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The aim of the game is to enter all one's pieces into the star corner on the opposite side of the board, before opponents do the same. Each player has ten or fifteen pieces. Ten-piece diamond uses a smaller gameboard than Chinese checkers, with 73 spaces. Fifteen-piece diamond uses the same board as in Chinese checkers, with 121 spaces.
The game is played according to the basic rules of Russian draughts, with the main difference being that draughts being jumped over are not removed from the playing field but are instead placed under the jumping piece (draught or tower). The resulting towers move across the board as one piece, obeying the status of the upper draught.
Abacus checkers is a traditional two-player game popular in China. The game is played on a five-plus-two bead suanpan abacus. Rules are grouped into three main categories: Halma -type, Checkers -type, and Go -type.
Today's Game of the Day is a board game classic: Chinese Checkers! Chinese Checkers, contrary to popular belief, was not invented in China, or, indeed, any part of Asia at all. It was actually ...
Old school fun awaits you in Checkers! Today's Game of the Day is Checkers, the classic board game that everyone loves! Play free online Checkers with traditional rules (you must jump if possible).
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The mechanic of jumping pieces is reminiscent of draughts (checkers) but differs in that no opposing pieces are ever captured or otherwise withdrawn from the board nor is jumping compulsory. Chinese Checkers, a variant of Halma, was originally published in 1892 as Stern-Halma [4] (German for "Star Halma") and later renamed upon marketing to the ...
Peg Solitaire, Solo Noble, Solo Goli, Marble Solitaire or simply Solitaire is a board game for one player involving movement of pegs on a board with holes. Some sets use marbles in a board with indentations. The game is known as solitaire in Britain and as peg solitaire in the US where 'solitaire' is now the common name for patience.