John Carter Presentation JETAN - Martian Chess, from the Princess of Mars Book Series by Edgar Rice Burroughs. LIMITED EDITION. boardgame - 30 Playing Checks

- 30 Playing Checks

This recreation is based on one of the game boards found in the tomb

This is the science fiction centerpiece you have been waiting for

The game has a compartment that allows for the storage of the playing pieces

The game was played on a board nearly identical to a modern backgammon board with 24 points

John Carter Presentation JETAN - Martian Chess, from the Princess of Mars Book Series by Edgar Rice Burroughs. LIMITED EDITION. boardgame - 30 Playing ChecksThis is Barsoomian (Martian) Chess, a game that was featured in the Martian Book Series by Edgar Rice Burroughs, written around 1917. For those that don't know, Jetan is the chess like game played on Barsoom and is first mentioned in the ERB book, "The Chessmen of Mars". For this game I decided to create a fiction backstory in keeping with the classic Burroughs books. This is a Diplomacy Jetan Board, a presentation board that could have been given to