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Checkers

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User Rating: 4.8 / 10 (1912 Ratings)
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GameID: 2083
Rank: 4529
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Information

Designed By: (Uncredited)
Published By: (Public Domain)
Mfg suggested # of Players: 2 players
User suggested # of Players:
Best with 2 players
Recommended with 2 players
(16 voters) [poll]
Playing Time: 30 Minutes
Mfg Suggested Ages: 6 and up
User Suggested Ages: 6 and up
(6 voters) [poll]
Language Dependence: No necessary in-game text
(8 voters) [poll]
Category: Abstract Strategy
Game System
Mechanics: N/A
Other Names:
Draughts
Jeu de Dames, Le
Dama
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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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Statistics

User Rank: 4529
Num Ratings: 1912
Average Rating: 4.81
Standard Deviation: 1.51
Num Views: 38370
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Avg. Game Weight: 1.82 moreinfo
Personal Comments: 732
Users Owning: 1798
Users Wanting: 0
Users Trading: 9
Has Parts For Trade: 2
Want Parts In Trade: 0
Price History: View
Total Plays: 2364
Plays This Month: 2
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0 Checkers - Cyberboard version
Checkers.zip
Cyberboard version of Checkers with Scenario. Pieces are flippable to show kings.
1 ntama.zip
ntama.zip
Ntama (dama) a more advanced Turkish/Greek version of checker that uses all squares for Windows.

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