<s>
Quarterstaff	B-Application
:	I-Application
The	I-Application
Tomb	I-Application
of	I-Application
Setmoth	I-Application
is	O
an	O
interactive	O
fiction	O
role-playing	O
video	O
game	O
developed	O
by	O
Scott	O
Schmitz	O
and	O
Ken	O
Updike	O
and	O
released	O
by	O
Infocom	O
for	O
Macintosh	B-Device
in	O
1988	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
game	O
features	O
a	O
text	B-Application
parser	I-Application
,	O
graphics	O
,	O
a	O
dynamically	O
updated	O
map	O
,	O
and	O
a	O
graphical	B-Application
interface	I-Application
that	O
incorporates	O
Mac	B-Application
OS	I-Application
hierarchical	O
menus	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
player	O
takes	O
the	O
part	O
of	O
Titus	O
,	O
a	O
former	O
blacksmith	O
sent	O
by	O
the	O
Druid	B-Application
Council	O
to	O
explore	O
the	O
remains	O
of	O
an	O
underground	O
colony	O
of	O
druids	B-Application
who	O
vanished	O
without	O
a	O
trace	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Quarterstaff	B-Application
:	I-Application
The	I-Application
Tomb	I-Application
of	I-Application
Setmoth	I-Application
was	O
based	O
on	O
Quarterstaff	B-Application
,	O
a	O
game	O
released	O
by	O
Simulated	O
Environment	O
Systems	O
in	O
1987	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Simulated	O
Environment	O
Systems	O
designed	O
the	O
game	O
to	O
support	O
add-on	O
modularity	O
,	O
and	O
planned	O
to	O
create	O
a	O
town	O
module	O
to	O
serve	O
as	O
a	O
hub	O
from	O
which	O
to	O
send	O
the	O
characters	O
of	O
Quarterstaff	B-Application
on	O
other	O
adventures	O
,	O
retaining	O
their	O
inventories	O
and	O
experience	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Versions	O
for	O
the	O
Apple	B-Device
IIGS	I-Device
and	O
IBM	B-Device
PC	I-Device
were	O
announced	O
but	O
never	O
released	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
StarCraft	O
,	O
Inc	O
.	O
released	O
Japanese	O
language	O
versions	O
of	O
Quarterstaff	B-Application
for	O
PC-98	B-Operating_System
in	O
1990	O
and	O
Sharp	B-Device
X68000	I-Device
in	O
1991	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Simulated	O
Environment	O
Systems	O
version	O
of	O
Quarterstaff	B-Application
was	O
reviewed	O
positively	O
in	O
Dragon	O
,	O
which	O
called	O
it	O
"	O
among	O
the	O
finest	O
fantasy	O
role-playing	O
games	O
available	O
for	O
any	O
system	O
"	O
and	O
"	O
the	O
most	O
true	O
to	O
form	O
FRP	O
game	O
we	O
've	O
found	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Dragon	O
praised	O
the	O
game	O
's	O
NPC	O
artificial	B-Application
intelligence	I-Application
and	O
the	O
need	O
to	O
coordinate	O
the	O
actions	O
of	O
player	O
characters	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Macworld	O
reviewed	O
the	O
Simulated	O
Environment	O
Systems	O
version	O
of	O
Quarterstaff	B-Application
,	O
praising	O
its	O
UI	O
,	O
stating	O
that	O
the	O
"	O
Interface	O
lets	O
you	O
concentrate	O
on	O
solving	O
game	O
puzzles	O
,	O
rather	O
than	O
on	O
the	O
quirks	O
of	O
the	O
interface	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Macworld	O
furthermore	O
praises	O
its	O
"	O
flexible	O
"	O
gameplay	O
,	O
expressing	O
that	O
"	O
Quarterstaff	B-Application
offers	O
a	O
refreshing	O
degree	O
of	O
flexibility	O
in	O
the	O
types	O
of	O
activity	O
it	O
will	O
accept	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
They	O
call	O
Quarterstaff	B-Application
"	O
a	O
new	O
approach	O
to	O
an	O
old	O
computer-game	O
genre.	O
"	O
</s>
<s>
MacUser	O
magazine	O
rated	O
the	O
Simulated	O
Environment	O
Systems	O
version	O
of	O
Quarterstaff	B-Application
four	O
out	O
of	O
five	O
mice	O
,	O
calling	O
it	O
a	O
"	O
must-have	O
"	O
for	O
fantasy	O
role-playing	O
fans	O
and	O
saying	O
that	O
it	O
"	O
closely	O
approximates	O
what	O
it	O
's	O
like	O
to	O
play	O
a	O
non-computer	O
fantasy	O
role-playing	O
game.	O
"	O
</s>
<s>
Tilt	O
gave	O
the	O
Infocom	O
version	O
of	O
Quarterstaff	B-Application
18	O
out	O
of	O
20	O
,	O
singling	O
out	O
the	O
game	O
's	O
digitized	O
sound	O
and	O
high	O
quality	O
writing	O
,	O
and	O
describing	O
the	O
interface	O
as	O
a	O
model	O
of	O
flexibility	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Tilt	O
praised	O
the	O
game	O
's	O
blend	O
of	O
role-playing	O
and	O
adventure	O
game	O
elements	O
and	O
called	O
Quarterstaff	B-Application
the	O
best	O
game	O
they	O
'd	O
seen	O
on	O
the	O
Macintosh	B-Device
that	O
year	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Included	O
with	O
Quarterstaff	B-Application
were	O
:	O
</s>
