Category:Games: Difference between revisions

This category is composed of games of chance and skill played for entertainment specifically referred to in World of Greyhawk™ sources.

Pages in this category include games (manmy of which include gambling) known to exist in the World of Greyhawk™ like poker and its variants^[1], common entertainment games such as backgammon, checkers, chess or chatranj and their variants, games played with cards or dice, or other games such as darts, billiards, boxing, sports, or common gnomish games like "dizzy-boff".

Games about which there is a considerable amount known, and some information is available:

There are several fictional games which have been mentioned by name about which little or nothing is known. These include:

Card Games

• Dragoncards—a card game, simulates a battle between knights (player) and a red dragon (dealer).^[1]
• Dragonfire—ante-based card game.^[2]

Dice Games

• Knives—a dice game, best throw on 3d6.^[3]
• Pitchforks—a dice game, best throw on 4d6.^[3]
• Fireball—a dice game, best throw on 5d6.^[3]
• Dice Racing—a dice game. Players roll 1d6 repeatedly, adding to the sum, and try to reach a total of 25 first.^[1]
• In Between— a dice game in which the bettor tries to roll a result on 2d10 which is in between two previous results.^[1]
• Norebonne—a dice game.^[4][5]
• Two and Three—a dice game in which the dealer (rolling 1d20) and player (rolling 5d4) compete to roll higher results.^[1]

See the index near the end of this page for other games known in the World of Greyhawk™.

• Archchess
• Chatraj
• Dragonfire
• Driftwood Surfing
• Knuclebones
• Legs (also known as "Twistbuck's Game")
• Pelota
• Quipper Wrestling
• Turoos
• Water Sparring
• Wayward Wing

The Encyclopedia Greyhawkania Index (EGI) is based on previous work of Jason Zavoda through '08, continued by numerous other fans. The EGI article has a list of sources, product names, abbreviations, and a link to the full, downloadable index.