[Video] In which Pidonus finds a thing!

[have_hat_will_travel]

So I decided to ask a drone for things for being less bored, and it found something!

[Pidonus dramatically tosses her phone up into the air, then mutters something, the camera stopping directly above her pointed down, where she holds up... a copy of "The Settlers of Catan", a box of some decks of Poker cards, and a copy of Munchkin.]

Board games! And cards! A start to the solution for the boredom problem!

This is a good day! To do things! Who's interested?!

[And then the phone drops to the ground, thankfully not damaged, but the camera going dark as it lands on the floor. Pidonus apparently failed to keep her concentration on the Prestidigitation effect. Also, all the stuff's shrink-wrapped... Huh.]

Comments

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[riderofcharlemagne]

That looks like fun~♪
Count me in! (*ﾟ▽ﾟ)ﾉ
How many people do we need to play?

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[have_hat_will_travel]

It looks like this one's four players, cards can be all over the place, and... This one looks weird.

[Munchkin, obviously, is the last one.]

[riderofcharlemagne]

Do you need me to wrangle some players~? o(｀ω´ )o
What do you mean “weird”?! (°▽°)∑(ﾟДﾟ)


[Look who’s having fun at the discovery of emoticons...]

[have_hat_will_travel]

[Pidonus is managing to translate them successfully so far, yay! Ish.]

Well, I should probably figure out the games first... Though the card decks are just card sets, no obvious rules, so...

[riderofcharlemagne]

[Great job, Pidonus!]

Then you'll be in need of help! ᕦ(ò_óˇ)ᕤ
I'll be right on over! (●っゝω・)っ～☆

[Soon enough, there's a flurry of excited knocks at Pidonus' door.]

Action

[have_hat_will_travel]

[It takes a few seconds longer than Astolfo might expect before the door opens... Like Pidonus was moving from across a much larger room than her actual room!]

Oh, hello! Very quick. Nice.

[riderofcharlemagne]

[He gives a quick wave before allowing himself in, not bothering with asking.]

So, where's this weird game at?

[foolishjustice]

[Goro looks a little windswept when he replies, though he's quickly fixing his hair with one hand.]

I've never really had the chance to play games like that before...I'd be happy to give them a try.

[have_hat_will_travel]

Never had... Time?

Sheesh, the more I hear about your life the more screwed-up it seems...

[foolishjustice]

I've...occasionally had time, but I didn't have anyone I would have been able to play with until recently. All of the games I own are single player for that reason.

[He runs the hand he'd been using to fix his appearance through his hair, slightly mussing it again.]

But that's in the past now. I'm sure a lot of the people here will be eager to do something to pass the time until we have the means to push the Fissures back a little.

[have_hat_will_travel]

Exactly!

Though one of these seems kinda weird.

[She's looking at Munchkin of course.]

[foolishjustice]

But doesn't that just make you curious? Maybe you should open it and see how it's played.

[have_hat_will_travel]

Mmm. You're right. I mean, I'm pretty sure it's not a cursed game or anything.

[bulletnews]

I certainly wouldn't mind. There's another sort of a clan among the tengu that never want to play anything but shogi, so it'd be a nice change of pace.

[And hey, it's a board game from either the outside or uh... outside the outside.

Also she's not really good at shogi.]

[have_hat_will_travel]

Sounds like a plan to me! What is Shogi, though?

[bulletnews]

It's a kind of war strategy game. You've got a king and some generals and knights and lances and you try and capture the opponent's king.

Or at least, that's how regular shogi plays, the hakurou tengu have added so many pieces and houserules that a single game with all their additions takes days.

[have_hat_will_travel]

... That sounds terrifying.

[bulletnews]

It is. The problem only got worse when some strange pieces from the Outside World suddenly appeared.

[She wrote about this, so of course she remembers.]

[have_hat_will_travel]

... Er... Like, cursed pieces, or?

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[founderinglight]

Well, that's certainly an idea.

I know a few card games. Can't say I've heard of either of the others.

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[have_hat_will_travel]

Yeah... I don't recognize the pattern on the cards, even. It's kinda like a Three Dragon Ante deck, except only four suits and the two Dragon Gods are both called Jokers.

[founderinglight]

Four suits is what our decks commonly have. Perhaps you've gotten some of ours.

[have_hat_will_travel]

Does that mean the other sets are also from your world?

[Weirder product placement is canon after all...]

[founderinglight]

Not that I recognize, but I'm not exactly the person to ask. I've been somewhat out of touch for a while.

[have_hat_will_travel]

Oh. Huh. Yeah, I guess that these might not be universally-known things - this 'Munchkin' one might even be a Lore check rather than a Knowledge...