key-smiter
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and the room is not solvable from that point as a result. I can divert the first roach into the arrow trap, but there's still not near enough time to get over to column 27 where the roach queen is.

(Or I can go around the north, but the most I can do is fry a single roach every thirty turns. Semi-fun, but pointless.)

So - how do I start this room to keep from running into trouble immediately?

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key-smiter wrote:
So - how do I start this room to keep from running into trouble immediately?

np: The Orb - Mother Nature (The Dream)

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Briareos wrote:

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×It helps to keep in mind that a queen also won't spawn on a tile where a roach moved away from...

Well. After all these years of DROD holds, I don't think I've ever run across this "feature". Thanks!

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What do I do now? I can't get to the left and back fast enough, even if I let a roach grow on the right.

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Kafka wrote:
What do I do now? I can't get to the left and back fast enough, even if I let a roach grow on the right.

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Thanks CSR; I thought I had tried that, but I must have given up too early.

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