Hi there Pteren, I'm so sorry to miss this comment earlier. Thank you for your feedback- can I ask, what was the initiative score of the bugs, and did you follow the "group check" rules on page 16? Retreat only requires half the party to be successful on their rolls, so it seems like very bad luck for them to fail three times in a row! I could definitely see this happening, though- in which case, I think that's a good mercy rule to implement! Maybe i'll consider letting each player reroll their retreat attempt at the cost of 1 endurance per, to make sure the party can really scramble when they need to.