The Ball Court

Created and Curated by Ken Holm

Tenochtitlan, around 1480. The island city shines on its lake, and every district has a team. Yours, from the reed beds of Acatlan, has a cracked old ball, a coach who limps, and no chance at all against the merchants, the featherworkers and the nobles' sons. One season. One banner. And two stone rings set so high on the wall that hardly anyone alive has ever sent a ball through.

sports adventureNewLong read

~202–204 pages · 20 chapters · 3 endings · 3.1M paths

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