jetan at Yahoo! Groups

Re: PBEM

gunananda — Sun, 01 Nov 2009 16:31:22 GMT

well, i would like to play the game per e-mail. do you have a board generating prog or so ?

Re: Draws in Jetan

gunananda — Sun, 01 Nov 2009 16:30:07 GMT

well, the problem is that a CHIEF can provoke by killing pieces. i would not allow a player to get a draw with a chief who was killing other pieces.

[Fwd: Re: erb-list pocket jetan]

ekman@... — Tue, 31 Mar 2009 21:43:19 GMT

Here is a followup (with original message attached) that was posted today on erb-list, which I figured might be of interest to you guys. Fredrik ... Subject:

Do you want to play chess?

Gregg A. Eshelman — Thu, 22 Jan 2009 02:00:41 GMT

Yeah, very true, this... http://www.starslip.com/archive/20090120.shtml

Draws in Jetan

interrupt27 — Sat, 06 Dec 2008 14:10:12 GMT

I had considered a conditional which might reduce the number of Chief- capture draws in the game. Make this particular capture only available as a last resort.

Re: Duelling jetan

Gregg Eshelman — Sat, 06 Dec 2008 04:42:07 GMT

... ... Anyone writing tales with swords should read this http://www.thearma.org/essays/weights.htm Actual fighting swords were quite light. Only the

Re: Iss Jetan

interrupt27 — Sat, 06 Dec 2008 03:20:57 GMT

I've updated the Zillions implementation of Iss Jetan. Found an error with the Thoat that allowed it to take an opposing Chief. Corrected. Added three

Re: Duelling jetan

Rick Johnson — Sat, 06 Dec 2008 03:07:57 GMT

... I would imagine that if the Game is a State-Sponsered Game played by slaves and criminals, the state would supply soldier-grade weapons to the combatants

Re: Duelling jetan

Rick Johnson — Sat, 06 Dec 2008 03:06:17 GMT

... the posesions (i.e. weapons) of the defeated... Mostly because the winner was generally the unarmed hero. Though there are references that imply that

Re: Duelling jetan

ekman@... — Fri, 05 Dec 2008 17:22:05 GMT

Aaron, I will respond to your question about various game rules when I am back home and have access to my notes. In the mean time, allow me to plug for another

Re: Duelling jetan

Aaron Smalley — Thu, 04 Dec 2008 22:23:32 GMT

From this standpoint, there would be some distinct tactical advantages to allowing the player to choose how to distribute "fighting ability" among the

Re: Iss Jetan

Aaron Smalley — Thu, 04 Dec 2008 21:15:57 GMT

Finally got a chance to read it over this weekend, but have also not had a chance to test it as of yet to see how it works. I like the idea of having a more

Re: Duelling jetan

interrupt27 — Thu, 04 Dec 2008 21:08:08 GMT

I like the idea of a 'dueling variant' of Jetan. Though you might consider awarding experience points for each piece that survives a duel. Thus pieces can

Re: Duelling jetan

Aaron Smalley — Thu, 04 Dec 2008 19:34:43 GMT

Fredrik, Mind if I ask what Barsoomian RPG you are talking about? I did not realize that one existed, even though I've messed around with that idea a little

Duelling jetan

ekman@... — Thu, 04 Dec 2008 16:40:42 GMT

Speaking of variants, there is one single thing that I distinctly dislike with Burroughs' original rules, though since it belongs to the duelling variant that