User:Stelio

• Vromikos on Fallen London.
• Vromikos on Reddit.

I am a source of Parabolan Kittens. If you haven't got one and you'd like one, add a reply to this Reddit thread or send me a message some other way (e.g. via the above account links or on my talk page).

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:

• Railway Board (Guide) — Influencing the Board
• Bazaar Companions (Guide)
• Making Waves (Guide) — Why increase Notability?

Useful reference values

Location	Quality	Value	Last updated
Rat Market	Calculating Demand	0 (Vital Intelligence, Mates, Sounder)	11:05, Mon 28 Oct 2024 (UTC)
	Inscrutable Demand	1 (Unlawful Device, Corresponding Sounder)	11:05, Mon 28 Oct 2024 (UTC)
	Intricate Demand	0 (Uncanny Inc., Cartographer's Hoard)	11:05, Mon 14 Oct 2024 (UTC)
	Maudlin Demand	3 (Captivating Ballad, Parabolan Parable)	11:06, Mon 28 Oct 2024 (UTC)
	Ruinous Demand	0 (Mortification, Dreadful Surmise, Retribution)	11:06, Mon 28 Oct 2024 (UTC)
	Saintly Demand	0 (Ratty Reliquary, False Hagiotoponym)	11:06, Mon 21 Oct 2024 (UTC)
	Soft Demand	1 (Parabola-Linen, Ivory Organza)	11:06, Mon 28 Oct 2024 (UTC)
	Tempestuous Demand	3 (Storm-Threnody, Night-Whisper)	11:06, Mon 28 Oct 2024 (UTC)
Bone Market	Preferred Quality	Amalgamy	11:05, Tue 29 Oct 2024 (UTC)
	Preferred Skeleton Type	15% bonus to Insect Skeletons	11:06, Tue 29 Oct 2024 (UTC)
Hearts' Game	Current Season	Duplicities	18:40, Wed 30 Oct 2024 (UTC)

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)