{"id":3011,"date":"2013-12-16T17:06:01","date_gmt":"2013-12-16T17:06:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/catwoman-cattales.com\/gallery\/thegothamrogues-chessset\/"},"modified":"2019-07-02T18:55:43","modified_gmt":"2019-07-02T18:55:43","slug":"thegothamrogues-chessset","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/catwoman-cattales.com\/gallery\/thegothamrogues-chessset\/","title":{"rendered":"The Gotham Rogues: Chess Set"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Waiting for Batman at the Repo and Houg Lair in The Gotham Rogues<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The chess set fashioned after the various Rogues came into being, fittingly, in The Gotham Rogues<\/a> when they are the weapons Riddler uses on their side of the war against Carmine Falcone and the mobs. It was presumably built by The Z and is the focus of a stellar conversation in Riddler’s confrontation with Batman in Chapter 6: Against Belief.<\/p>\n

\u201cInteresting choice. Most people would have made him the king.\u201d
\n\u201cMost people are idiots,\u201d Riddler observed. \u201cKing is not only the weakest piece on the board, he\u2019s the most predictable. Moves one square, can\u2019t put himself in check, and because he\u2019s so gosh-darn important, he doesn\u2019t move at all until there are no options left. Bishop, on the other hand, can wreak havoc just by existing. Move the pawn sitting in front of him, it\u2019s a whole new game board.\u201d
\nBehind Batman\u2019s mask, Bruce looked up sharply. It was a shockingly brilliant analysis.
\n\u201cDiagonal moves,\u201d Batman noted. \u201cPsychologically more erratic, amidst the squares and straight lines of the board.\u201d
\nEddie shook his head, dissatisfied with the idea.
\n\u201cNo, to play that game, the most psychologically irrational movement is the knight\u2019s\u2026 I didn\u2019t want to do that. You were going to see it. That seemed\u2026 needlessly rude.\u201d <\/p><\/blockquote>\n

But it would be back! A prop like that was too wonderful to disappear from the tale forever, and Selina unearthed it for a little payback two tales later in Inside an Enigma<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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