Book 36. (1 results) Avengers of Gor (Individual Quote)
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| 27 | 76 | A skilled View more quotes about game">game master can, by sleight of hand, should he be so minded, remove the tarsk-bit from the cup and, if challenged, seem to retrieve it from beneath a different cup. |
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Book 36. (7 results) Avengers of Gor (Context Quote)
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| 27 | 73 | There are several such games. |
| 27 | 74 | Two tables were devoted to the 'Which-Cup?' game, in which one guesses beneath which of three cups a tarsk-bit may be found. |
| 27 | 75 | Once the tarsk-bit is placed, the cups are rapidly shifted about, making it difficult to determine beneath which cup the tarsk-bit now resides. |
| 27 | 76 | A skilled game master can, by sleight of hand, should he be so minded, remove the tarsk-bit from the cup and, if challenged, seem to retrieve it from beneath a different cup. |
| 27 | 77 | There were also 'Urn Games', playable for different amounts. |
| 27 | 78 | In these games, one generally draws marked ostraca from an urn, with one result or another. |
| 27 | 79 | In one 'Urn Game', even numbers of red and black ostraca are placed in an empty urn. |
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There are several such games.
Two tables were devoted to the 'Which-Cup?' game, in which one guesses beneath which of three cups a tarsk-bit may be found.
Once the tarsk-bit is placed, the cups are rapidly shifted about, making it difficult to determine beneath which cup the tarsk-bit now resides.
A skilled game master can, by sleight of hand, should he be so minded, remove the tarsk-bit from the cup and, if challenged, seem to retrieve it from beneath a different cup.
There were also 'Urn Games', playable for different amounts.
In these games, one generally draws marked ostraca from an urn, with one result or another.
In one 'Urn Game', even numbers of red and black ostraca are placed in an empty urn.
- (Avengers of Gor)