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Year Published
1150
# of Players:
2 − 2
User Suggested # of Players
Best with 2 players
Recommended with 2 players
(31 voters) [poll]
Playing Time
30 minutes
Mfg Suggested Ages
6 and up
User Suggested Ages
6 and up
(14 voters) [poll]
Language Dependence
No necessary in-game text
(18 voters) [poll]
Category
Mechanic
Primary Name
Checkers
Alternate Names
西洋跳棋
Beer Checkers
Dam
dáma
Dama
Damas
Dame
Dammen
Damoj
Damspel
Draughts
Fierges
Le Jeu de Dames
Jeu forcé
Jeu plaisant
Kabe
The Lord of the Rings Checkers Collector's Edition
Oer Hoek
Polish Draughts
Tammi
Transformers Animated Checkers
Warcaby
Шашки
Expanded By
Families
Description Edit | History

Abstract strategy game where players move disc-shaped pieces across an 8 by 8 cross-hatched ("checker") board.
Pieces only move diagonally, and only one space at a time. If a player can move one of his pieces so that it "jumps" over an adjacent piece of their opponent and into an empty space, that player captures the opponent's disc. Jumping moves must be taken when possible, thereby creating a strategy game where players offer up jumps in exchange for setting up the board so that they jump even more pieces on their turn. A player wins by removing all of his opponent's pieces from the board or by blocking the opponent so that he has no more moves.

This game, also known as "Draughts" is part of the Checkers family.

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More Information Edit | History

The Checker Maven - The World's Most Widely Read Checkers and Draughts Publication, a weekly webzine on all things checkers.

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Components:

  • Checkerboard
  • 12 Dark Pieces (Disks)
  • 12 Light Pieces (Disks)

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1 Dutch Checkers rules - Dammen Regels -NL
Rules for Checkers in Dutch. Hier zijn de regels voor Dammen in het Nederlands.
2009-02-14
4 Basic US rules of Checkers
Here are the basic rules of checkers (US version)
2009-02-14
2 Checkers - Cyberboard Version by Rob Robinson (zombiegod)
Cyberboard version of Checkers with Scenario. Pieces are flippable to show kings.
2008-06-25
1 ntama.zip
Ntama (dama) a more advanced Turkish/Greek version of checker that uses all squares for Windows.
2006-06-15
Statistics
Board Game Rank: 5628
Num Ratings: 2508
Average Rating: 4.81
Standard Deviation: 1.53
Num Views: 58868
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Avg. Game Weight: 1.8 moreinfo
Fans: 0
Personal Comments: 891
Users Owning: 2378
Users Wanting: 0
Users Trading: 13
Has Parts For Trade: 2
Want Parts In Trade: 0
Price History: View
Total Plays: 6587
Plays This Month: 8
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