Solution to the Duck Conundrum 2 (continued)

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Turn 6

	Perform all possible one-move captures by bishops and knights. WB(d8)xf6 WB(b5)xd7 BN(h5)xg3 Move the white king to any square on the 8th rank horizontally adjacent to two black pieces. WK-b8 (and he is in check there, but again we don't care).
	Put an I in every empty DLS that is orthogonally adjacent to at least two tiles. (I7 and M9) Place an O four spaces to the right and one space up from the place where you could put an R to complete a 7-letter word. (That is SOUPIER, R at I9, so it goes at M8. This also confirms AXED is in the right place; if it went in either other place, you would not be able to form a seven letter word by adding an R.) Put an I in every empty DLS that is orthogonally adjacent to at least two tiles. Again. (L8 this time) For reference: Letter values: A:1 B:3 C:3 D:2 E:1 F:4 G:2 H:4 I:1 J:8 K:5 L:1 M:3 N:1 O:1 P:3 Q:10 R:1 S:1 T:1 U:1 V:4 W:4 X:8 Y:4 Z:10 Remaining letters: A:5 B:1 C:2 D:3 E:4 F:2 G:1 H:0 I:6 J:1 K:0 L:4 M:2 N:1 O:2 P:1 Q:0 R:4 S:0 T:1 U:1 V:1 W:1 X:0 Y:2 Z:0 blank:2
Harold, 3 Dollarbucks: Immunity Zone 5 Dollarbucks: Lazyr Zone Zoe, 1 Dollarbuck: Sector J 7 Dollarbucks: Core Reactor Mrs. White, Captain Blastoid: Outpost 9 Ralph,5 Dollarbucks: Sector N 6 dollarbucks: Astro Jail Moon Counter: Eclipse	Put 6 dollarbucks on the Astro Jail. Set the Moon Counter to Eclipse. Move all characters currently on the Astro Jail to Sector N (Ralph). Move Zoe to the same space as Leah. Move Leah one space clockwise for every dollarbuck on Sector N. Since Leah is on the Trivial Pursuit board, these actions happen at the end of the turn.
	Move each pie (4-N) spaces, where N is the number of wedges in that pie, without passing through or landing on the hub or a Roll Again space. (Blue moves inward, others move outward. Leah is not a pie and does not move.) If a pie does not contain the wedge of the color of the space it is now on, add that wedge. Brown gets blue Pink gets blue Green gets pink Blue gets brown Also add a blue wedge to the yellow pie.
	Since there are more black knights than white knights on the chessboard (checked at beginning of turn, so 2 vs. 0), switch the positions of Colonel Mustard and the Rope. Place the weapon currently in Miss Peacock's room on the hub of the Trivial Pursuit board. (The Wrench. It moves at end of turn since it affects another board.)
Harold, 3 Dollarbucks: Immunity Zone 5 Dollarbucks: Lazyr Zone 1 Dollarbuck: Sector J 7 Dollarbucks: Core Reactor Mrs. White, Captain Blastoid: Outpost 9 Ralph,5 Dollarbucks: Sector N 6 dollarbucks: Astro Jail Moon Counter: Eclipse	Take care of the end of turn actions from the games: Move Zoe to the same space as Leah. Move Leah one space clockwise for every dollarbuck on Sector N (5). Place the Wrench on the hub of the Trivial Pursuit board. Duck actions: Since all six pies have a blue wedge, place the blue Clue piece -- Miss Peacock -- on the chessboard one square to the right of the black king. (in h8) There is a 2x2 square of vowels on the Scrabble board so replace the Is at L8 and M9 with Ls. (Remaining letters include I:8 and L:2)

