: Anybody ever played Martian Chess? Edgar Rice Burroughs designed a game using
: a 10x10 board with various pieces, each of which had a limited range of
: moves. Only the major pieces (Chieftan and Princess) could move in any way
: similar to the pieces on a standard chess board. All the other pieces had
: limits of beteen 1 and 3 moves, but the direction of motion was vastly
: imroved (IMO) from standard chess. Pawns (padwars) could move in any
: forward or lateral direction, one space only, including the diagonals.
: Fliers moved simliar to knights, in that they could jump, but were allowed
: one lateral or forward move and one diagonal move, making it possibe to
: move into a square directly adjacent to their starting point. I think the
: complete rules for Martian Chess are available at the back of Burroughs'
: (fifth?) book in the John Carter series: The Chessmen of Mars. Probably
: online somewhere, too.
It sounds interesting, but I wonder how balanced it is. :)
