Category:Games

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

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

This category includes fictional games which have been mentioned by name, but about which little or nothing is known.

These are games about which there is a considerable amount known or have been mentioned in sources the most, and have been named as being played at specific locations.

Dragonchess

Gemsnatcher

Spellbones

Three-Dragon Ante

• Dragoncards—a card game, simulates a battle between knights (player) and a red dragon (dealer).^[1]
• Dragonfire—ante-based tile-matching game with continually raising wagers.^{[2][3][4][note 1]}
• Poker (and it's variants)^[1]
• Three-Dragon Ante
• Wayward Wing—an elven game played with tiles "with images of trees, people, and monsters"^[5]

Note: Though they are not "playing cards", fortune-telling cards are also known in the Flanaess, especially amongst Rhennee.^[6] They include the Major Arcana, though these include The Raptor (bird of prey), so they are not a standard "tarot" deck.^[6] Decks of Wonderous Things are also not unknown.^[7]

• Spellbones
• Knucklebones—uses literal animal bones; played one of two ways: similar to modern "jacks" or a scored game with tallies counted by individual throws;

The word "knucklebones" is also used as a figurative synonym for "dice"^[8][9][10]

• 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]
• Two and Three—a dice game in which the dealer (rolling 1d20) and player (rolling 5d4) compete to roll higher results.^[1]
• Knives—a dice game, best throw on 3d6.^[11]
• Pitchforks—a dice game, best throw on 4d6.^[11]
• Fireball—a dice game, best throw on 5d6.^[11]
• Norebonne—a dice game.^[12][13]
• Turoos—Rhennee dice game^[14]

• "Long-field sports"—played in the Free City Arena by two teams (sponsored by local schools) on grass turf.^[15]
• Gladiatorial fights—in the Free City Arena^[16]
• Boxing—known, at the very least amongst Rhennee^[14]
• Falthi—Rhennee "deck tumbling"^[14]
• Legs (also known as "Twistbuck's Game")—^[17]
• Pelota—ball game played by the Olman

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

• Archchess
• Chatraj

• Driftwood Surfing—^[18]
• Quipper Wrestling—^[18]
• Water Sparring—^[18]

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.