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Checkers

Checkers

Min number of participants 2
Age 5+ yrs.
Safety support by adult Not required
Min duration 15 min.
Cost None (Free)
Environment Indoor / Outdoor

A two-player strategy classic on an eight-by-eight board — move disc-shaped pieces diagonally and capture your opponent's pieces by jumping over them to clear the board.

The Essentials

How to play

  1. Set up 12 pieces per player on the dark squares of the three rows closest to you.
  2. Pieces move diagonally forward, one square at a time, onto an empty dark square.
  3. Capture an opponent's piece by jumping over it diagonally into an empty square beyond — captured pieces are removed from the board.
  4. If a jump is available, you must take it; chain multiple jumps in one turn when possible.
  5. When a piece reaches the last row on the opponent's side, it becomes a king and can move diagonally both forward and backward.
  6. The game ends when one player has no pieces left or cannot make a legal move.
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