Games and Wine

b] Great Desert of Skulls [/b]

Less than an hour after Alexis and Tarmen made camp with the merchants and ate your rations, the three black robed individuals stood up and approached your fire.
You could see their curved swords, that Ekero had explained were typical Ozainae, called scimitars. They were made so, for lighting fast attacks with its curved surface helping deflect and direct enemies’ swords along its length.
The merchants clearly brittle at the three but kept calm although clearly nervous

They carried with them what looked like wineskins which they passed around the fire.

One of the men came close to where Tarmen sat and drew a diamond shape in the sand that he divided in thirteen small holes. He pulled a small pouch from his belt and poured several stones unto the ground. All stones were black, but half had a red teardrop painted on its surface.
He separated the stones and pushed the red ones to one side where Tarmen was sitting with another merchant. He explained through gestures that the markers could move vertically or horizontally with each player getting eleven markers. Markers were captured by jumping over an adjacent opponents piece.
He drew some gold coins from his pouch and placed it on the ground challenging anyone taking the challenge.

The woman sat next to Alexis and pointed at her shield offering her a swing of her wineskin.