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Games

Various type of games usually played in Felarya, among various species, cultures and places. Many of them are native to this world and pretty much found only there.

The House of Keng

One of the most popular card game in Felarya. it's based on bettings and money and a deck of varied cards such as "the spy", "the thug", "the merchant", "the town crier", "the predator" etc. The goal is to capture the head card of your opponent. It's a captivating game that greatly reward bluff, audacity and risk taking. It's starting to take hold in some others worlds as well.

Hell Chess

A variation of the chess game, popular among rich circles in Negav. In this version, all the pieces - each player supplying his own - are made of precious metals, with the “king” piece being often incrusted of small Ascarlin fragments. Players may keep after the game, the pieces that they capture or checkmate, thus introducing the exterior force of greed into the game, that seasoned players exploit in their opponent. Like its name implies, this variation of chess comes from Hell, where Succubi such as Menyssan are fond of it, only playing with damned souls as pieces.

Frost Gate

Another game coming from Hell, Frost Gate off is often played among Frost succubi. It's an extremely complicated and challenging game, with ridiculously twisted rules that keep changing again and again in the course of the game. Just grasping the basics would literally take months of hard work, browsing ancient, rare and thick books describing its aspects, and becoming a decent player is even harder, requiring a very quick and sharp mind. Obviously, very few people play Frost Gate, and the rare people who do are essentially Negav nobles and aristocrats, boasting on how they belong to that small circle of "elite" who are able to partake into such a sophisticated activity. However, the large majority of them are very mediocre players at best, the goal being not to actually play Frost gate, but showing that you can play it. For their part, Frost succubi are very fond of it, and proposing a Frost Gate session if you encounter one can be a good way to gain, at least, a temporary reprieve from her stomach....

Recreation

Arm Wrestling

Arm wrestling is a common sport in many worlds. The rules are very simple : the two participant places one arm (either the right or left, but both must be the same) on a surface with their elbows bent and touching the surface, and they grip each other's hand. The goal is to pin the other's arm onto the surface, with the winner's arm over the loser's arm. It has taken hold in Felarya and is played in many taverns of Negav.

Felarya Park

• Credits to Jaette-Troll for the Hell Chess idea.