User:Stelio
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[edit]
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[edit]
Location | Quality | Value | Last updated |
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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[edit]
Fool's opening[edit]
To increase A Player of Chess.
Progress | Action | Reasoning |
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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[edit]
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 |
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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[edit]
To increase A Player's Studies to 1.
Progress | Action | Reasoning |
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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[edit]
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 |
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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) |