Great Game Grinding (Guide)
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Well-Placed Pawn[edit]
- Buy them from Nightclaw's Paw-Brokers for 2
.
- 5 for Climb the dome itself (Chessboard); requires
Parabolan Dominance 4, and gives 1 CP of 
Wounds. - (18 +
Modified Glasswork) for Attend a Shrouded Soirée from the Wrong Side of the Mirror; has a Glasswork 10 check, and requires Parabolan Dominance 4 and 
A Member of the Order of Those Who Will Not Be Caught Red-Handed from Hallowmas. - 25 for Pit one Varchaasi against another; has a
Shadowy 150 and 
A Player of Chess 6 challenge, and requires you to spend resources depending on Parabolan Dominance to get to Varchas from Behind the Glass. With Parabolan Dominance 4 the starting resources are 64 x Well-Placed Pawn.
- The Epaulette Mate, Queen Mate and draw options for ending a match each give a number of pawns based on your A Player of Chess,
Position on the Board: Distance ahead and whether you succeed or fail at the check. See The Chessboard (Guide) for more information.
- 10 for Direct your network, a A Player of Chess 8 challenge.
- 21-27 for Consult the Stewards of the Discordance.
Other
- 1-3 for Sell Perfumed Gunpowder to Liberationist Revolutionaries on the Upper River card Which meeting?; costs
x 4 Perfumed Gunpowder and increases 
Advancing the Liberation of Night. How efficient this is depends on how efficiently you can source Perfumed Gunpowder.
- 65 for Supply Halcyonic Tonic to a Surface Power on the Upper River card The Railway and the Great Game. Sourcing a
Halcyonic Tonic costs on average 6 actions and 
x 2 Extraordinary Implication, so this averages less than 9.3 Pawns per action.
Final Breath[edit]
- 10 for Sell him Surveys of the Neath's Bones in exchange for
x 5 . With surveys sourced from printing a newspaper, this gives up to 7.2 Breaths per action. - 4*(
Skeleton: Amalgamy)2 (or 4*( Skeleton: Amalgamy)2.1in an Amalgamy week) for Sell to the Tentacled Entrepreneur (Skeleton). See Assembling a Skeleton (Guide) for more information.
- An amount depending on your Monograph's
Cautionary (potentially up to 222) when selling to The Exiled Antiquarian; see Writing a Monograph (Guide) for more information.
- Variable number of Breaths for Hold your breath underwater; a loop detailed here gives around 7.2 per action depending on your
Dangerous.
Moves in the Great Game[edit]
- 5 for Enter the house (Red); requires having achieved the Red ending of the Chessboard campaign and not started another campaign since. See Parabolan War (Guide) for more information.
- 2 for Sell the Investment-minded Ambassador a Weasel of Social Discomfiture; neglecting the cost of a
Lucky Weasel, this works out to 1 Move per action.
- 11-25 for Leave the barge (The Eversmoulder); costs 6
Esteem of the Guild and 2 actions. See Canal Cruising in Jericho Locks (Guide) for more information.
- 3-14 for Take tea with the Diplomat, in exchange for
x 5 Scrap of Incendiary Gossip; efficiency depends on how quickly you can get Scrap of Incendiary Gossip. With gossip sourced from Publish a seditious edition, this approaches 4.6 per action.
- An amount depending on your Monograph's
Ironic (potentially up to 219) when selling to The Disgraced Diplomat; see Writing a Monograph (Guide) for more information.
Other
- 2 for Pursue a name written in gant; only available to Licentiates, and requires a social action to play.
- (1/10) × (
Base Watchful + 
Base Persuasive) in exchange for 10 CP of 
Corresponding... via For the Game. How efficient this is depends on which kinds of letters you send and how efficiently you can obtain the materials you need to send said letters. Requires Great Game's 
Renown 40 item. - 10 for Exchange some knowledge of the Eversmoulder on the Upper River card Halfway to Hell.
Vital Intelligence[edit]
- In intelligence lets an
Oneirotect, 
Hierarch of the Hunt or 
Iniquitor pay out their Professional Activities (Guide) in intelligence. Up to about 1 every 16.7 actions.
- 1-2 for completing the heist on The Circumspect Envoy's Townhouse with either the scrolls on Vesture or the book on the Rosers and selling them to London's Ambassador.
- 1 for Send a moderate amount of Bees to Hell; this requires at least 6 actions per intelligence. See Hunting Bees in Old Newgate (Guide) for more information.
- Selling a skeleton to an Enthusiast in Skulls (when he's the Occasional Buyer at the Bone Market) gives (
Skeleton: Skulls-1)1.8. See Assembling a Skeleton (Guide) for more information. - 1 for selling an
Epaulette Mate to the Investment-Minded Ambassador.
- 2-3 for Raise a glass to (You Make Your Toasts To) when visiting the Fiddler's Scarlet; costs 3 Esteem of the Guild and 2 actions. See Canal Cruising in Jericho Locks (Guide) for more information.
