Book 29. (1 results) Swordsmen of Gor (Individual Quote)
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| 5 | 391 | View more quotes about thus">Thus, in a sense, the game is played in the dark. |
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Book 29. (7 results) Swordsmen of Gor (Context Quote)
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| 5 | 388 | Sometimes high warriors, city masters, Ubars, generals, and such, play "blind kaissa". |
| 5 | 389 | Two boards are used, with an opaque barrier between the boards, so neither player can see the pieces of the other. |
| 5 | 390 | An adjudicator observes both boards and informs the players whether a move is legal, whether a capture has been made, and so on. |
| 5 | 391 | Thus, in a sense, the game is played in the dark. |
| 5 | 392 | Gradually, however, from the adjudicator's reports, particularly if one has much experience of this version of kaissa, one begins to sense the positions and strategy of the opponent. |
| 5 | 393 | This game is intended to intensify and heighten the intuitions of battle. |
| 5 | 394 | In Gorean warfare, of course, as in much traditional warfare, prior to electronic sophistications, one is often uncertain of the position, strength, and plans of the enemy. |
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Sometimes high warriors, city masters, Ubars, generals, and such, play "blind kaissa".
Two boards are used, with an opaque barrier between the boards, so neither player can see the pieces of the other.
An adjudicator observes both boards and informs the players whether a move is legal, whether a capture has been made, and so on.
Thus, in a sense, the game is played in the dark.
Gradually, however, from the adjudicator's reports, particularly if one has much experience of this version of kaissa, one begins to sense the positions and strategy of the opponent.
This game is intended to intensify and heighten the intuitions of battle.
In Gorean warfare, of course, as in much traditional warfare, prior to electronic sophistications, one is often uncertain of the position, strength, and plans of the enemy.
- (Swordsmen of Gor)