Witches' Brew Adventure -- Author Unknown -- SoftSide Publications, March 1982 Solution by Dale Dobson, www.gamingafter40.com From the game's introductory text: "You must find your way to the castle and rescue the princess who is chained inside its dungeon. But this is not a job for a mere mortal, you must harness the supernatural to fulfill your quest." The most difficult puzzle here is figuring out the proper order for making and using the three potions -- potential dead ends abound. Solution: E GO CAVE GET SHOVEL GET BAT S, W GO COTTAGE N DIG DROP SHOVEL GET BRACELET WEAR BRACELET S DROP BAT W LOOK WITCH GET WAND LOOK BED GET PILLOW GET MATCHES MOVE BED GO DOOR GET BOTTLE U, E, N DROP BOTTLE (wait for it to rain, move S/N if necessary until it does) GET BOTTLE S DROP WAND LOOK FIREPLACE GET METAL S, W KILL AXEMAN DROP PILLOW CLIMB TREE GO BRANCH E (branch breaks, we land on pillow) GET EGG E GO COTTAGE WASH METAL (reveals scissors) LOOK TABLE READ BOOK (invisibility spell) TURN PAGE READ BOOK (growth spell) TURN PAGE READ BOOK (shrinking spell) LIGHT FIRE DROP MATCHES (we'll make the growth spell first) SPIT CRY CUT HAIR GIVE HAIR GIVE EGG GET WAND MOVE KETTLE WAVE WAND (POOF!) GET BREW DRINK BREW (we're giant) DROP WAND (gather ingredients for shrinking spell) GET BAT S, W LOOK AXEMAN GET GLOVE (vampire bat swoops in and drains corpse of blood) WEAR GLOVE W (wander N, S, W in forest until we encounter the vampire bat) KILL BAT DROP BAT (wander N, S, W in forest if necessary until we AGAIN encounter the vampire bat) CUT WING E, E GO COTTAGE N DROP WING (stockpile ingredients here so they don't go into the pot prematurely) S, S, W GET AXE E GO COTTAGE BREAK CUPBOARD LOOK CUPBOARD DROP AXE DROP GLOVE GET CUBE S, W, W (wander N, S, W in forest until we see the swarm of flies) GET FLY (too quick normally, but we have one on the sugar cube) E, E GO COTTAGE W GO DOOR GIVE CUBE (fly attracts spider) CUT LEG U, E GET SEEDS N DROP LEG PLANT SEEDS S (gather ingredients for invisibility spell) GET GLOVE WEAR GLOVE S, W, W (wander N, S, W in forest until we see the rattlesnake) GET VENOM E, E GO COTTAGE GIVE VENOM S, W, W (wander N, S, W in forest until we see the bat again) GET BLOOD E, E GO COTTAGE GIVE BLOOD DROP GLOVE CUT NAIL GIVE NAIL GET CATNIP GIVE CATNIP (cat is happy) CUT WHISKER GIVE WHISKER DROP SCISSORS GET WAND WAVE WAND GET BREW N GET LEG GET WING S GIVE LEG GIVE WING N CLIMB BEANSTALK CLIMB BEANSTALK E DRINK BREW GO CASTLE E PUSH BUTTON (security camera is off) (now go back for the shrinking potion) W, S GO BEANSTALK D, D DROP BOTTLE (wait for it to rain, go S/N if necessary) GET BOTTLE S GIVE WATER WAVE WAND GET BREW N CLIMB BEANSTALK CLIMB BEANSTALK E GO CASTLE W LOOK DOOR (1-inch crack under it) DRINK BREW GO CRACK GIVE BREW (to the chained princess) OPEN DOOR GET PRINCESS GO DOOR E (to sudden victory!)