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Burroughs, Edgar Rice, 1875-1950

"The Chessmen of Mars"


THE PIECES: In order, as they stand upon the board in the first
row, from left to right of each player.
Warrior: 2 feathers; 2 spaces straight in any direction or
combination.
Padwar: 2 feathers; 2 spaces diagonal in any direction or
combination.
Dwar: 3 feathers; 3 spaces straight in any direction or
combination.
Flier: 3 bladed propellor; 3 spaces diagonal in any direction or
combination; and may jump intervening pieces.
Chief: Diadem with ten jewels; 3 spaces in any direction;
straight or diagonal or combination.
Princess: Diadem with one jewel; same as Chief, except may jump
intervening pieces.
Flier: See above.
Dwar: See above.
Padwar: See above.
Warrior: See above.
And in the second row from left to right:
Thoat: Mounted warrior 2 feathers; 2 spaces, one straight and one
diagonal in any direction.
Panthans: (8 of them): 1 feather; 1 space, forward, side, or
diagonal, but not backward.
Thoat: See above.
The game is played with twenty black pieces by one player and
twenty orange by his opponent, and is presumed to have originally
represented a battle between the Black race of the south and the
Yellow race of the north.


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