Ordakor

Ordakor (Klobir), also known as Connect Four (Traveler's Tongue), is a two-player connection board game, in which the players choose two different gravity-affected blocks and then take turns dropping them into a seven-column, six-row vertical board. The objective of the game is to be the first to form a horizontal, vertical, or diagonal line of four of one's own blocks. The game is indigenous to the Krobuny people in the Simulami Empire.

Etymology
The name Ordakor is a portmanteau of the Klobir words ordak (“to plot”), and or (“four”). It is in reference to the objective of the game, which is to plot a line of four blocks.

History
The game is thought to have originated among Krobuni soldiers in war camps to keep them occupied while they awaited the battle to begin some time in the early ASC 1600s. The first known record of it being played is in a Simulami war camp during the Valorant War on Eldham in ASC 1631. The game has grown extremely popular in Simulami, with some towns in the nation even dedicating whole facilities solely to it. There have also been instances of it being played in neighbouring countries.

Gameplay
The game consists of two players taking alternate turns dropping one of their blocks at a time into an unfilled column, until one of the players achieves a horizontal, vertical, or diagonal four in a row with their blocks, and wins the game. If the board fills up before either player achieves four in a row, then the game is a draw.

Variants
A popular variant of the game is known as Ilkosae (Traveler's Tongue: Bottom Break), which starts the same as traditional gameplay, with an empty board and players alternating turns placing their own gravity-affected blocks into the board. It differs in that during each turn, if a player has any blocks on the bottom row, they have the option to break one of their own blocks on the bottom row. Breaking a block from the bottom drops every block above it down one space, changing their relationship with the rest of the board and changing the possibilities for a connection. In some cases, breaking a block from the bottom can result in both players having a line of four blocks at the same time. When that occurs, the win goes to the player whose turn it is.