Cyvasse
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]
Contents
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
- Rabble
- Spearmen
- Crossbowmen
- Light Horse
- Heavy Horse
- Trebuchet
- Catapault
- Elephant
- Dragon
- King
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
- ↑ A Feast for Crows, Chapter 13, The Soiled Knight
- ↑ A Feast for Crows, Chapter 13, The Soiled Knight
- ↑ A Feast for Crows, Chapter 13, The Soiled Knight
- ↑ A Feast for Crows, Chapter 40, The Princess in the Tower