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<blockquote data-quote="Orius" data-source="post: 6076085" data-attributes="member: 8863">Sounds interesting.&nbsp; Though in the books, it's made perfectly clear that it's impossible to win unless you cheat.&nbsp; The idea is that it's a memory of dealing with the treacherous Aelfinn and Eelfinn, who cannot really be trusted and play by their own rules which always favor them.&nbsp; It's also an element of foreshadowing [spoiler]as in the 13th book, Mat along with Thom and Jain Farstrider enter the realm of the Finns to rescue Moiraine and only succeed by violating the old rules of conduct, and they still end up paying a rather heavy price.[/spoiler].Wait, correction:[sblock]I was checking out the TVTropes pages on the series right after posting this and was reminded of a plot point from Book 13 I'd forgotten:&nbsp; Just as Mat and Thom do manage to escape from the Finns, Olver is playing the game as always and somehow manages to win completely legit.&nbsp; So the game should be winnable, just damn near impossible to do so.[/sblock]</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Orius, post: 6076085, member: 8863"] Sounds interesting. Though in the books, it's made perfectly clear that it's impossible to win unless you cheat. The idea is that it's a memory of dealing with the treacherous Aelfinn and Eelfinn, who cannot really be trusted and play by their own rules which always favor them. It's also an element of foreshadowing [spoiler]as in the 13th book, Mat along with Thom and Jain Farstrider enter the realm of the Finns to rescue Moiraine and only succeed by violating the old rules of conduct, and they still end up paying a rather heavy price.[/spoiler]. Wait, correction: [sblock] I was checking out the TVTropes pages on the series right after posting this and was reminded of a plot point from Book 13 I'd forgotten: Just as Mat and Thom do manage to escape from the Finns, Olver is playing the game as always and somehow manages to win completely legit. So the game should be winnable, just damn near impossible to do so. [/sblock] [/QUOTE]

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