A murder mystery, taking place at a spooky plantation in the 1920's. College student Laura Bow is invited by her friend Lillian to come along to what has to be the most dysfunctional family gathering ever. The only problem is, various members of the family begin to mysteriously disappear! Done in the traditional Sierra adventure game style.

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Alternate Titles

"The Colonel's Bequest: A Laura Bow Mystery" -- Tag-lined title
"Laura Bow 1" -- slang

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Now they're alive. Now they're dead	B14ck W01f (37398)
Top mystery game.	MAT (46948)
The embodiment of Roberta Williams' virtues and flaws	Colin Rowsell (45)	unrated
You had to have been there.	William Shawn McDonie (1161)
Suspensful non-stop rollercoaster riding murder-mystery adventure game!	OlSkool_Gamer (99)
One big cliche but still fun	Travis Owens (7)

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The Press Says

Tilt	Apr, 1990	18 out of 20	90
Jeuxvideo.com	Mar 12, 2010	17 out of 20	85
Adventure Classic Gaming	Nov 07, 2007		80
Adventure Gamers	Apr 10, 2003		80
Quandary	Aug, 2004		70
Power Play	Apr, 1990	68 out of 100	68

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Trivia

In one of Sierra's more creative copy-protection schemes, Colonel's Bequest came with a red-lined foldout with "fingerprints" of characters in the game. Using a special red-gel "magnifying glass," you would identify these fingerprints for entry before being allowed to start the game.

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