- 1 for decoding an intercepted piece of post; averages 6.67 actions per intelligence for non-Midnighters, and slightly fewer for Midnighters.
- 2 for Ambush a courier on Larceny at Balmoral (card); costs 36 CP of
Casing.... With Parabola Casing... (requires Base Shadowy 206) this averages as little as 3.07 actions per Intelligence. See Casing (Guide) for more information.
- 1 for Collect your intercepted cablegrams; averages 1 every 4 actions with the right equipment. See Khaganian Intrigue (Guide) for more information. Alternatively, 1 for Tap the underzee cable; gives 1 for 15 actions.
- 1-6 for different Khaganian intrigues, taking 12 actions each. See Khaganian Intrigue (Guide) for more information.
- 1 for Vibrations on the web on the card Imports and Exports. Requires an amount of
Hinterland Prosperity depending on your 
Hinterland Efficiency and the City's Chosen Site. Gives 1 per 2.5 actions assuming maximum Efficiency and 500 Prosperity per action, and 2.4 per action with the additional assumption of Balmoral as the Chosen Site, though as some cards give 520 Prosperity rather than 500 this method should be ever so slightly more efficient.
Other
- 1 for selling 4 Perfumed Gunpowder to Liberationists on the Upper River card Which meeting?
Corresponding Sounder[edit]
- 1 for Obtain a Corresponding Sounder; requires at least 77 actions and
10 x Intercepted Cablegram. You can obtain the cablegrams at an average of 3 actions for 10 via Tap the underzee cable. See Khaganian Intrigue (Guide) for more information.
Vienna Opening[edit]
- 1 when selling to the Dreary Midnighter, who is an
Occasional Buyer:. See Assembling a Skeleton (Guide) for more information.
- 1 for Recognise an opening because of your professional affiliations; requires you to be a Midnighter.
- 6 for Recognise an opening; costs 1 x Vital Intelligence.
- 2 for turning in 4 x Favours: The Great Game to An Illustrated Novelist. Assuming card-based favours and disregarding travel costs, this takes 2.5 actions per Vienna Opening.
- 5-9 for Raise a glass to (You Make Your Toasts To) when visiting the Fiddler's Scarlet; costs 3 Esteem of the Guild and 2 actions. See Canal Cruising in Jericho Locks (Guide) for more information.
Balmoral/London
- 5 for producing an Incendiary/Luminosity or Luminosity painting. See Painting in Balmoral (Guide) for more information.
- 1 for Manoeuvre the Counter-Church; requires having established a Counter-Church.
- 1 for Explore the walls.
- 1 for Prepare a mirror attack, an option on the card The City and the Network.
Epaulette Mate[edit]
- 1 for Choose an epaulette mate at the conclusion of the Chessboard carousel.
- 0.5 on average when you Tap the underzee cable. Requires at least 15 actions. See Khaganian Intrigue (Guide) for more information.
Other:
- 1 (among other items) for Assemble a dossier at the conclusion of the 8-action The Machinations of the Masters card-based carousel. Requires having selected No Gods, No Masters as the allegiance during the initial carousel.
Queen Mate[edit]
- 1 for Choose a queen mate at the conclusion of the Chessboard carousel
- 0.5 on average when you Tap the underzee cable. Requires at least 15 actions. See Khaganian Intrigue (Guide) for more information.
- Turn in 4 Favours: The Great Game to An Illustrated Novelist. Requires
Involved in a Railway Venture 80 (a train built out to at least Balmoral).
Stalemate[edit]
- 1 for Stalemate (Action) or Force a Stalemate at the conclusion of the carousel in exchange for resources. See The Chessboard (Guide) for more information.
- 1 for A Naive Dissident; requires at least 15 actions and x 2 Intercepted Cablegram. You can obtain the cablegrams at an average of 0.6 actions for 2 via Tap the underzee cable. See Khaganian Intrigue (Guide) for more information.
- 1 for Settle your bet at the conclusion of the Hurling carousel when the two sides draw. Requires 10-14 actions, but it is difficult to guarantee the two sides draw.
- 1 for Hold up London's shining reflection to its own view or Hold up London's tarnished reflection to its own view in at least 13 actions. Minimum average action cost requires 100% success chance at multiple difficult Narrow Advanced Skill challenges to different Skills. Requires progression in
The City of the Tracklayers and gives 
+1 CP Nightmares.
Much-Needed Gap[edit]
- 1 for A Lovelorn Engineer or An Immaculate Tailor; requires at least 15 actions and x 2 Intercepted Cablegram. You can obtain the cablegrams at an average of 0.6 actions for 2 via Tap the underzee cable. See Khaganian Intrigue (Guide) for more information.
- 1 for Put the Mummified Priest on a London-bound ship; requires at least 12 actions and an
Emetic Revelation - 1 for Sell the Sounder to spies after obtaining the Sounder in a 77-action, 10 Intercepted Cablegram intrigue.
- 1 for The promise of cooperation, at the end of the 10-action card-based Against Time and Kings carousel; see Risen Burgundy (Guide)
