The Wormtongue Journals: Book One

Player Rating3/8

"choose your own boredom"
based on 27 ratings since 12/14/2004
played 331 times (finished 49)

Story Difficulty3/8

"trek through the forest"

Play Length4/8

"A well spent lunch break"

Maturity Level5/8

"aren't you a little too old to be trick or treating"
Some material may be inappropriate for persons under age 13. If this were a movie, it would probably be PG-13.

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"The Wormtongue Journals (or The Secret Diaries of Dr. Richtor Kain)" is an occult adventure that is serious and involving. Parental and viewer advisory should be cautioned.

You are a detective investigating the mysterious disappearence of Dr. Richtor Kain. As you enter his house, you discover a clutter of books in his private study. The books are leather bounded with the words "R. Kain" written on it. This is the beginning of the first clue. But as you open the book, you see three words written on the first page: The Wormtongue Journals.

Who or what is Wormtongue, and does he have something to do with Dr. Kain's disappearence?

Player Comments

I read "Wormtongue" and I assumed it had something to do with Lord of the Rings. Ignoring that, I thought the game was pretty good. Nice and dark, even though I didn't really understand what the book was about or how all the events linked together.
-- Briar_Rose on 1/17/2013 9:47:02 AM
okay then
-- masterelf on 2/14/2012 12:50:09 PM
1 big problem, don't give people the option to read the book if it just ends the story, just make them read it or something
-- th*mage*of*kings on 4/7/2008 9:15:48 PM
Confusing and short.
-- weedy on 10/17/2007 10:05:45 PM
This is my first game, and I did not like what I have wrote, not because of the Satanic imagry within, but the pseudo-Lovecraft stuff that needs to be addressed further. I was under a time constraint (the computer I wrote this on was not mine) and I, being a LaVeyian, wanted to explain more of the facts of Occultic Lore, which may be in a Batman Begins of my book (meaning I will rewrite Wormtongue with a better story!)... Just give me some time... For I am working ona Ultima fan clone at the moment...
-- Author on 4/26/2007 2:50:42 AM
WTF... 3/8
-- Rommel on 3/11/2007 7:00:10 PM
Seemed kinda short- but hey, Pazuzu rules.
-- Sethaniel on 10/22/2006 10:35:53 PM
I didn't get that far in it. Towards the end there were a few one option pages, but I agreed with most of the stuff on there. A brilliant story. I'll play it again later and try to get further.
-- October on 10/13/2006 11:27:52 PM
Nice writing, but too confusing, linear, and short. I don't quite understand why he was taken away. I felt promised revelations of mystery, but was only further enshrouded. Rated this higher due to your knowledge of Pazuzu and the writing.
-- madglee on 9/8/2006 9:07:05 PM
one of the first stories i read when i got on the site. still great.
-- nate on 7/8/2006 1:19:40 PM
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