Dangerous pastimes
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From: A meeting with the Implacable Detective
"I understand you're engaged on other business just now. But perhaps you'd care for a game of chess?"
Game Instructions: This will always exchange Whispered Hints for Incendiary Gossip, but winning the game is better.
Unlocked with 
100 x Whispered Hint, 
Playing Cat and Mouse with an Evasive Target 1
Challenge information
- 82 - very chancy (41%)
- 102 - chancy (51%)
- 122 - modest (61%)
- 142 - very modest (71%)
- 162 - low-risk (81%)
- 182 - straightforward (91%)
- 200 - straightforward (100%)
Success
A notable battle
The conversation is fascinating enough […] but at last the Detective nods and topples her king with one dark, withered finger. "Not bad," she concedes. "And don't repeat what I told you about the Consort's condition. I trust to your discretion."
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Watchful is increasing…
You've gained 5 x Scrap of Incendiary Gossip
You've lost 100 x Whispered Hint
You've lost 1 x Implacable Detective's Business Card
Failure
A close-run affair
The Detective's conversation is simply too fascinating. She smiles very faintly as you acknowledge defeat. At least you've learnt a thing or two.
- Watchful is increasing…
- You've gained 4 x Scrap of Incendiary Gossip
- You've lost 100 x Whispered Hint
- You've lost 1 x Implacable Detective's Business Card
