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Hello

New to IF and going away for Easter. I will only have my IOS devices when I go away with me so won't have any automapping or mapping software to hand as I would on my PC at home.

I would love to knuckle down to some IF in my hotel as it is going to snow like hell. Can anyone recommend so good single room or not too mappy IF for me to play whilst I am away?

Thank you for your help and happy easter!

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Octofuzz

Plotkin's "Shade" comes to mind.

Most modern IF does not require significant mapping. Off the top of my head, Alabaster, Shrapnel, Gun Mute, Aisle, and Bonehead and The Moonlit Tower are all fine games and non-mappy, though some of them have small maps.

Photopia. Warbler's Nest. Six. 9:05.
One rooms or no map needed.

Or: Anchorhead and Trinity.
I didnt use a map. It's a way of getting used to it. I actually played Anchorhead in the iPhone.

EDIT: This as a joke. They are maybe the worst nightmare for mappers. Don't try this at home!

I have downloaded pretty much all of the Z-Machine IF's that you have mentioned so far. Thanks!

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Octofuzz

Zarf also came up with another excellent single-room IF, Dual Transform:

http://www.eblong.com/zarf/zweb/dual/

both can be completed in less than an hour or so...

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IF without puzzles is simply like a novel where you turn pages by typing "go north" or other silly and useless nonsense.

Violet and Hoosegow are two other highly rated one room games, and both have the advantage of being pretty funny.

Nooooo. Certainly not Trinity, which has at least one timed puzzle that requires you to know where you're going.

While Anchorhead's map is pretty intuitive once you've got the hang of it, and I don't dispute that it's playable without mapping, I think that mapping would make life a lot easier at first. Particularly for a novice player.