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Esoteric Stratagems in Board Gaming
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  • 1. Deceptive maneuver blurring opponent’s judgment in bluff-centric card games
  • 3. Lure an opponent into a strategically disadvantageous position
  • 5. In grid-based games, forcing an opponent into a defensive line or 'check'
  • 7. A misleading clue or move to divert adversaries’ attention
  • 9. Brief deceptive move to simulate an advance before retreating
  • 11. Tactic to immobilize or restrict opponent’s options fully
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  • 2. Tactic apparently self-contradictory but advantageous in asymmetric game theory
  • 4. A chess compulsion leaving no good moves, derived from German for 'compulsion to move'
  • 6. Surprise betrayal move often used in alliance-heavy board games
  • 8. Sudden reversal strategy to reclaim lost traction in positional games
  • 10. Complex feint designed to mask true intentions in multi-phase games
  • 12. Tactical alteration of control over spatial regions or territories
  • 13. Deliberate sacrifice to gain incremental advantage, Latin-rooted term

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