Not that one Bernard.

Poetry puts the statues in place
To open a door through time and space

I have absolutely no idea.

Beyond Time?

Not Beyond Time flotsam although a good guess.

I'm not sure if the game I picked fits the rules of this thread. It's actually a casual adventure game. Sorry if I wasn't supposed to use that type of game. But we're here now, so onward

Next clue...

A village of people
They must know something
Yet no one is talking
Til I find that one thing

Another clue then....

Big guy has an appetite for stinky fish.

Reah?

Is it Case of the Crabs?

Is it :
"The Legend Of Crystal Valley" ?

One of Eve's 1st tasks as she returns to her family home
after a long absence.

{I am just finishing this one.}

katbear has the winning answer

Katbear would like to pass on doing the next round. So I will be passing it on to another willing player. Is anyone up for the challenge?

The overwhelming number of volunteers made me decide to take up the gauntlet. Another little text adventure with some clues hidden within. This time the clues won't be in italic though!

Being a private investigator, your current employer asked you to search for his missing wife. Earlier clues led you to a house in the outskirts of a small town. It seems there's nobody in the house. The door is locked tightly.

There's a doormat with the word "WELCOME" imprinted on it. The door is to the north, there are exits to the west and the east. To the south you can see the car that brought you here.

So if the clues aren't in italics, we're supposed to guess which part is the clue? No fair...

> Inventory

Why am I thinking that I played this game a long time ago, back in the Sierra days? Never finished the game though, so not willing to take a guess.

I'll have a guess at Martin Mystere?

> Check under the mat for a key.

Is it Shivers? I'm thinking of the "Welcome" song in that game.

Shany, you have to look through the eyes of a seasoned detective, there will be lots of red herrings! It's up to you and the other players to come to a logical conclusion.

>Inventory

In the pocket are just a torchlight and an ID card.

>check under mat

There's no key! Instead you find a small tile, it looks like it's a part of a slider puzzle. There's a partial of an image on it, but too small to recognize what it depicts.

It's sunset, the sky in the west has the colour of the lava of an erupting volcano. Pretty soon it will be dark and the moon will be the only source of light.

> use torch on tile, then rub tile on doormat. Ahhh ........

Nothing happens!

Examine ID card.

>_

Pompeii, The Legend of Vesuvius?

Exit to the West.

>_

>look at inventory. A tile, torch and ID card. Recall that you once saw a book in a window in a Gabriel Knight game.

Reject that and wander north to what looks like the Chapel.

Riven?

Pick up photo. Combine first and second tiles.

>_