Board gamesJump opposing pieces, crown your kings and leave your opponent without a move.
Getting a board
Section titled “Getting a board”Craft a Checkers board and fit it into a Small Game Table. Place matching Game Chairs facing the table, then take a seat.
- 1 ×Black wool
- 7 ×Any planks
- 1 ×Red wool
How to play
Section titled “How to play”Open the fitted board to make your moves. How to play in the side tray gives you the same lessons with illustrations inside the game.
Start here
Section titled “Start here”
Light goes first. Move one diagonal step forward, on the dark squares.
Jump and take
Section titled “Jump and take”
If a jump is available, you must jump.
Land beyond the enemy piece. That piece leaves the board.
Keep jumping
Section titled “Keep jumping”
If another jump is ready, keep going with the same piece.
Become a king
Section titled “Become a king”
Reach the far edge. Your piece becomes a king.
A king can move diagonally both ways.
How to win
Section titled “How to win”
Take every piece, or leave it with no move. You win.
Rules in more detail
Section titled “Rules in more detail”Capture choice and the quiet-move draw
Section titled “Capture choice and the quiet-move draw”This is English draughts, also called American checkers. Captures are compulsory, but you can choose among the available capturing pieces and sequences; taking the greatest number is not compulsory. The same piece must keep jumping while it can. A man reaching the far rank is crowned and ends its move there. Eighty individual turns without a capture or crowning produce a draw. A player with no legal move loses even if pieces remain.
Keep playing
Section titled “Keep playing”Use Rematch after the result to play again. To pause an unfinished match, the table owner can remove and keep its board.
See seats and solo play for multiplayer and Play alone, or item stakes if you want to agree on a pot.