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- | ======The Game====== | + | ====== The Game ====== |
- | Cantankerous Biggs stares intently over the top of the beer keg at his opponent Halitosis Wilson, a worthy adversary in The Game. The Game is a very important part of Squat Hole life, with a lot of prestige attached to winning. | + | Cantankerous Biggs stares intently over the top of the beer keg at his opponent Halitosis Wilson, a worthy adversary in //The Game//. The Game is a very important part of Squat Hole life, with a lot of prestige attached to winning. |
- | Nobody knows where The Game started or how it came about. Some say that it was invented by Big Su Skronky as a way of teaching strategy to the elite of the Skronky Pot Protector Society. | + | This match is particularly important. It is a title match. Whoever wins will walk away with the title Grandmaster |
- | Some say that it was a gift from the Watcher | + | Cantankerous Biggs is fully aware that no other race joins in, realising that they just don't have what it takes, more intellect than their meagre talents provide. So this is a contest for the very highest of stakes. |
- | This match is particularly important. It is a title match. Whoever wins will walk away with the title Grandmaster of Squat Hole. | + | Cantankerous Biggs knows, as does Halitosis and every other Squat watching, that this is tantamount to Grandmaster of Improbable Island and probably Grandmaster of the World. |
- | Cantankerous Biggs is fully aware that no other race joins in, presumably as it requires more intellect than their meagre talents provide. This is a contest for the very highest | + | Nobody knows where The Game started or how it came about. Some say that it was invented by Big Su Skronky as a way of teaching strategy to the elite of the Skronky Pot Protector Society. |
- | Cantankerous Biggs knows, as does Halitosis and every other squat watching, | + | Some say that it was a gift from the Watcher in recognition |
- | Cantankerous Biggs thinks long and hard before making his opening move. He comes to a decision and plays. A nought in the top left corner. Now it's Halitosis' | + | Cantankerous Biggs thinks long and hard before making his opening move. He comes to a decision and plays. A nought in the top left corner. Now it's Halitosis' |
- | Cantankerous Biggs concentration is disturbed as the quiet is broken by a sharp intake of breath and the concommitant round of squats | + | Cantankerous Biggs concentration is disturbed as the quiet is broken by a sharp intake of breath and the concommitant round of Squats |
Cantankerous Biggs plays. His nought goes in the middle square of the right hand side. That should give Halitosis pause for thought. It does indeed! Halitosis' | Cantankerous Biggs plays. His nought goes in the middle square of the right hand side. That should give Halitosis pause for thought. It does indeed! Halitosis' | ||
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Cantankerous Biggs' guns have been spiked for the moment, and Halitosis has breathing space. She uses it to put a cross in the bottom right corner. Too late she sees the trap that's been set! She has limited options open to her now, and goes for the Squat Hole Gambit. | Cantankerous Biggs' guns have been spiked for the moment, and Halitosis has breathing space. She uses it to put a cross in the bottom right corner. Too late she sees the trap that's been set! She has limited options open to her now, and goes for the Squat Hole Gambit. | ||
- | Cantankerous Biggs is just considering his move when Halitosis suddenly lunges over the keg and delivers a left hook to his ear. “Oi yu fackin | + | Cantankerous Biggs is just considering his move when Halitosis suddenly lunges over the keg and delivers a left hook to his ear. "Oi you fookin' |
- | This is the same way that every game of Noughts and Crosses has finished in Squat Hole, ever since the squats | + | This is the same way that every game of Noughts and Crosses has finished in Squat Hole, ever since the Squats |
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For more stories from Squat Hole, see [[gameplay: | For more stories from Squat Hole, see [[gameplay: | ||
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