onigame
Level: Goblin
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Call me stupid, but I don't get this one.

1. Can't make any progress until one gets the first mimic potion.
2. Can't get the second mimic potion until all three switches in the upper-left are hit.
3. So, first mimic has to go somewhere in that upper-left area.
4a. If first mimic is placed in the upper-right of that area, we can get all the trapdoors and all the switches, but can't get the roach in the lower-left, so the second mimic has to go there.
4b. If first mimic gets that roach, then we can get all the switches but not all the trapdoors, so the second mimic again has to go somewhere in the upper-left.
5. Therefore, both mimics start in that area, and only one can escape -- which means that mimic has to somehow hit the switch at the bottom (because we're stuck in the upper-right once we get two mimic potions.

But I can't figure out how to make a mimic south enough to get that switch at the bottom.

Any suggestions?

michthro
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What I did was to

ChrisB
Level: Delver

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This hold is too much at the moment for my brain, though I have conquered some rooms.






Help please!!

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Dali
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You don't have to place the mimic in 1 if you manage to get out the roach from the little chamber.
So place it in position 2 and you'll be able to complete the room, after you get out the roach.

How you get out the roach? Look what michthro said.

ChrisB
Level: Delver

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Thanks Dali - I was reading through the threads in Architecture & now see what Larymurk meant about "multiple times".

Next time I'll engage brain before posting.

Cheers
Chris

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If the pen is mightier than the sword, why does Beethro not use a pen??
The pen may be mightier than the sword, but it's no match for an AK47!!