A nod of respect
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From: Play chess with the Boatman
He knows you, this one. Have you played against him before? Or does he follow your games in the living world?
Game Instructions: Careful! Losing to the Boatman may increase your Wounds to a perilous degree.
Unlocked with 
9 to 14
Challenge information
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100
- 69 - very chancy (41%)
- 85 - chancy (51%)
- 102 - modest (61%)
- 119 - very modest (71%)
- 135 - low-risk (81%)
- 152 - straightforward (91%)
- 167 - straightforward (100%)
Success
An extraordinary talent
Death comes against you in a hailstorm of pawns, a lightning-fork of bishops. Perhaps he's been holding back in the past. He has no mercy now. But neither do you. Mate in four.
Watchful is increasing…
Wounds is dropping… (-2 CP)
The Boatman's Opponent is increasing… (+3 CP)
Approaching the Gates of the Garden is increasing… (+1 CP, up to level 16)
Failure
Does he read the chess press?
He knew Ruprecht's Hook! You thought only three players in Europe understood that one. O dark dominion.