Turn 7

	Switch these pieces: the black piece orthogonally or diagonally adjacent to two white pieces (BB, c8) and the piece which is next to a piece which is neither black nor white (BK, g8, next to Miss Peacock). Since the position (ignoring Miss Peacock) could not occur in a legal game (since the kings are adjacent), move all knights on the board into the Hall (just the BN on g3, and it happens at the end of the turn).
	Move the 12-tile island (with WASTE) up and right one square. Move the one-tile island (the loose E) to the space above the rightmost single tile with the highest point value (so to M6, above the Z). For reference: Letter values: A:1 B:3 C:3 D:2 E:1 F:4 G:2 H:4 I:1 J:8 K:5 L:1 M:3 N:1 O:1 P:3 Q:10 R:1 S:1 T:1 U:1 V:4 W:4 X:8 Y:4 Z:10 Remaining letters: A:5 B:1 C:2 D:3 E:4 F:2 G:1 H:0 I:8 J:1 K:0 L:2 M:2 N:1 O:2 P:1 Q:0 R:4 S:0 T:1 U:1 V:1 W:1 X:0 Y:2 Z:0 blank:2
Harold, 3 Dollarbucks: Immunity Zone 5 Dollarbucks: Lazyr Zone 1 Dollarbuck: Sector J 7 Dollarbucks: Core Reactor Mrs. White, Captain Blastoid: Outpost 9 Ralph,5 Dollarbucks: Sector N 6 dollarbucks: Astro Jail Moon Counter: Eclipse	Since the duck has not yet laid an egg, switch the positions of Leah and Captain Blastoid. (Since Leah is on the Trivial Pursuit board, this happens at the end of the turn.)
	Since the hub is not empty, place the piece closest to the Orange wedge space onto square g2. (This is Zoe, who is actually on the orange wedge. I assume this is the chess square g2, not the Scrabble one, since they bothered to define notation only for the chess board. Since g2 is on the chessboard, this happens at the end of the turn. Nothing actually happens in this phase.)
	Moving all the weapons one room clockwise would put the knife in the Kitchen, so move all the pieces from the Study into the Library (Mr. Green). Moving all the weapons one room counterclockwise would not put a weapon into a room that starts with the same letter, so do nothing else.
	Take care of the end-of-turn actions from the games: Move the black knight into the Hall. Switch Leah and Captain Blastoid. Move Zoe to g2 on the chessboard. Duck Actions: Since the kings are on adjacent squares, move the white queen to the opposite square (WQ-h5). OVA was spelled on the Scrabble board this turn, so the duck lays an egg. Harold, 3 Dollarbucks: Immunity Zone 5 Dollarbucks: Lazyr Zone 1 Dollarbuck: Sector J 7 Dollarbucks: Core Reactor Mrs. White, Leah: Outpost 9 Ralph,5 Dollarbucks: Sector N 6 dollarbucks: Astro Jail Moon Counter: Eclipse

