Diamond Checkers is played on a nine by nine grid of checkered squares. The game is played on the light colored squares, of which there are forty-one, including all four corners. The squares on two opposite corners of the board are marked with a diamond shape and are called the Diamond King squares. Each player has one of these corners of the board closest...
Space Checkers adapts traditional checkers to the 3rd dimension. Instead of 12 men on an 8x8 square, each side has 8 men on a 4x4x4 cube. The adaptation is straight-forward: Black sets up near the south lower edge and can only move north and up; Red sets up near the north upper edge and can only move south and down. Captures and crowning are 3D analogs to...
Uses 9 instead of 12 checkers for up to 4 players, either in teams or individually. Has 4 pots (1,2,3 & 4) for first king, first double jump, first triple jump and winner. This is an interesting 4-player variant. The 4 pots add to the interest if filled with something of value or even titles, i.e. "King of the World". Quick and unpredictable game with the...
Sidewinder Checkers is a Checkers variant for play by two to four players. The game board is a 14x14 square checkerboard with the four corners of nine squares replaced with artwork. Each player has twelve checkers of a different color. Rules of movement are similar to other Checkers variants; the differences in Sidewinder Checkers are mainly to do with its...
A variant of Checkers for up to four players, American Checkers was published in time for the USA's bicentennial year of 1976 and features the colors red, white, and blue prominently. It is played on a 13x13 grid of checkered squares, with six squares in a triangular pattern removed from each corner. Occupying the center of the board are four large square...
Checkers played with 2 or 3 players on a six-sided hex board, with 61 black hexagons touching only at their points, not their sides, leaving small red spaces between, and forming a larger overall hexagon. Each player picks a side separate from other players. Complexity comes not as much from the board itself but from the addition of an extra player's...
A game played on a modified checkers (chequers) or draughts board, which resembles the 8×8 board but lacks six squares in each corner. It uses two sets of 11 ordinary checkers plus 1 king for each side. The ordinary checkers may move orthogonally forwards or sideways into vacant squares, but not diagonally. Jumping is compulsory where possible. The winner...
Quad Checkers is an abstract strategy game where 4 players move small discs on an 8x8 board, attempting to "capture" an opponent's pieces. It is very similar to the basic Checkers game. On each turn, players may only move in a diagonal direction. If a player's piece cannot move to a square, as an opponent's piece is occupying it, the piece is instead moved...
[From the back cover] Basic things you need to understand and then you can play Checkers with a partner. Partners: face each other and each player plays in turn in a clockwise direction. All checker pieces: move or jump according to the Standard Rules of Checkers ...Except... each single checker changes its forward direction only once...when it moves or...
User Summary This checker variant features a standard checker board surrounded by a three deep starting space for each of the 4 players. Play proceeds in the familiar checkers mode with the added complication that one faces challenges from opponents on the left and right, as well as from the one across the table. Game features playing pieces in blue, red...
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...