Originally called 'Dammen voor 4'. Translated box text: Checkers for 4 is much more than just checkers: young, old, novice or expert, everybody can play! Play individually or 2-against-2 and prepare for a dynamic family game full of surprises... 1. Everybody's in! Whether playing with two, three or four players, everybody is in with Checkers for 4! Ideal...
From Zillions of Games "Pieces move diagonally but capture orthogonally. This is so as to combine the forced progression of diagonal checkers with the richness of the orthogonal game. Object: Capture all your opponent's pieces ("Checkers" or "Kings") by jumping over them, or stalemate the opponent so he has no moves. Checkers can move diagonally forward...
This is a checkers variant using an 8x8 board that is viewed as a torus: column A is adjacent to column H and row 1 is adjacent to row 8. Thus, for example, a piece on 1.a3 can move to h4. GOAL: to be the only player with pieces on the dark squares (called "heaven," light squares are called "hell.") SET UP: starting position is for a standard game, 12...
This game is a game in the Checkers family, playable on a Byzantine Chessboard. In the game players will advance checkers that stay in a lane when moving, and may end up switching lanes when performing a jump capture. A piece may also switch lanes if it promotes to a King piece. On a Byzantine chess board, it has 4 rows and 16 columns. Pieces stay in the...
Queens and Kings ...A Checkers Game is an abstract strategy game for 2 or 4 players that plays like checkers and in addition introduces a queen component that throws strategy out the door on each and every move. The game can be played in either two player or team mode. More about the game: The Queen, being tired of a male dominated game that either...
Checkers taken to the next level, you control two armies as you navigate across this checkerboard, The yellow army plays on the colored squares and the black army on the black square, Yellow and black play completely separately until one becomes a KING. Kings either yellow or black can attack each other. We added dice to regulate the play. One die tells...
This is a modern variation of checkers from Africa. It is checkers with an exciting twist; a circular board that will force the players to play checkers as if for the first time. It is no longer the same game you know … just like in traditional draughts, players capture opponents by jumping over them. the only difference is the board is not connected from...
It is a variant of checkers played in Armenia, where it is known as Tama. The rules of Tama are similar to the rules of Turkish Checkers. In Tama, however, players are allowed to move (not to capture) their pieces in diagonal directions: - ordinary checkers can move one cell sideways, one cell forward or one cell diagonally forward. - kings can move...
"A new way to play checkers and learn about the 'fruits of the spirit'" Bible Checkers is a Christian-themed game of checkers with a few variant rules -- red squares are interspersed in an otherwise black/white board, no pieces are ever removed from play, and players attempt to reach the opposite side of the board's "Fruit of the Spirit" squares ("Love,"...
This game appeared as a web based game on the Cartoon Network site. It easily can be played with a standard checker set, and two pawns. The object of the game is either capture all of an opponent's checker pieces or get their "Big Shot" piece (it rests on top of one of their checker pieces) across the board. The game is very clever, and has subtle tactics...
This game, played mainly in Quebec, is different enough from Checkers to be called a distinct game. It is played on a 12 x 12 board of 144 squares with 30 pieces on a side. Un-promoted pieces can capture forward or backward. A promoted piece (queen) moves like a chess bishop, and can capture a piece anywhere along its line of movement. One of the rules...