Varicella walkthrough I've several times seen "Varicella" described as an optimization game, in the sense that careful management is required to do everything in the allotted time. But I haven't seen whether anyone has tried optimizing solutions past the victory point. Since the game is of fixed duration and there's no way to hurry Wehrkeit, the obvious equivalent is to maximize the amount of time spent waiting between 1 and 3:05, while still getting the "Charles the Terror" ending. The best I've done so far is this walkthrough, which features a 45-minute wait in Varicella's quarters. (Enough time for a nap, though the game denies this--try "get in bed".) set key to 9. z. z. e. n. nw. u. u. nw. open 5. open false. get bill, knife. z. z. z. z. z. z. z. z. z. z. z. z. z. z. z. z. z. z. z. z. z. z. z. z. z. z. z. z. z. z. z. z. z. z. z. z. z. z. z. z. z. z. z. z. z. move caesar. open panel. set dial to 17. get black. put it in jack. push record. get black. drop it. se. d. se. e. n. get mask. s. e. ne. u. ne. show miss key. sw. d. sw. s. s. se. u. se. untie her. nw. g. w. s. s. e. n. bribe guard. e. give knife to her. w. n. ne. d. sw. s. w. get malt. g. put it in muck. put yellow, pink in funnel. push tile. wear mask. turn it on. d. n. n. e. w. z. get key. s. pull cord. s. s. put modo's in slot. n. u. z. z. z. z. push silver. Daniel B Cristofani (cristofdathevanetdotcom) http://www.hevanet.com/cristofd/ -- "What is in this chest?" you ask. "If that were any of your business, I'd have implemented the contents," he says.