7. Chinese Checkers
Conquering Storm privately suggested Chinese Checkers to Eggman with Nephthys to back her up. Even though the memory of their crushing defeats was still seared within the Egg Bosses' minds, they decided to give it a shot after Conquering Storm was formally barred from the matches. The lynx was more amused than offended, taking up the position of a referee instead. After all, there could never be too many eyes on the boards, or too many hands to break up a fight over who won a match. (Thunderbolt insisted that hogging the last space was a legal move, and even though she couldn't win, Tundra couldn't lose, and the walrus was grinding his teeth audibly while glaring her down. It was a legitimate, if childish tactic, and Nephthys filed it in her mental cabinet for future reference. If nothing else, she could try to replicate it if she played against her Yurashian counterpart.)
She loved this game, for it required little skill and much observation, and observation was one of the things she did best (although Nephthys could make a mean baklava if she put her mind to it). There was no way she could lose, she was going in mentally prepared, she already knew what to do and was absolutely not freaki-
"You're next." Thunderbolt had been forcefully displaced out of her seat by Akhlut who had then bested his bitter long-time rival (crush? They had a betting pool on how long it'd take for one of them to cave which already had a lot of gold, power rings and a couple of chaos emeralds in it) and was now looking at her expectantly.
Nephthys slid into the seat, and did not get up until the meeting finally ended.
As the last competitor slunk out past Conquering Storm into the hallway, defeated, Nephthys walked over and slapped her raised hand hard in the most awesome high five ever. Eggman, as the sole witness of this strange act, silently resolved to veto any games containing the word "Chinese" in future.
8. Mancala
This time, Axel was the one to suggest a game.
"Mancala? I don't see why not." Thus, the next meeting saw the water buffalo lugging in a gigantic wooden board with carved holes in it. It hit the middle of the table causing the legs to creak slightly and Hood to wince.
Clove and Maw raised their eyebrows in recognition, but didn't comment as Axel produced a large number of marbles. He distributed them evenly across the holes. Scooping all the marbles out of one of the pits, he moved his hand, dropping them one by one into each he passed, explaining the different situations and courses of action when he ran out. When done, he looked up at Conquering Storm, smirk on face and challenge in eyes.
Ten minutes later, Axel was still dropping beads and grinning widely at the quietly fuming lynx, who kicked at the abused table and continued waiting for her turn.
9. Go
"Sir, could we pla-"
"Mm, yes, I don't see wh- What, no, absolutely not! If I allow the game, one of you will keep winning, and everyone else will lose, and my army commanders will be unhappy, and their morale will drop and they won't listen to me because I'm bald, pathetic and totally unintimidating! So no, from now on I'm picking the games."
"Never mind."