Re: The Game Room
Quintus tried to follow the descriptions of the game and the concept, he really did. In the end, Quintus stood in front of the cue rack staring at them like a monkey doing a math problem. "Why couldn't it be javelins at 10 paces, or net and trident in the pit, noooooo, there have to be all of these rules, and turns." Looking back at the table Quintus wonders about the glyphs on the balls, and the wooden shooting staffs. Small circles around the glyph means it is part of the same group, wide circle around the number is part of the same group. If it doesn't drop on the "break" stay away from the black ball. Banking was still a bit out of his understanding, and Quintus had his questions about the grey balls, but for now he was willing to watch.
Glancing around Quintus noticed the hexagonal table with the white and red package of cards, and the rack of multicolored circular clay-tablets. To the side there was the octagonal table with all the little posts on it, it also had several balls on it, all red with one white, there were no pockets. Over in the corner, a long table with markings and glyphs sat. It had a long stick with a wedge-shaped end, and two cubes with dots on each face of the ivory pieces.
On the far side of the table was a low wall about waist high. Beyond this, was a long clear hallway with various round, and square plaques hanging on the wall. Some of corkboard, a few shields, and several others that Quintus didn't recognize. That would be a great pasttime, it will be the game that the pair enjoy after the dramatic loss at the billiards table. "Ok, so, let's go over this one more time. Small circles are a group and the large circles are a group. The stick only touches the white ball. When packing the balls in the triangle, no balls of the same group can be together. And... you want to sink the black ball with the first break, if you miss that, you have to sink all of the balls of your group before the black. Sorry, what about the grey balls, are they significant." Quintus is pointing to the 3,6,11, and 14.