"No matching function" and "cannot initialize parameter of type char(*)[*]

I am a C++ noob and I have just started learning it, and one of my assignments is to print a solution to the N-Queens problem, where the board would be N*N depending on user input. My IDE keeps showing me errors I don't understand in my code, even though to me it looks good and fine.

#include <iostream>
#include <array>
#include <stdexcept>

using namespace std;

int N;

bool safe(char board[N][N], int row, int col)
{
  //checks if it's safe to place a queen
  //doesn't give me any errors
}

bool placeQueen(char board[N][N], int col)
{

    for (int i = 0; i < N; i++)
    {

        if ( safe(board, i, col) )
        // says there is no matching function to call safe

        {

        board[i][col] = 1;

        if ( placeQueen(board, col + 1) ){
        //says cannot initialize parameter of type char(*)[*]
        //with an Ivalue of type char(*)[N]
            return true;
        }

        board[i][col] = 0;
        }
    }
    return false;
}
void printAnswer(char board[N][N]){
//prints the final answer
}

int main()
{
int i, j;
try{
    cout << "Enter the number of queens: ";
    cin >> N;

    char board[N][N];
    for (int i = 0; i < N; i++){
        for (int j = 0; i < N; i++){
            board[i][j] = '.';
        }
    }

    if ( placeQueen(board, 0) == false )
    //no matching function to call placeQueen
    {
        throw runtime_error("Solution does not exist.");
        return 0;
    }

    printAnswer(board);
    //no matching function to call printAnswer
}
catch (runtime_error& excpt){
    cout << excpt.what();
}

return 0;
}

It's probably me just being stupid but help would be appreciated, thanks!