2 Checks or 3?
Here's a fun 3-Checks game that I played recently. What's that? You aren't on "Team 3-Checks" yet? Danny wants you there. And so do I.
One of the most existential questions of 3-Checks is, "Why am I playing 3-Checks?" 
And, "Why can't I put emoticons in news articles?" And, "Who hacked my account and embedded this disaster?"
Okay but one of the more salient existential questions is: "I see that I can sacrifice to get two checks, but will there be a third check, or will I have decimated my army too much to win?"
Here's a great example of that:
See you on the 3-Checks side of life, my variants brethren.
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