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From: Supervise the New Game

Where is that rook going? What about the bishop?

Game Instructions: Success will significantly increase your Player of Chess, though it may make you less likely to win this particular game. This is a good idea if you are new to the Chessboard.

Unlocked with Progress on the Board, Colour at the Chessboard

Challenge information

Broad, Watchful 200

• 137 - very chancy (41%)
• 170 - chancy (51%)
• 204 - modest (61%)
• 237 - very modest (71%)
• 270 - low-risk (81%)
• 304 - straightforward (91%)
• 334 - straightforward (100%)
  

Success

Which is that, then?

For a game with two sides, there are a surprising number of factions. This White bishop, for instance, represents Turkish interests, while the other one is... Russian?

• Watchful is increasing…
•  A Player of Chess is increasing… (+2 CP, up to level 5 + A Player's Studies)
•  You've gained 1 x Progress on the Board
•  You've gained 1 x Strategic Weaknesses
• You now have ( Positional Advantages- Strategic Weaknesses) x Position on the Board: Distance ahead
•  You now have ( Strategic Weaknesses- Positional Advantages) x Position on the Board: Distance behind

Rare Success

Aha!

You know who that knight represents. The Spy in question has a reputation for poisoning and a grudge against anyone from Zagreb. If she is traveling south, then...

• Watchful is increasing…
•  A Player of Chess is increasing… (+3 CP, up to level 5 + A Player's Studies)
•  You've gained 1 x Progress on the Board
•  You've gained 1 x Strategic Weaknesses
• You now have ( Positional Advantages- Strategic Weaknesses) x Position on the Board: Distance ahead
•  You now have ( Strategic Weaknesses- Positional Advantages) x Position on the Board: Distance behind
•  You've gained 1 x Incisive Observation

Failure

Too much and too little

The positions on the board do not make sense. What you see, you don't understand, except that it is tending toward something bloody and terrible. All the pawns on both sides, dead in a muddy field— You blink. The board settles.

• Watchful is increasing…
•  Nightmares is increasing… (+1 CP)
•  You've gained 1 x Progress on the Board
•  You've gained 1 x Strategic Weaknesses
• You now have ( Positional Advantages- Strategic Weaknesses) x Position on the Board: Distance ahead
•  You now have ( Strategic Weaknesses- Positional Advantages) x Position on the Board: Distance behind