Turn 8

	Remove all adjacent pairs of pieces of the same type (even if not the same color). This removes both kings and two pairs of black pawns. Make the only legal move of a black piece to the 1st rank without capturing. (BR-a1)
	There is a PIE on the board, and since it doesn't specify color, I have to choose black or yellow. (Move the yellow pie to O1 at the end of the turn since it is on the trivial pursuit board now.) Since GUN is still on the board, move the gun to the lower left square A15. Play FAMKA across at K11, ignoring the nonsense crossing words. For reference: Letter values: A:1 B:3 C:3 D:2 E:1 F:4 G:2 H:4 I:1 J:8 K:5 L:1 M:3 N:1 O:1 P:3 Q:10 R:1 S:1 T:1 U:1 V:4 W:4 X:8 Y:4 Z:10 Remaining letters: A:3 B:1 C:2 D:3 E:4 F:1 G:1 H:0 I:8 J:1 K:0 L:2 M:1 N:1 O:2 P:1 Q:0 R:4 S:0 T:1 U:1 V:1 W:1 X:0 Y:2 Z:0 blank:2
Harold, 3 Dollarbucks: Immunity Zone 5 Dollarbucks: Lazyr Zone 1 Dollarbuck: Sector J 7 Dollarbucks: Core Reactor Mrs. White, Leah: Outpost 9 Ralph,5 Dollarbucks: Sector N 9 dollarbucks: Astro Jail Moon Counter: Eclipse	Since there are not more dollarbucks on Sector N than on the Core Reactor, add as many dollarbucks on the Astro Jail as there are bishops on the chessboard (3).
	Move every piece on the board (except ones on the hub) 9 spaces, outward if possible, otherwise clockwise if the piece contains three or more wedges, and counterclockwise if it doesn't. Put a green wedge in every pie that is now on a wedge space. (Blue, Green, and Brown)
	Using common occupational gender stereotypes, move every male piece in the Hall to the kitchen (the black knight), move every female piece in the Hall to the Billiard Room (Miss Scarlet), and move every noinliving piece in the Hall to the Lazyr Zone. (The Rope moves to the Lazyr Zone at the end of the turn.)
	Take care of the end-of-turn actions from the games: Move the yellow pie to O1 on the Scrabble board. Move the rope to the Lazyr Zone. Duck actions: Since three rooks have moved, place the fourth one (the white rook on h1) in the Lounge. Harold, 3 Dollarbucks: Immunity Zone Rope, 5 Dollarbucks: Lazyr Zone 1 Dollarbuck: Sector J 7 Dollarbucks: Core Reactor Mrs. White, Leah: Outpost 9 Ralph,5 Dollarbucks: Sector N 9 dollarbucks: Astro Jail Moon Counter: Eclipse

Turn 9

	Temporarily treat any non-chess pieces on the board as black knights. If any of them can capture, they do so. Zoe x e3 Move each rook up as many spaces as there are Rs on the Scrabble board. (2) BR-a3 WR-d3
	Note the two tiles on the board besides Q with the highest point values (X:8 and Z:10). There are two spaces which are in the same row as one of these and the same column as the other (H7 and M8). One of these spaces has a tile on it. Move this tile to the other space (O at M8 moves to H7) and (since there is a weapon on the board) replace it with a P. For reference: Letter values: A:1 B:3 C:3 D:2 E:1 F:4 G:2 H:4 I:1 J:8 K:5 L:1 M:3 N:1 O:1 P:3 Q:10 R:1 S:1 T:1 U:1 V:4 W:4 X:8 Y:4 Z:10 Remaining letters: A:3 B:1 C:2 D:3 E:4 F:1 G:1 H:0 I:8 J:1 K:0 L:2 M:1 N:1 O:2 P:0 Q:0 R:4 S:0 T:1 U:1 V:1 W:1 X:0 Y:2 Z:0 blank:2
Harold, 3 Dollarbucks: Immunity Zone 5 Dollarbucks: Lazyr Zone Rope, 1 Dollarbuck: Sector J 7 Dollarbucks: Core Reactor Mrs. White, Leah: Outpost 9 Ralph,5 Dollarbucks: Sector N 9 dollarbucks: Astro Jail Moon Counter: Eclipse	Since the total number of dollarbucks on the board is even, move all pieces except people to Sector J. (The Rope moves.)
	Place a yellow wedge in each pie that is one space away from a yellow space. (Orange gets a yellow wedge.) Switch the two pies on the board that contain the most wedges (Orange and Blue; Yellow also has 4 wedges but is not on the board). If there is a piece on the hub, switch it with the piece furthest away from the pink wedge space (wrench and Captain Blastoid swap).
	Place an unused Scrabble C tile in every empty room (Study and Hall). Remaining tiles now includes C:0. Switch the positions of the lead pipe and the wrench (at end of turn, since the wrench is on the Trivial Pursuit board). The items in the Study and Lounge together form a word that describes the person in the Billiard Room. (C + rook = crook, describing Miss Scarlet).
	Take care of end-of-turn actions from the games: Switch the Lead Pipe and the Wrench. Duck actions: Plum was spelled on the Scrabble board this turn, so Professor Plum moves to M12.

