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Tak

Tak is a board game played between black and white. Over the course of the next few chapters we are going to observe a game of Tak played between two Gods. Black v White. One side of The board represents the Ergen Empire whilst the other side represents the nameless void. The largest available game that we have rules for is 64 squares which is the same size as a chess board. There are two kinds of Tak piece: stones and capstones. On this size board each player is allowed 50 stones and two capstones and the object of the game is to make a road of 8 stones from one side to the other.  Now. We might well imagine that seven stones can represent seven cities of Ergen with the Capstone being Myr Tariniel to create one great straight winning line of white stones. And that's the state of play that we want in our heads today.  Diag. Now Myr T was essentially a tower built of white stone which held the light that kept darkness at bay. I think that makes it a lighthouse. And Selitos was ...
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Branches

1 ~ A-Gender . Welcome back, we have now pretty much mapped out the first Corner , but our storylines are starting to pull apart now, we have our Lockless family tree rooted in Newarre and our trunk rises from Vintas but now the choice of paths before us want to branch off in different directions at once, but we can only follow one path at a time and the wise student will follow The path of the Book before them. That is of the Lethani. This 2corner will begin with the Adem. They are probably the strangest of all the races of man that we encounter and hold their secrets tightly. Stillness and silence are the heart of Ademre, something no barbarian could understand. Still, we can but try. Man Mothers When approaching a puzzle that goes against the grain, it is natural to adopt a guilty until proven innocent stance. But you must always remember that this is Fantasy Fiction, not Fantasy Fact. That's a whole different ball game. Therefore I have a rule. Since this is Not Planet Earth, n...
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