The Fool and His Money is a puzzle game by Cliff Johnson. It is a self-published sequel to the 1987 game The Fool's Errand. The title is a reference to Thomas Tusser's famous proverb, "A fool and his money are soon parted." Like its predecessor, The Fool and His Money contains many different types of logic and word puzzles that center on a story with a medieval tarot deck theme.
Originally expected in late 2003, the game experienced dozens of postponements.
On February 4, 2009, Johnson released a functioning preview of the game, containing the Prologue and five puzzles.
The game was released on October 25, 2012, one day earlier than finally promised, having taken ten years to produce. It is written using Adobe Director with embedded Flash.
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“The trouble with this country is that there are too many politicians who believe, with a conviction based on experience, that you can fool all of the people all of the time.”
—Franklin Pierce Adams (1881–1960)
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—Prince Philip (b. 1921)