That was a weird thing to say. Cultural thing? Then Sonja remembered that he was apparently a 'winter spirit' so maybe Mother Nature was similarly an anthropomorphic idea where Jack came from?

"Green Earth is one of the neighboring empires from my world. We've been enemies in the past, but in recent years, foreign invaders have necessitated blurring the lines between nations."

She started to gather pieces up.

"I think we'll have to make do with some approximation of the rules. Think you can make your 'parcheesi' work with these?" She pulled down a couple bags of tokens and counters.