Jetan

The Martian Chess of Edgar Rice Burroughs

Häftad, Engelska, 2022

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Beskrivning

Throughout its hundred-year history, the game Jetan has influenced many writers and game designers. Invented by author Edgar Rice Burroughs for his 1922 novel The Chessmen of Mars, Jetan has been played by enthusiastic fans and serious gamers alike. This first-ever book on Jetan explores the game's rules in depth and provides new interpretations based on up-to-date research. It chronicles the game's history, explores tactics and variants and provides a complete standard for notating games. Also included are three annotated Jetan playthroughs and several practice exercises. Over 80 diagrams and photographs are used as illustrations, and an essay about Edgar Rice Burroughs' lifelong interest in sports and games further contextualizes the game.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:2022-09-27
Mått:178 x 254 x 11 mm
Vikt:390 g
Format:Häftad
Språk:Engelska
Antal sidor:211
Förlag:McFarland & Co Inc
ISBN:9781476687933

Utforska kategorier

Schack inom Sport, fritid och hobby
Litteraturvetenskap inom Skönlitteratur

Mer om författaren

Fredrik Ekman is a middle school teacher living in Sweden. He is an active member of Edgar Rice Burroughs fandom, and often writes on various ERB-related topics.

Recensioner i media

“Fredrik Ekman has done a masterful job with Jetan, the Martian Chess of Edgar Rice Burroughs. Rules, history, variants, sample matches and problems, it's all here in a book that will interest gamers, science fiction buffs, and pop culture fans. Even the most ardent Burroughs enthusiast will learn something new in this comprehensive guide to the game at the heart of the sword-and-planet classic The Chessmen of Mars.”—Scott Tracy Griffin, author of Tarzan: The Centennial Celebration and Tarzan on Film.

Innehållsförteckning

Table of ContentsPreface11. The Rules2. The History of Jetan3. Games and Sports and Burroughs4. Jetan in The Chessmen of Mars5. Jetan in Popular Culture6. A Proposed Notation Standard7. Tactics of Jetan8. Sample Games9. Jetan Problems and Exercises10. Variants of Jetan11. ConclusionAcknowledgmentsImage CreditsAppendix I: The Original Rules of JetanAppendix II: The Rules of Thuria JetanAppendix III: The Rules of Jetan-SarangBibliographyIndex