It introduces the common commands and mindset of text adventures, one step at a time.

There's an extensive help system describing standard IF commands, as well as puzzle hints.

Of course, you can turn off the hints and the tutorials, and play The Dreamhold as a serious adventure.

The puzzles are not extremely difficult, but they should offer some challenge to both experienced players and newcomers. (If the challenge is insufficient, there's an "expert" mode which makes some of the puzzles harder.)

And if you search beyond the main storyline, you may discover more complexities.

I've tried to create a game which rewards many species of adventurer: the inexperienced newcomer, the puzzle-hurdler, the casual tourist, the meticulous explorer, the wild experimenter, the seeker after nuances and implications.

This package includes Frotz, a free interpreter which allows you to play the game on Windows.