Would Futbol be played on Tekumel?

[greentongue]

It seems like Futbol/Soccer would be something that would be played.
The not touching the ball with your hands just seems to be a good fit in a class conscious society.
It would be an opportunity for a lower class person to excel as a goalie.
A way for all levels to mix in a neutral setting.
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[Deleted]

Hardly.

Each clan would sponsor a team if desired, and would compete with clans of similar social status.

The notion of Tsolyani clans of different class levels mixing is absurd, and the notion of noble and common persons mixing on the same team even more so.

And they would play a game more similar to Buzkashi, using the head of an enemy.

[Azafuse]

Being Tékumel partially a fantasy mesoamerican setting, IMHO they could play the mesoamerican ball game.

[greentongue]

And I think this is why EPT is not more popular.
There Can Be Only One Way To Play.

I do like how an alternative game is offered.

I find it hard to believe that a civilization that old has only combat in an arena for entertainment.
How can skills in physical games not be considered? Everything HAS to be life and death?
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Who the hell said there were no physical games of skill in the arena? Certainly not me.

[greentongue]

Well ... what would they be like?
Have I missed them from the currently published rule set(s)?
All I recall seeing is one board game.
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[Deleted]

Make up what you want. If it's a game played by pre-technological humans you'll probably find it on Tekumel.

What you won't find, at least anywhere in the Five Empires, is mixing of social classes on a team. If they played some game like soccer, the low status clans would have a league, the medium status clans would have a league, etc.

[tog]

Jun 24, 2014 11:02:55 GMT -6 @gronanofsimmerya said:

If they played some game like soccer, the low status clans would have a league, the medium status clans would have a league, etc.

BLACK STONE TOMB CLAN RULES OK

Drunken ball-game hooligans overturning Chlen-carts and setting fires "for Vimuhla"...

(BTW - according to Swords & Glory, there is indeed a "footie" played in Mu'ugalavya - Me'era, which is a game in which a leather ball is kicked around an arena to be kept out of the team's "color area" ("goal", I'd guess); using hands is not permitted. Note that teams have wagers riding on the outcome, and players often switch teams if they feel they're on the losing side! Tsolyani play a similar game called Marotlan, involving carrying a scepter and a lot of body-blocking and contact; "no weapons or grappling" though. More like American football, I'd imagine. The losing team not only forfeits their wager but their clothes, though, unlike the ball-game, they keep their lives.)