Path: utzoo!utgpu!bnr-vpa!bnr-fos!tartarus!keithh
From: keithh@tartarus.uucp (Keith Hanlan)
Newsgroups: comp.sources.games.bugs
Subject: Problem with X-wanderer
Summary: Spiders stuck in loop and don't chase me
Message-ID: <187@bnr-fos.UUCP>
Date: 19 Nov 88 22:36:04 GMT
Sender: news@bnr-fos.UUCP
Reply-To: keithh@tartarus.UUCP (Keith Hanlan)
Organization: Bell-Northern Research, Ottawa, Canada
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I started playing xwanderer a little while ago and have worked my
way to the point where I am being challenged by "spiders" (?).
Unfortunately I can't seem to lure them away from their holding
patterns. Am I missing some fundamental strategy? Even when I shoot them
with arrows or drop rocks on them, nothing happens except, perhaps, to
briefly disrupt their pattern until they settle into a new one.

I have seen lots of discussion on the solvability of various levels but
these are seemingly all at level 13 or higher. I haven't reached this
point yet. 

The distribution I built from contained only 13 screens so I may not
have received the most recent one. Also, there is no Save mechanism
documented in my version. 

Any suggestions would be appreciated; it is a great game.

I do not have access to internet so I cannot ftp from archive sites.
If I need more up-to-date source, could somebody please volunteer it?

Thank you,
Keith Hanlan
Bell-Northern Research
{uunet!attcan!}utgpu!bnr-vpa!bnr-fos!titan!keithh <- haven't tried this yet