ws lesson 26

26; give full detailed description of three games of Gor.

kaissa - much like chess of Earth...there are 100 squares of red or yellow and the object is to capture the homestone of the opponent.

Kaissa
a board game much favored on Gor; the board is marked with 100 squares colored alternately red and yellow; there are 20 pieces per side which represent Ubar and Ubara, Initiates, Riders of the High Tharlarion, Tarnsmen, Scribes, Builders, Spearmen or Spear Slaves, and the Home Stone; it is played much like chess the object being to capture one's opponent's Home Stone; in Torvaldsland the Ubar, Ubara, Tarnsman, Initiate, and Scribes are replaced by the Jarl, Jarl's Woman, Ax, Rune-Priest, and Singer respectively. Instead of a Home Stone, the object is to take the Hall.
Hunters of Gor, page 47
Marauders of Gor, pages 56-63
Dancer of Gor, page 221


zar - played in the Tahari, 9 pebbles per player, much like checkers only not capturing pieces, rather exchanging them until completion of the exchanges, first to complete wins.

zar
a board game of the Tahari. The board is marked in squares, but the pieces, 9 per player and called 'pebbles', are placed at the intersections of the lines. Movement is somewhat like that of checkers, but without capturing of pieces. The object of the game is to effect a complete exchange of the original placement of the pieces.
Tribesman of Gor, page 265


bones - bones are carved into animals and dropped from a player's hand. the player whose bones remain upright wins.

bones
a game played with pieces carved from bones that are shaped to resemble an animal; a bone is dropped from a players hand and the bone which remains upright is the winner.
Beasts of Gor, page 185