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Jetan

Jetan, also known as Martian chess, is a chess variant first published in 1922. It was created by Edgar Rice Burroughs as a game played on Barsoom, his fictional version of Mars. The game was introduced in The Chessmen of Mars, the fifth book in the Barsoom series. Its rules are described in Chapter 2 and in the Appendix of the book, with an actual game…

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Jetan

Nodes35
Edges34
Triples77
Avg. degree1.94
Density0.057143
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related to Computer implementations · 20
Jetan → Burgess, Commodore, David Moorman, Games, Internet Archive, Jean-Louis Cazaux, Jens Markmann, Loadstar, Lynn Smith, MS-DOS, Paul Burgess, Silversoft, Softdisk, Some, The, Thomas Lee Winslow, Tommy's Martian Chess, Tommy's Toys, Two, Zillions
related to Board and pieces · 16
Jetan → Captains, Chief, Dwars, Each, Fliers, Lieutenants, Mercenaries, Mounted Warriors, Padwars, Panthans, Princess, The, The Chief, The Thoats, Thoats, Warriors
related to Jetan in Burroughs's novels · 14
Jetan → According, Barsoom, Barsoom's Yellow, Black, However, Manator, Mars, Princess, Rather, The, The Chessmen, This, Thoats, Yellow
related to Wagering and scoring · 10
Jetan → Although, Appendix, Burroughs, But Burroughs, Edgar Rice Burroughs, In, Of, Pay, Ransom, The Martians
related to Ending the game · 5
Jetan → Chief, In Burroughs's, Princess, Some, The
related to Movement · 5
Jetan → Flier, No, Princess, The Princess, Two
related to External links · 4
Jetan → BoardGameGeek, ERBzineJetan, Fredrik Ekman, The Rules

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Ransominstance ofwith names0.80text
Pay to moveinstance ofwith names0.80text
which have sometimes been used when playing the game.Many suggestions have been made for the respective values of the piecesinstance ofwith names0.80text
Jetanrelated to Board and piecesEach0.60section
Jetanrelated to Board and piecesChief0.60section
Jetanrelated to Board and piecesPrincess0.60section
Jetanrelated to Board and piecesFliers0.60section
Jetanrelated to Board and piecesDwars0.60section
Jetanrelated to Board and piecesCaptains0.60section
Jetanrelated to Board and piecesPadwars0.60section
Jetanrelated to Board and piecesLieutenants0.60section
Jetanrelated to Board and piecesWarriors0.60section

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