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It is his role to warn against illegal moves, and to announce captures, threats to the Home Stone, and such. - (Smugglers of Gor, Chapter 47, Sentence #69)

It is played in the training of high officers, in Ar, in Treve, in Kasra, and Jad, even in far Turia. It is played much like ordinary Kaissa save that there are two boards, separated by a vertical screen, precluding each player from seeing the moves of the other. An arbiter is at hand who can see both boards. It is his role to warn against illegal moves, and to announce captures, threats to the Home Stone, and such. In this manner, as neither player can see either his opponent or his opponent's moves, a premium is placed on intuition, sensitivity, reading the character and nature of the opponent, and probable conjecture. Such situations are not unprecedented in war, where one may not know the position of the enemy, the forces at his disposal, his plans, where he might strike, and so on. One gambles. - (Smugglers of Gor)