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==Board Games== | ==Board Games== | ||
===Stones=== | ===Stones=== | ||
− | A game where players fight for territory by placing stones on a board. From the description, it is likely | + | A game where players fight for territory by placing stones on a board. From the description, it is likely Ho, or a close variant. |
===Snakes and Foxes=== | ===Snakes and Foxes=== | ||
{{Main|Snakes and Foxes}} | {{Main|Snakes and Foxes}} | ||
A game that supposedly cannot be won, based on dealings with the [[Aelfinn]] and [[Eelfinn]] | A game that supposedly cannot be won, based on dealings with the [[Aelfinn]] and [[Eelfinn]] | ||
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==Card Games== | ==Card Games== | ||
There are five suits in a typical pack, cups, winds, flames, rods and coins | There are five suits in a typical pack, cups, winds, flames, rods and coins |
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There are many games played in the Wheel of Time World
Board Games
Stones
A game where players fight for territory by placing stones on a board. From the description, it is likely Ho, or a close variant.
Snakes and Foxes
- Main article: Snakes and Foxes
A game that supposedly cannot be won, based on dealings with the Aelfinn and Eelfinn
Card Games
There are five suits in a typical pack, cups, winds, flames, rods and coins
- Chop
A game popular in Tear (TDR, Ch. 2)
- Arrays
A game played by nobles (NS, Ch. 12)
Dice Games
- Koronko' Spit
- Main article: Koronko's Spit
- Crowns
A Dice game (TGH, Ch. 30)
- Fives
A Dice game (TGH, Ch. 30)
- Maiden's Ruin
A Dice game (TGH, Ch. 30)
- Threes
A Dice game (TGH, Ch. 30)
- Compass
A Dice game (TGH, Ch. 30)
- Piri
A game with two dice popular in the time of Artur Hawkwing. A four dice version is played in Altara (KoD, Ch. 11).
- Cat's Paw
Also known as Third Gem in Ebou Dar and Feathers Aloft in in Cairhien. The game is played by a single person tossing the dice and everyone else making bets on the tosses (TGS, Ch. 27).
Other Games
- Spin
A gambling game played with tiles. Birgitte played in a previous life, so it may no longer be known (This passage needs a reference)
- Dactolk
A gambling game known to the Seanchan. It is played around some sort of table (AMoL, Ch. 37)
- Shal
A game played in Seanchan. Moves in the last rounds must be considered very deeply (AMoL, Prologue)