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Play chess with giant pieces such as an orc and a boar.  The quest for this Easter Egg allows pieces to come to life and manifest ghosts.  It is called [[Sacred 2:Nouveau Varguz|Nouveau Varguz]] and is given by the orc chieftain in Tharak, where it will take you to a cave just northwest of that town.
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Play chess with giant pieces such as an orc and a boar.  The quest for this Easter Egg allows pieces to come to life and manifest ghosts.  It is called [[Sacred 2:Nouveau Varguz|Nouveau Varguz]] and is given by the orc chief Gintonic Icelump in Tharak, where it will take you to a cave just west of that town.
  
 
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http://www.sacredwiki.org/images/Sacred_2/Easter%20Eggs/hp5.jpg
  
It is bugged in MP, but can be completed with the use of the last Community Patch for SP.
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It has been reported as being bugged in multiplayer on some versions of Ice and Blood, but can be completed with the use of the last Community Patch.  
  
  
 
== Explanation: ==
 
== Explanation: ==
  
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This quest has two variations. Both the Single Player and Multiplayer variations start out the same. The single player version,
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features a number of chess pieces on the board. Many of which have an exclamation point overhead. If you look at the tab-map, you will see that only ONE character on the board also has a circle around the exclamation point. When you talk to the rook with the circled ! overhead, it will move several spaces toward the other side of the screen, the locked door will open and you can now enter the treasure chamber and retrieve the prize - the previous chief's copy of a book entitled "My 59 Memorable Games". Bobby Fischer, one of the best chess players of the 20th century, had a book titled "My 60 Memorable Games".
  
It is a Single Player Campaign Quest only. Below the first picture is from LAN and is the same scene as Closed Net. The second is in Single Player Campaign and as you can see it is completely different.
 
  
[http://www.sacredwiki.org/images/Easter%20Eggs/sac3fa-20100223-231710.png http://www.sacredwiki.org/images/Easter%20Eggs/bf400.jpg][http://www.sacredwiki.org/images/Easter%20Eggs/sac3fa-20100223-232606.png http://www.sacredwiki.org/images/Easter%20Eggs/bf4200.jpg]
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|width="250px"|Multiplayer
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|width="250px"|Single Player:
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The chess figure 'rook' is named 'Turm' in german. Turm is also german for tower. This may have lead to some confusion.
 
  
There was a discussion in the [http://forum.sacred2.de/showthread.php?t=56158 German Sacred Forum] for [http://forum.sacred2.de/showthread.php?t=56158 the single player chess match.]
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The chessboard layout for this quest is also based on the winning move of one of those games against Pal Benko.
  
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If you visit Chessgames.com, you can replay this game [http://www.chessgames.com/perl/chessgame?gid=1008421 here] and you can see the next to last move - the final one being the white rook on the bottom row, right hand side - exactly the move the rook takes when you talk to it.
  
With a developer congratulating a poster who found out [http://forum.sacred2.de/showpost.php?p=672957&postcount=42 the correct chess match]:
 
  
It seems to be [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bobby_Fischer Bobby Fischer] versus [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pal_Benko Pal Benko] which is mentioned in Fischer's book [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/My_60_Memorable_Games My 60 Memorable Games]
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http://www.sacredwiki.org/images/Easter%20Eggs/FischerBenko.jpg
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Compare it with the single player above and you'll see that the pieces line up exactly.
  
Used [http://www.chessgames.com/perl/chessgame?gid=1008421 this move]
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With the game in progress on the single player chessboard being one of the games listed in the book it would be logical to assume that there are only 59 games left to be memorable.  
to replay and got
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Bobby Fischer died in January 2008, probably around the time quests were coded.
  
http://www.sacredwiki.org/images/Easter%20Eggs/FischerBenko.jpg
 
  
Compare it with the second picture up above to the right of the two posted.
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A hint is that you find a book as a quest called 'My 59 best chess games'. Since most people don't know the chess match found in sacred, it sounds logical that there are only 59 games left to be memorable ;)
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The multiplayer variation is entirely different. It starts out the same - but when you enter the cave, there are only 3 pieces on the chessboard. One male Orc, one female orc and one wild boar. When you talk to each piece on the board, each will spawn 3 Orc ghosts for you and your party to kill. In order to complete the quest (as of Sacred 2 version 2.43.0 build 1671), you must talk to all three pieces, killing the Orc ghosts is optional, but hey.. as long as you're there... The door that opens in the single player version doesn't open. This may have lead to some confusion. In fact, the book (My 59 Memorable Games) doesn't exist in the locked room in the multiplayer variation.
  
Congrats to all the chess players around there for their memory of chess matches. Fischer's winning move was with the Rook/Turm and Fischer died in January 2008, probably around the time quests were coded.
 
  
  
 
== Special Notes ==
 
== Special Notes ==
  
There is a possible second interpretation for this quest as another Easter Egg ... [[Sacred 2:Harry Potter|Harry Potter]]
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This quest has been linked to another Easter Egg ... [[Sacred 2:Harry Potter|Harry Potter]]
 
 
  
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If anyone has Ice and Blood and has followed the steps outlined above and has any further information as to the status of this quest in either single or multiplayer, please update this entry.
  
 
==See Also==
 
==See Also==

Revision as of 13:21, 8 October 2010

Play chess with giant pieces such as an orc and a boar. The quest for this Easter Egg allows pieces to come to life and manifest ghosts. It is called Nouveau Varguz and is given by the orc chief Gintonic Icelump in Tharak, where it will take you to a cave just west of that town.

hp5.jpg

It has been reported as being bugged in multiplayer on some versions of Ice and Blood, but can be completed with the use of the last Community Patch.


Explanation:

This quest has two variations. Both the Single Player and Multiplayer variations start out the same. The single player version, features a number of chess pieces on the board. Many of which have an exclamation point overhead. If you look at the tab-map, you will see that only ONE character on the board also has a circle around the exclamation point. When you talk to the rook with the circled ! overhead, it will move several spaces toward the other side of the screen, the locked door will open and you can now enter the treasure chamber and retrieve the prize - the previous chief's copy of a book entitled "My 59 Memorable Games". Bobby Fischer, one of the best chess players of the 20th century, had a book titled "My 60 Memorable Games".


Multiplayer
bf400.jpg
Single Player:
bf4200.jpg


The chessboard layout for this quest is also based on the winning move of one of those games against Pal Benko.

If you visit Chessgames.com, you can replay this game here and you can see the next to last move - the final one being the white rook on the bottom row, right hand side - exactly the move the rook takes when you talk to it.


FischerBenko.jpg


Compare it with the single player above and you'll see that the pieces line up exactly.

With the game in progress on the single player chessboard being one of the games listed in the book it would be logical to assume that there are only 59 games left to be memorable.


Bobby Fischer died in January 2008, probably around the time quests were coded.



The multiplayer variation is entirely different. It starts out the same - but when you enter the cave, there are only 3 pieces on the chessboard. One male Orc, one female orc and one wild boar. When you talk to each piece on the board, each will spawn 3 Orc ghosts for you and your party to kill. In order to complete the quest (as of Sacred 2 version 2.43.0 build 1671), you must talk to all three pieces, killing the Orc ghosts is optional, but hey.. as long as you're there... The door that opens in the single player version doesn't open. This may have lead to some confusion. In fact, the book (My 59 Memorable Games) doesn't exist in the locked room in the multiplayer variation.


Special Notes

This quest has been linked to another Easter Egg ... Harry Potter

If anyone has Ice and Blood and has followed the steps outlined above and has any further information as to the status of this quest in either single or multiplayer, please update this entry.

See Also