Turn 10

	Move every black rook to the highest rank that contains no pieces, staying in the same file. BR-a4 Since the white queen threatens a non-chess piece, she does not capture.
	Replace every tile with a point value divisible by 4 with an E, since the upper right square is not empty. These replace the H at H5, the W at B7, the V at F4, the X at H8, the F at K11, and the H at H15. Since there are only 4 Es left, two blanks must be used to accomplish this. Place the replaced tiles in the top row in alphabetical order starting from the upper left corner. (FHHVWX) For reference: Letter values: A:1 B:3 C:3 D:2 E:1 F:4 G:2 H:4 I:1 J:8 K:5 L:1 M:3 N:1 O:1 P:3 Q:10 R:1 S:1 T:1 U:1 V:4 W:4 X:8 Y:4 Z:10 Remaining letters: A:3 B:1 C:0 D:3 E:0 F:1 G:1 H:0 I:8 J:1 K:0 L:2 M:1 N:1 O:2 P:0 Q:0 R:4 S:0 T:1 U:1 V:1 W:1 X:0 Y:2 Z:0 blank:0 (blanks represent 2 Es)
Harold (case 1), 3 Dollarbucks: Immunity Zone 5 Dollarbucks: Lazyr Zone Rope, 1 Dollarbuck: Sector J 7 Dollarbucks: Core Reactor Mrs. White, Leah: Outpost 9 Ralph,5 Dollarbucks: Sector N 9 dollarbucks: Astro Jail Moon Counter: Eclipse (case 2) or Neutral (case 1)	Spin the Wheel of Death. If you get a skull, set the Moon counter to Neutral; otherwise, remove Harold from the board. There is no way to determine which result occurs so both are reflected on the board.
	Since the duck has laid an egg, move the brown pie one space clockwise and remove the pink pie from the board.
	Place the darkest-colored piece on the board to the same space Mrs. White is on. (This is Outpost 9, and the black knight moves there at end of turn.) The wrench is removed from the board.
Harold (case 1), 3 Dollarbucks: Immunity Zone 5 Dollarbucks: Lazyr Zone Rope, 1 Dollarbuck: Sector J 7 Dollarbucks: Core Reactor Mrs. White, black knight, Leah: Outpost 9 Ralph,5 Dollarbucks: Sector N 9 dollarbucks: Astro Jail Moon Counter: Eclipse (case 2) or Neutral (case 1)	Take care of end-of-turn actions from the games: Move the black knight from the Clue board to Outpost 9. Duck actions: Replace the upper left and lower right vowels from the 2x2 square on the Scrabble board with Ls. (H7 and I8). (Remaining tiles include L:0 and 1 E or blank)

Endgame

1. The first letter of the answer is the file of the only white piece on the chessboard that currently threatens two black pieces. (The white bishop at d7, so D)
2. The 2nd letter of the answer is the letter which must be represented by a blank on the Scrabble board. (E)
3. The 3rd letter of the answer is the letter of the space containing a weapon on the Trivial Pursuit board, labeling the pink wedge space as A and proceeding counterclockwise. (S)
4. The 4th letter of the answer is the initial letter of the last name of the suspect currently closest to the gun (Professor Plum on the Scrabble board). (P)
   
5. The 5th letter of the answer is the initial letter of the Zyzzlvarian character on the same area of the board as a chess piece (Leah, so L)
   
6. The 6th letter of the answer is the Scrabble tile 3 to the right and 3 down from an L which is 1 square up and 1 left from an empty square. (This is the L tile at I8, so we end up L11 which contains an A)
   
7. The 7th letter of the answer is the Nth letter of the alphabet, where N is the product of the numbers of dollarbucks on the Astro Jail and the area containing a weapon (1x9 = 9, so I)
   
8. The 8th letter of the answer is the letter of the space containing the brown pie. (N)
9. The 9th letter of the answer is the file of the piece on the chess board whose name comes last in alphabetical order (Zoe, so E)
10. The 10th letter of the answer is the initial of the last name of the suspect who has been revealed as dishonest (Miss Scarlet, so S).