While the main deck of cards in the Shrouded Lands uses the Undying Cycle for its inspiration, it is the curious set of pieces called a quertik that is the most popular foundation for games.
Just as a deck fo cards can be used to play many card games - Cripple Baron Autumn, Twins, Go Wereshark - a quertik can be used to play many boardgames.
The quertik consists of four suits: Suns, Moons, Caps and Storms. The Caps suit was once marked with the rusty crown of Gore, but now the jester’s gap is preferred. By superstition, the suns in Goreish packs are always shown in eclipse. Each suit has a pawn (a “lord”), six coins and six tiles.
Folklore and slang have grown up around each component. The Lord of Suns is called the king, after the King in Splendour. The Lord of Moons is the Merchant; the six Caps coins are called Drops, the six Moon tiles are named after Bergolast’s city quarters.
Hooks
- What are the slang terms for the other components? What is their significance?
- What games are played with a quertik? Have any matches been played that changed the course of history?
- What are the rules of Cripple Baron Autumn?