Fireball

Fireball is a sporting activity started by MA students in the Aeon of the Champion story series. This is usually played casually, although in recent years a number of organisations have been set up for the purposes of competitive play between rivalling groups of magicians. Due to the ferocity of games that is expected, it is highly recommended that it is played outdoors within an enclosed, circular arena; playing Fireball indoors at Magecrown is a form of civil disobedience, now associated with the privileged and intellectually gifted pupils of MA.

There are two major versions of the game: classical and modern. Classical Fireball respects the time-honoured traditions of the game as laid out by the students who conceived it, and enlists the use of old-fashioned terminology such as bruiser (the term used for defenders) and all clear (when the field of play is cleared of any flying fireballs). Modern Fireball is not a coherent concept; with many different adaptations depending on location, culture and the players themselves, although it is accepted that it has rules considered 'updated' for the modern era, in the sense that it is more adaptable.