Book 20. (7 results) Players of Gor (Context Quote)
| Chapter # | Sentence # | Quote |
|---|---|---|
| 12 | 285 | If he did advance it in that fashion, promoting it presumably to a Rider of the High Tharlarion, to bring the Home Stone under immediate attack, and prevent me from advancing my own Rider of the High Tharlarion to Ubar's Initiate Nine, finishing the game, I would take it with my Builder. |
| 12 | 286 | He would then, of course, retake with his Builder. |
| 12 | 287 | On the other hand, this exchange would sacrifice his advanced Spearman. |
| 12 | 288 | I expected him rather, then, to take the Builder and then, with impunity, promote his Spearman to a Tarnsman at his Ubar's scribe Ten, my Ubar's scribe One. |
| 12 | 289 | If he did this, however, it would give me the move I needed to effect capture of Home Stone, by advancing my Rider of the High Tharlarion to the coveted Ubar's Initiate Nine. |
| 12 | 290 | I mopped my brow. |
| 12 | 291 | He had miscalculated. |
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If he did advance it in that fashion, promoting it presumably to a Rider of the High Tharlarion, to bring the Home Stone under immediate attack, and prevent me from advancing my own Rider of the High Tharlarion to Ubar's Initiate Nine, finishing the game, I would take it with my Builder.
He would then, of course, retake with his Builder.
On the other hand, this exchange would sacrifice his advanced Spearman.
I expected him rather, then, to take the Builder and then, with impunity, promote his Spearman to a Tarnsman at his Ubar's scribe Ten, my Ubar's scribe One.
If he did this, however, it would give me the move I needed to effect capture of Home Stone, by advancing my Rider of the High Tharlarion to the coveted Ubar's Initiate Nine.
I mopped my brow.
He had miscalculated.
- (Players of Gor, Chapter )