Escharian Game of Seasons

The Escharian Game of Seasons (Akere: Gitsure de Soremesis) is a luck and strategy based board game popular in Escharia. The game has its roots all the way back to the original Niedene civilizations in Rathnir, but it has not changed much since its inception. While the original rules for the game have since been lost to history, a recreated version of the rule set was published by Cyrus the Enderling. A simpler version of the game is known as Rock-Paper-Scissors.

History
Excavations into old Niedene tombs have frequently found partial specimens of dispensers filled with wool, but it wasn't until ASC 1641 that a complete set of the game was found by Cyrus in the crypts of Aqar Ostre, off the north coast of the Sea of Pearls. Cyrus was unable to find written record of the game, but instead was able to parse a semblance of the rules by studying a set of Niedene remains found buried beneath the nearby city of Amilais. A recreation of the game's rules was published by Cyrus, and has been in circulation around various libraries in Rathnir.

Rules
The Game of Seasons features both luck and strategy, requiring players to make clever guesses and have a working knowledge of probability. The game is played with two dispensers and a collection of nine different wool colors. The wool is separated into groups of three, placed in three different types: warm, cool, and neutral colors. Warm colors beat neutral colors, neutral colors beat cool colors, and cool colors beat warm colors. Players begin by declaring what color they believe their dispenser will dispense. The winning color gets one point, but additional points are awarded for correct guesses. Winning players of each round strategically remove certain wool from their dispenser, thus affecting the probability of a particular outcome. The objective of the game is to be the player with the most points after five rounds.

Organized competition
Game of Seasons is played on a competitive level across all of Rathnir, with leagues structured by region, state, country, and even by continent. The governing body of Game of Seasons internationally is chiefly the Court of Castle Cyrii, headed by Cyrus Cyrii. The city of Amilais hosts the yearly Game of Seasons championship, where the format is round-robin. To date, the winner of each year's international tournament has always been Cyrus, who has maintained the title of Grandmaster since ASC 1642.