Mad Kings & Queens, Final [Monday, Period 4]

[atreideslioness]

When the class arrived today, they'd find the desks missing. Instead, there were cushions on the floor surrounding a number of low tables, and each table held one of two boxes.

"I'm going to assume that most of you are completely unable to focus on anything remotely academic today," Ghanima stated. "So today we're going to do a practical application."

"There is always a cost to removing a corrupt monarch from power," she continued. "People. Resources. There's not even a guarantee that you'll win."

"Each of you is a revolutionary trying to save their people. The person opposite you is a corrupt or insane ruler, that must be deposed." Ghanima held up one pawn, smiling. "It's up to each of you to decide where to draw the line for acceptable loss. Each army you lose is a point off your grade, unless you win it all."

"Welcome to your final. Pair up, or make teams, and have fun."

[Last verse, same as the first. Wait for the OCD! OCD up! Show her what you've learned!]

Comments

Re: Activity: Risk or Chess!

[cataclysmicluck.livejournal.com]

After a few more moves, Zayne was pretty sure he'd set his side of the board up pretty effectively. He had pieces he could attack with, he had pieces he could defend with. He really couldn't see where there were any holes.

Granted, he wasn't a great strategist, so he was possibly missing something. Or many somethings.

Re: Activity: Risk or Chess!

[momslilassassin]

Ben moved his queen to exploit a hole Zayne hadn't noticed. "Check."

Re: Activity: Risk or Chess!

[cataclysmicluck.livejournal.com]

Zayne looked at the board. He didn't want to sacrifice a piece to protect the king. That seemed like it might be counterproductive for the ultimate goal of minimizing losses. So instead of moving a bishop to block, Zayne moved his king a space to get out of check.

Re: Activity: Risk or Chess!

[momslilassassin]

Ben moved his rook. "Checkmate," he said, smiling.

Re: Activity: Risk or Chess!

[cataclysmicluck.livejournal.com]

"Huh. That was faster than I expected," Zayne said.

Looking at the board, though, he noticed that he had only lost a few pieces. At least it wasn't a total loss.

Re: Activity: Risk or Chess!

[momslilassassin]

"No reason to get a lot of good people, um, pawns killed," Ben said, "when the king is the target."

Re: Activity: Risk or Chess!

[cataclysmicluck.livejournal.com]

"My grade appreciates that," Zayne said.