'Entwickler and the Mince Pie Murder'
A Panzerfäuste Gamebook by Luke Passingham
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As a rule, you spend very little time mixing with any of the armoured divisions: you find die Barin to be smelly and unreliable creatures and whilst you are being driven there you amuse yourself by sketching some designs for a mechanical bear powered entirely by marmalade on a scrap of paper. When you get arrive, the area has already been cordoned off by MPs. The ranking officer snaps off a smart salute and ushers you inside, his face grim.
There are no bears present, only the body of the victim lying in one of the bear-stalls. It is that of a uniformed dwarf. It does not take much examination to see that he has been killed by a blow to the forehead with a heavy object: his skull is smashed, and blood and brain matter has soaked into the straw upon which he lies. Chunks of gore and – unusually - festive pie lie scattered about him like macabre confetti.
If you want to examine the body, go to 18