Checkers/Draughts:

History Of Checkers:

Checkers is a very old two-player board game that has been played for millennia. A board that resembled a checkers board was found in Ur and dates back as far as 3000 BC.

Equipment:

In order to play Checkers you need a Checkers Board as pictured above and 24 playable pieces, 12 of a different colour each.

How To Play Checkers:

Checkers is a simple game to understand and play.

The main objective of Checkers is to take all of your opponent’s pieces.

1. The dark squares on the board are the only places where the pieces can be positioned. All of the light squares must remain empty.

2. Each turn a player moves their piece forward diagonally to a nearby square that is empty, or by jumping over an occupied square provided that the square beyond that is empty.

3. If a player jumpers over their opponent’s piece, they have captured that piece and it is removed from play.

4. All pieces are initially referred to as a man but if it can manage to reach the opposite side of the board it becomes a king. When this occurs the player can stack an additional piece on top of the original to show that it is now a king.

5. Men are only able to move forward, but a king is able to move diagonally forward and also backwards.

6. More than one piece can be jumped by both kings and men only if there are successive empty squares ahead of each piece that is jumped over and captured.

7. The game ends when one player has captured all of the other player’s pieces.

Strategy Involved:

Players can easily plan several moves ahead when playing checkers in order to systematically take their opponent’s pieces and keep their own pieces safe.

My Thoughts On Checkers:

I really enjoyed my time playing Checkers. It is a very simple yet also strategic game where you can lose a game if you make a small mistake.