User:Stelio
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For quick reference...
| Business | Pleasure | External |
|---|---|---|
Chess gambits
Fool's opening
To increase 
A Player of Chess.
| Progress | Action | Reasoning |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Follow the movements of the pieces | Best chance to increase A Player of Chess |
| 2 | Follow the movements of the pieces | Best chance to increase A Player of Chess |
| 3 | Play aggressively | No downside |
| 4 | Play aggressively | No downside |
| 5 | If losing: Allow yourself to be sacrificed / else to epaulette mate | Avoids waste of actions, Justificande Coin +1 |
Midnighter's mate
To guarantee being able to choose a mate, even with low A Player of Chess. Requires 
Midnighter profession. Costs 
1 × Justificande Coin (gained through fool's opening above).
| Progress | Action | Reasoning |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Recognise an opening because of your professional affiliations | Vienna Opening +1 |
| 2 | Open with a strong move | Vienna Opening -1, Advantage +4 |
| 3 | Use your people however proves necessary | Justificande Coin -1, Moves in the Great Game +2, Advantage -1 |
| 4 | Make a move you know will work | Moves in the Great Game -1, Advantage +1 |
| 5 | Make a move you know will work | Moves in the Great Game -1, Advantage +1 |
| 6 | Play aggressively | Advantage ±3, no downside |
| 7 | On 6: Pass = Play aggressively / Fail = Play defensively | Advantage ±3, no downside / Advantage ±1 |
| 8 | Choose a queen mate / Choose an epaulette mate | Depending on goal |
Master's sacrifice
To increase 
A Player's Studies to 1.
| Progress | Action | Reasoning |
|---|---|---|
| 0 | Play as white / black | Red cannot sabotage its own side |
| 1 | Follow the movements of the pieces | Weakness +1 |
| 2 | Follow the movements of the pieces | Weakness +1 |
| 3 | Sabotage your side | Weakness +3 |
| 4 | Sabotage your side | Weakness +3 |
| 5 | Sabotage your side | Weakness +3 |
| 6 | Sabotage your side | Weakness +3 |
| 7 | Sabotage your side | Weakness +3 |
| 8 | Recognise new possibilities in the depth of your loss | A Player's Studies =1 |
Crushing victory
To increase A Player's Studies to 2. Costs 
2 × Vienna Opening. 100% success at APoC 8+, 59% success at APoC 7, 33% success at APoC 6.
| Progress | Action | Reasoning |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Open with a strong move | Advantage +4, Vienna Opening -1 |
| 2 | Open with a strong move | Advantage +4, Vienna Opening -1 |
| 3 | Play aggressively | Advantage ±3, guaranteed success at APoC 8 |
| 4 | Play aggressively | Advantage ±3, guaranteed success at APoC 8 |
| 5 | Play aggressively | Advantage ±3, guaranteed success at APoC 8 |
| 6 | Play aggressively | Advantage ±3, guaranteed success at APoC 8 |
| 7 | Play aggressively | Advantage ±3, guaranteed success at APoC 8 |
| 8 | Recognise new possibilities in the height of your win | A Player's Studies =2 (Needs 23 Advantages) |
Actuaries
One must also consider the nature of the speaker
The Implacable Actuary
The Knight of Livers — "Actuarial tables are subject to a lesser-known Treachery..."
Exceedingly Unfortunate Yet Again — Driven to Madness by Actuarial Tables!- The Mild-Mannered Mondaine — She works at M.H. Chutt &c., Registered Actuaries
Actuarial Value of Your Embedded Agent- Players that are actuaries: Vromikos, Zolana.
Wiki work
I'm late to the game, having joined in Hallowmas 1899 (2023). Nevertheless I've found some niches in the wiki where I can add value beyond making corrections and cross-linking pages:
