Games
Name
Games
Skill Attribute & Difficulty
Int - Easy
Defaults
6+Int
Prerequisites
None
Description
This is the ability to play a game well. It includes knowledge of rules, etiquette, and tournament regulations.
Many cultures regard the ability to play one or more games skillfully as a worthwhile social accomplishment.
People often stake vast sums on games, and it might be possible to earn a living as a professional gamer. Games may also be played to settle disputes.
Knowledge of the rules of a given sport is also a Games skill, but unlike other Games skills, sports specialties only allow you to judge an event. To play, learn the associated Sports or Combat Art/Sport skill.
As a referee, roll against skill to adjudicate a match, spot a subtle foul, determine the winner in a “photo finish” situation, etc.
As an athlete, you can use Games to make an Influence roll when dealing with a referee or judge, but this use is always at -3 or worse.
Specializations
You must specialize in a particular game; possibilities include traditional board games (such as chess, Go, hnefatafl, and mankala), card games, war games, and computer games.
When you take a sports specialty, specify both the sport and the league or tournament type; e.g., Games (NFL Football) or Games (Olympic Judo).
The rules of different leagues within the same sport default to one another at -2.
Modifiers
Cultural Familiarity modifiers. Long-lived games have a body of knowledge that grows through time; therefore, when gamers from different times compete, the player from later in the timeline gets +1 to effective skill.
