So is there a popular sport in Duskwall?

So is there a popular sport in Duskwall?

So is there a popular sport in Duskwall? Is it boxing? Soccer? Or are we too edgey underneath our immortal emperor to have spectator sports? I saw a video about the byzantine empire adn they talked about the importance of the chariot races. Wanted to fold it into duskwall somehow.

16 thoughts on “So is there a popular sport in Duskwall?”

  2. Given the Victorian-ish setting, I would imagine some form of animal bloodsport. Bearbaiting, dogfighting, cockfighting, etc.

    If those are too brutal, dog-track racing is a (somewhat) more civilized pastime.

  4. In our game, dog fights have been mentioned but not shown. Also, our crew started their own bare-knuckle boxing club. On a less violent note, retired Severosi dockworkers have been seen playing a game very similar to Bocce.

  5. There is a game in Colombia called Tejo or “The Gunpowder game”. It’s a bit like Bocce/Boules but instead of rolling a ball to get it near a smaller ball, you’re throwing metal discs (similar to heavy metal hockey pucks) down an alley in to a 45º angled box of clay with a metal ring (like a horse shoe) which has triangles of paper/card filled with gunpowder. Scoring system is based on being closest to the ring (1 point), setting of one of the explosive triangles (3), landing in the middle (6) or landing in the middle with an explosion (9). First to fifty points wins. You only throw once each per round, explosions end that round, winner goes first next round. People generally drink while playing and it can be very social and very fun.

    Explosions plus alcohol plus feats of strength and the possibility of gambling seem fitting for certain areas of Dunwall. It could even be gussied up to be more fitting for nobles or made more grimy for the other end of the social ladder.

  6. The Acquisition Syndicate just helped out their friend marlane, who was being coerced into pit fighting by the Billhooks. They rescued her kidnapped little sister and made off with the strongbox from the betting windows to boot!

  7. I like the idea of some massive guy down at the docks or at a seedy bar taking bets that he can take a punch without being knocked out and then knock out the other person with one punch. It would probably be a scam, but it wouldn’t necessarily have to be. A baller move for a tough PC would be letting him go first and essentially doing the same back to him.

  9. My guess is that without any real sunlight for 1000 years, outdoor sports that require a big field like soccer never became a thing.

    Nobels might be into horse racing, though.

  15. I had an idea for a sport. Death Runs. An old fashion ballista is used to hurl a spear beyond the electronic plasmic perimeter. Competitors, who begin knowing only the general direction of the bolt, must race upon the sounding of a horn to retrieve the flag attached to the bolt. Races cab be single entrant or in teams, and the winner is rewarded richly in coin and reputation. While killing your opponents is obviously frowned on (and can result in being blacklisted from future Races), engaging with your opponents is encouraged, even to the point of alliances and maiming.

  16. You could also do rooftop capture the flag or similar games for something to test your fleetfooted or sneaky characters.

    And then there’s old school mob rules football from England in centuries past. One ball, two teams (generally rival towns, but in BitD, districts) trying to get it in to a goal or similar in their rivals area. Used to be very popular but was destructive and violent and got banned by the King several times.

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