Book 32. (1 results) Smugglers of Gor (Individual Quote)
| Chapter # | Sentence # | Quote |
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| 47 | 67 | 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. |
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Book 32. (7 results) Smugglers of Gor (Context Quote)
| Chapter # | Sentence # | Quote |
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| 47 | 64 | Even had I Homines at my disposal it was not clear I could have given him an unambiguous scent. |
| 47 | 65 | There is a game, called Blind kaissa. |
| 47 | 66 | It is played in the training of high officers, in Ar, in Treve, in Kasra, and Jad, even in far Turia. |
| 47 | 67 | 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. |
| 47 | 68 | An arbiter is at hand who can see both boards. |
| 47 | 69 | It is his role to warn against illegal moves, and to announce captures, threats to the Home Stone, and such. |
| 47 | 70 | 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. |
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Even had I Homines at my disposal it was not clear I could have given him an unambiguous scent.
There is a game, called Blind kaissa.
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.
- (Smugglers of Gor, Chapter 47)