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Personally I always thought that Battler has an advantage in this game, but Beatrice has also her own advantage.
In other words. Beatrice has a complete knowledge of the game board, while Battler not only doesn't know anything, he doesn't even know the rules. Which mean, if this was a one-shot game, you could say that Battler has zero chances to win. However the game can go on indefinitely as long as Battler does not acknowledge witches. Basically Beatrice's victory condition is completely under Battler's control. The opposite isn't true, because Battler can win whether Beatrice wants it or not. For Battler is a matter of willpower, for Beatrice the game is more dangerous.
In such situation the endless prospective goes all to Battler's advantage and none to Beatrice's advantage. Because Beatrice's own advantage is knowledge, and the more Battler plays the game the more he's going to gain knowledge thus eating little by little Beatrice's advantage.
Considering this, a cautious and patient approach imho would be the most intelligent strategy to adopt in such situation. The mindset of a fisherman is that what one would need to win this game, provided he can count on an endless time span. And of course the main purpose should be to gather knowledge at this point and not to stubbornly try to win a game whose rules aren't even known.
I just can't believe that there's someone who thinks Battler should rather rush for the victory and only focus on victory.
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