The sound of the Black Queen's hand crashing into the desk silences any further quips you had prepared. That silence stretches on long after your last words, enough to make anyone feel uneasy.
Once you start to squirm, she replies that yes, she did do her homework. She does, in fact, deserve praise for it, because this is the most thorough piece of research on trollkind done since the invention of the written word.
The Queen follows up with a question. Do you know why she went to such lengths? Before you have the microsecond it would take to form thought, she answers for you: information is power. You cannot know what game it is you play without understanding every piece on the board. And that proverbial board, she adds, is not the same one she played on eons ago.
The kingdoms that dueled for supremacy were forced into a stalemate by a foolish gamemaster who has never seen any of his Games come to fruition. Yet, on the eve of annihilation, a new board has appeared before them, and with it a prize yet to be won.
That, she finishes, is the reason behind the ARMAGEDDON CONTINGENCY.