Book 29. (1 results) Swordsmen of Gor (Individual Quote)
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| 5 | 393 | This View more quotes about game">game is intended to intensify and heighten the intuitions of battle. |
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Book 29. (7 results) Swordsmen of Gor (Context Quote)
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| 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. |
| 5 | 395 | Too much in war, and often much of fearful moment, is "blind kaissa". |
| 5 | 396 | And so, I thought, perhaps in the northern forests, I might try my hand at "blind kaissa". |
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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.
Too much in war, and often much of fearful moment, is "blind kaissa".
And so, I thought, perhaps in the northern forests, I might try my hand at "blind kaissa".
- (Swordsmen of Gor)