A Drunk Man Looks at the Thistle DECODED

　　"A Drunk Man Looks at the Thistle"

　　by Scottish poet Hugh MacDiarmid

　　was published in 1926.

　　@LadyOrTheTiger wanted to know

　　what happened to the titular drunk man.

　　Did he prick his thumbs on the thistle's needles?

　　Play the game to find out.

　　Made for Gaming Like It's 1926.

　　From January 1st 2022, works from 1926

　　entered the public domain.

　　This narrative game documents the process

　　of a pleb decoding a rather baffling poem.

　　UPDATE: Winner of Best Digital Game.

　　Thank you to Techdirt for the lovely write-up.

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Status	Released
Platforms	Windows, Linux
Release date	Mar 08, 2019
Rating	Rated 5.0 out of 5 stars (2 total ratings)
Author	Vedor
Genre	Adventure
Made with	REXPaint
Tags	2D, Seven Day Roguelike Challenge, 7drl2019, Roguelike, roguelike-like
Code license	BSD 2-clause 'Simplified' License
Average session	A few minutes
Languages	English
Inputs	Keyboard
Links	github