India Your plane has landed in New Delhi, India. India is a large country, bounded on the north by the Himalayan Mountains. There are a large number of rivers in the country, the most famous of which is the Ganges. The two important religions of Buddhism and Hinduism both began here. It is also one of the most densely populated countries in the world. India was made up of a lot of small, independent states until it was colonized by England during the 1800's. In 1947 India became independent once again. When you land at the airport, you struggle through the crowd to reach the local Acme agent. Finally he's able to hand you a list. "I've contacted three people who saw the person you're after, and there are three places he might have gone from here." Should we talk to: • The snake charmer? [34] • The Sikh? [19] • The doctor? [133] Or should we head for: • Argentina? [90] • Puerto Rico? [40] • Japan? [62] Score: 11 • Case: Violin • Suspect: Male • Destination: ? By the way: The book doesn't offer an option for this, so I'm adding a little side note. If you want, at any time, to retrace your steps and talk to someone we didn't originally interview, it's totally doable. Just say who you want to talk to and where they were, and I'll give the juicy deets and update the score appropriately once enough players chime in.
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Snake charmer
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We Sikh a criminal Mastermind
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Talk to the doctor.
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Doctor!
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