Batman Gambit: …the resort of the Empire’s and the Worlds’ ample supply of the The Chessmaster – at least when the Chessmaster in question isn’t one of the weakly godlike superintelligences. They prefer Xanatos Gambits.
This is a companion discussion topic for the original entry at https://eldraeverse.com/2012/03/20/trope-a-day-batman-gambit