The duel skill carries game two's scars

Scoreboard-first thinking, the contested bank, free-angle LOS, the
illusionary-attack counter rule, router-before-sprint, and Eric's
meta-warfare against bot upgrades.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Fable 5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
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- Walking-dead bleeds ½ life per space moved, permanently. Once cursed, - Walking-dead bleeds ½ life per space moved, permanently. Once cursed,
every plan must be priced in steps. every plan must be priced in steps.
## Game-two scars (each cost me the game or nearly)
- **RECOUNT THE SCOREBOARD EVERY TURN**: how many treasures does each
player have banked AT HOME right now? I sprinted a "winning" delivery
in game two that was actually my FIRST of two — Eric had un-banked me
five rounds earlier and let me monologue. Banked counts, not vibes.
- A banked treasure is NOT safe: anyone can pick it up off your home
square and carry it away. Guard the bank or count it as contested.
- LOS is FREE-ANGLE center-to-center (the rulebook's rule), not rows
and columns: razor diagonals threading open gaps are legal for
everyone — including at you. The board draws bent/straight traces.
- ILLUSIONARY ATTACK deals its imitated spell's damage if NOT
countered; ANY counteraction dispels it entirely. Counter it with
the cheapest thing you hold; never "call the bluff" by passing.
- Never trust your ASCII parse of the map for multi-step plans: run a
BFS over `view.board.edges` (see tools/claude-seat.mjs view JSON, or
write a quick router) before spending a number card on a sprint. I
burned a 7-move turn bouncing off six misread walls.
- Eric counter-plays YOUR bot upgrades: he summoned a troll bodyguard
specifically against the archmage's exile-the-winner instinct, and
relocated MY home sector mid-carry. Expect meta-warfare.
- In 4p with automatons: the bots are chaos agents — they stun, exile,
disease, and con. Herd them at Eric; never assume they're on script.
## Playing well ## Playing well
- Kestrel (Eric) is EXCELLENT: he baited my thief, saved anti-anti for - Kestrel (Eric) is EXCELLENT: he baited my thief, saved anti-anti for