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   skribe 🇺🇦 :verified_mustard: (skribe@aus.social)'s status on Sunday, 30-Nov-2025 16:41:05 JST skribe 🇺🇦 :verified_mustard:

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   I should probably add, that the game, Lekater (or, Fours), is chess-like but it isn't chess. The closest equivalent from our world is https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chaturanga.

   If I could find my notes, I'd include more. I wrote up the rules at one stage, but they're not where they're supposed to be, unfortunately.

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     skribe 🇺🇦 :verified_mustard: (skribe@aus.social)'s status on Sunday, 30-Nov-2025 16:41:06 JST skribe 🇺🇦 :verified_mustard:

     #SundayLit

     Games:

     She held out her two fists, fingers down. Braia tapped the left one. Sana unfurled her hand to reveal that it was empty.

     “Bad start,” Sana said. “I take wood,” replacing the missing pedaille. Rain hadn’t even seen her take it.

     Sana moved the pedaille positioned in front of her Minister piece. Braia responded by moving her pedaille immediately before one of her chevaler. Sana responded by moving her Emperor's footman in line with the Minister’s. Braia brought out her dragon.

     “Wyvern,” Sana said.

     “We call it The Curtain.”

     “We?”

     “We used to play in the Dragon Tower.”

     “But no longer?”

     “I like tactical games, but I prefer them to have an element of luck. No battle has ever been won on tactics alone.”

     The word spread. The crowd grew. Sana playing an Armen Knight. The Gods themselves couldn’t have wished for a better match. There were applause, cheers and jeers as the game progressed. Most of the audience favouring the local hero, Sana. Lots of money was wagered.

     The game was close. Rain didn’t know who was going to win. He tried to guess the possible moves each of the opponents could take, but found that he was wrong on most occasions. In the end it was a mistake that turned the game.

     Braia exposed one of her Barons. Sana took it, realising too late that it was a trap. From then on it was a foregone conclusion.

     Sana tipped her Emperor on its side, conceding. The crowd erupted into applause.

     #Writing #MicroFic #MicroFiction #TootFic

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