A tactical opportunity: a game of cricket

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From: A Bad Case of Rattus Faber


The fog is thick as stew at the window. The rats weary of war. One by one they emerge from their tunnels, waving an antimacassar as a sign of truce. A scarred L.B. hopefully holds up a small but beautifully-crafted cricket bat and a ball […]

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Unlocked with Troubled by Vermin 5 - 49, The Airs of London 0 - 5


Challenge information

Broad, Dangerous 25

  • 18 - very chancy (43%)
  • 22 - chancy (52%)
  • 26 - modest (62%)
  • 30 - very modest (72%)
  • 34 - low-risk (81%)
  • 38 - straightforward (91%)
  • 42 - straightforward (100%)

Success

"How's that?"

For one day you are friendly rivals[…]. The game is broadly fair: your size balances their numbers. You win […] In a gentlemanly display, the scarred L.B. presents you with their rostygold trophy and shakes your thumb with its paw.[…]

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Failure

A sound thrashing

That scarred L.B. has a […] unforgivable leg spin. […] a particularly acute ball takes the wicket, the match and the handle off one of your better cups[…]

The […]rats leave you the antimacassar as a sort of consolation prize. Hang on, this is yours.

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