@TheEdVerse hello! a friend of mine was asking for examples of games played in the Realm and even though i have read multiple novels and source books, i came up blank. help, plz? 🙏
— Alain Paquette (@Suul75) November 7, 2018
Here we go!
1/7) Many games have been mentioned in Realmslore, from the original Realms boxed set to complete rules for some in a Volo’s Guide to a listing in Aurora’s Whole Realms Catalog, to many novel references. There’s a Candlekeep thread that lists a… https://t.co/CaNDggQHsN— Ed Greenwood (@TheEdVerse) November 8, 2018
2/7) …lot of them (“Games of Skill/Strategy in the realms”).
Off the top of my head, we have “play games” like jacks, shove-skittles, tag, Toss the Dagger, the Xorvintaal game played by dragons for social standing by accumulating points…— Ed Greenwood (@TheEdVerse) November 8, 2018
3/7) …derived from real-world accomplishments (Whispers of Venom by Richard Lee Byers, and references in Erin Evans’ novels).
There are also dice (gambling) games like thabort and Traitors’ Heads.— Ed Greenwood (@TheEdVerse) November 8, 2018
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There are a few trackboard-and-dice games like shirestone (played by halflings) and Wheel-of-Spells (Cormyr: A Novel).— Ed Greenwood (@TheEdVerse) November 8, 2018
5/7) …(Cormyr: A Novel), High Dragon, Smashcastle, Strikedragon/Battles, Swords, Swords and Shields, and Wandsiir. As well as card games that use the 70-card/4 suits/no royal cards Talis deck (whist, poker, talison, elemental empires…
— Ed Greenwood (@TheEdVerse) November 8, 2018
6/7) …[see The Wyvern’s Spur novel], and old wizard.
Then there are the board games, from the familiar to us of Earth draughts/checkers, chess/lanceboard, and go (both referenced in the Red Knight entry in 2e Powers & Pantheons), to: …— Ed Greenwood (@TheEdVerse) November 8, 2018
7/7) …sava (a chess-like drow boardgame with many complex side options), chethlachance, fiveknights, lancers and lions, and more. I even snuck a reference to the Lords of Waterdeep boardgame into DEATH MASKS. And then there are card "teaching games" (nobles' Who'sRelatedToWho).
— Ed Greenwood (@TheEdVerse) November 8, 2018
thank you very much! 🙌 A pleasure! There are complete rules to some games in my threads at Candlekeep and in a Volo's Guide…
— Ed Greenwood (@TheEdVerse) November 8, 2018