In chess, the White Queen can’t sweet-talk a Black Knight into leaving her be; in Squad Leader, a group of soldiers can’t sneak through an occupied village dressed as nuns. In an RPG, you really can try anything you can think of, and that’s a feature that thrives on anarchy.
Quotes on chess
There are two classes of men: those who are content to yield to circumstances, and who play whist; and those who aim to control circumstances, and who play chess.
