Systemless game library

The Fool's Errand

Solve a story-spanning collection of Tarot-inspired puzzles in Cliff Johnson's Macintosh classic.

Cliff Johnson, 1987

The Fool's Errand gameplay

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A journey through the Land of Tarot

The Fool's Errand puzzle grid in Systemless

Cliff Johnson's puzzle story asks the Fool to explore a land of Tarot cards, solve its varied riddles, and assemble the Sun's map. This entry preserves the creator's own Macintosh download, including its separate prologue application and puzzle data.

The creator retains the game's copyright. This browser listing uses his unchanged, freely offered Macintosh download.

License

Licensing information recorded for this game archive. These terms are separate from the Systemless runtime and website licenses.

Game archive

License
No license recorded
Rights holder
Cliff Johnson
Redistribution
Recorded as permitted

Permission

Cliff Johnson's archived site publicly offers his games without charge while asking players to respect their copyrights and trademarks. This is the unchanged Macintosh ZIP linked from his own download page; no claim of an open-source licence or broader rights is made.

Notes

Original ZipIt Macintosh package with the game application, its puzzle data, and the separate Prologue & Finale companion. The preserved ZIP is 514,100 bytes with SHA-256 fc12d8ea0ce9c8f016191b6dabf22e04d73de726dc6940f3289b1831cfa70613.

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