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'''''Cyvasse''''' is a game from [[Volantis]]. The players move pieces across a board of alternating coloured squares. There were ten different pieces, each with its own attributes and powers. <ref>[[A Feast for Crows]], [[A Feast for Crows-Chapter 13|Chapter 13]], The Soiled Knight</ref>
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'''''Cyvasse''''' is a game from [[Volantis]]. The players move pieces across a board of alternating colored squares. There are ten different pieces, each with its own attributes and powers.<ref>[[A Feast for Crows]], [[A Feast for Crows-Chapter 13|Chapter 13]], The Soiled Knight</ref>
  
 
==History==
 
==History==
The game came to [[Dorne]] by a trading galley at [[Planky Town]]. The orphans had spread the game while traveling the [[Greenblood]] and soon the Dornish court had learned to play the game.<ref>[[A Feast for Crows]], [[A Feast for Crows-Chapter 13|Chapter 13]], The Soiled Knight</ref>
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The game came to [[Dorne]] by a trading galley at [[Planky Town]]. The orphans had spread the game while traveling the [[Greenblood]] and soon the Dornish court learned to play the game.<ref>[[A Feast for Crows]], [[A Feast for Crows-Chapter 13|Chapter 13]], The Soiled Knight</ref>
  
==known game pieces==
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==Game Pieces==
*Elephant
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* Elephant
*Dragon
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* Dragon
*Crossbowmen
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* Crossbowmen
*Heavy Horse
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* Heavy Horse
*Chariot
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* Chariot
  
 
==Recent Events==
 
==Recent Events==
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===A Dance with Dragons===
 
===A Dance with Dragons===
Cyvasse is played during [[Tyrion]]'s voyage on the [[Shy Maid]]. It is used not only to pass the time but to obtain information and to make bets. Tyrion under [[Haldon]]s direction played [[Qavo Nogarys]], a custon officer to gain information from him. When he became a slave of [[Yezzan zo Qaggaz]], Tyrion  plays a games of Cyvasse with [[Ben Plumm]].
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''Cyvasse'' is played during [[Tyrion Lannister]]'s voyage on the ''[[Shy Maid]]''. It is used not only to pass the time but to obtain information and to make wagers. Tyrion, under [[Haldon]]'s direction, played [[Qavo Nogarys]], a custom officer to gain information from him. When he became a slave of [[Yezzan zo Qaggaz]], Tyrion  plays a games of ''cyvasse'' with [[Ben Plumm]].
  
 
==References and Notes==
 
==References and Notes==

Revision as of 22:54, 2 September 2011

Cyvasse is a game from Volantis. The players move pieces across a board of alternating colored squares. There are ten different pieces, each with its own attributes and powers.[1]

History

The game came to Dorne by a trading galley at Planky Town. The orphans had spread the game while traveling the Greenblood and soon the Dornish court learned to play the game.[2]

Game Pieces

  • Elephant
  • Dragon
  • Crossbowmen
  • Heavy Horse
  • Chariot

Recent Events

A Feast for Crows

Myrcella Baratheon learned the game from her betrothed Trystane Martell when she came to live with him in Dorne.[3] Prince Doran placed a cyvasse table in Princess Arianne's chambers so she could learn the game. She, however, ignored it.[4]

A Dance with Dragons

Cyvasse is played during Tyrion Lannister's voyage on the Shy Maid. It is used not only to pass the time but to obtain information and to make wagers. Tyrion, under Haldon's direction, played Qavo Nogarys, a custom officer to gain information from him. When he became a slave of Yezzan zo Qaggaz, Tyrion plays a games of cyvasse with Ben Plumm.

References and Notes

  1. A Feast for Crows, Chapter 13, The Soiled Knight
  2. A Feast for Crows, Chapter 13, The Soiled Knight
  3. A Feast for Crows, Chapter 13, The Soiled Knight
  4. A Feast for Crows, Chapter 40, The Princess in the Tower