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Each player has twenty-three pieces, but only ten are placed on the first row; the squares take their designations from the initial placement of these ten pieces. - (Conspirators of Gor, Chapter 35, Sentence #146)

I looked at him. "In order to do that," he said, "obviously the pieces, which have rules for movements, and commonly accepted values, must have names, and there must be a way of designating the areas to which they might be moved. The squares of the board are numbered, and named for the initial placement of certain pieces, those on the first row. Each player has twenty-three pieces, but only ten are placed on the first row; the squares take their designations from the initial placement of these ten pieces. For example, from left to right, on the first row, one would have the Ubara's Initiate, the Ubara's Builder, the Ubara's Scribe, the Ubara's Tarnsman, and then the Ubara. Next comes the Ubar, and then, in order, the Ubar's Tarnsman, the Ubar's Scribe, the Ubar's Builder, and the Ubar's Initiate". "This sounds complex," I said. - (Conspirators of Gor)