Tug is a two-player game played at a tug desk. Each player must pay 1 iron ore to begin the game, except when in Wepwawet.
The tug board is composed of seven squares in a line. The sole playing piece is an ore cart, which starts on the center square. Each player starts the game with 50 points. On every turn, each player secretly bids from 0 to 50 points. When both players have made their bids, the bids are revealed and the winner moves the cart one square towards his side of the board. In the case of a tie, the cart does not move.
The game ends when one player pulls the cart off one end of the board (four squares from the center) and wins the game, or when neither player has any points remaining. In the latter case, the winner is the player on whose side of the board the cart stands. If both players run out of points while the cart is in the center of the board, the game is tied.
Tug is a game of bluffing and deception. The key to victory is to waste as few points as possible (by bidding only slightly higher than your opponent), while encouraging your opponent to waste as many as possible (by bidding low when they bid high).
The Rocks of the Ages skill allows one to prospect for marble.
The game is based on, or nearly identical to, the traditional paper and pencil game Footsteps which was marketed as the game Quo Vadis by Invicta Games, makers of Mastermind. (Not to be confused with the more recently popular Quo Vadis by Mayfair Games, a game centered on the motif of the Roman Senate).
(See also: tests, marble, Conflict Shrine Locations)