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== Rules ==

Play alternates as in modern chess, with characterstic moves for each piece type, and captures made by moving into the space of the captured piece. Multiple pieces may not share a space.

Play alternates as in modern chess, with characterstic moves for each piece type, and captures made by moving into the space of the captured piece which is then removed. Multiple pieces may not share a space, except for the final move (see below).

Game resolution is as follows:

* '''Victory''' -- One Chief captures the opposing Chief, OR

* '''Victory''' -- Any piece ~~captures~~ the opposing Princess.

* '''Victory''' -- Any piece moves to the same square as the opposing Princess. The princess is not removed from the board, and therefore not technically captured.

* '''Draw''' -- Play continues for more than five moves by each player after both have been reduced to three or fewer pieces remaining, OR

* '''Draw''' -- Either Chief is captured by a piece other than a Chief.

Burroughs never specified whether a stalemate is a win or a draw. Cases have been made for both positions, but stalemate in jetan is very rare anyway.

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~~Practical~~ ~~experience~~ ~~suggests~~ that Jetan is more playable if the second draw condition is abandoned, and the game is allowed to continue after the capture of the Chief by a non-Chief piece.

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Some have argued that Jetan is more playable if the second draw condition is abandoned, and the game is allowed to continue after the capture of the Chief by a non-Chief piece. Others say that this affects the game's tactics so much that its unique identity is compromised (see for example [https://www.erbzine.com/mag70/7030.html this article]).

== Pyramid Pieces for Jetan ==