Post by polar principle on Oct 6, 2018 23:24:54 GMT -5
this is a very interesting game.
8x8 board, 12 pieces for each player in standard starting position.
standard checkers motions.
the goal of the game is to either lose all your own pieces, or to have no legal moves available on your turn.
if you are able to capture, you must capture. if there is a double, triple, etc jump available, you must take it. if there are multiple possible captures or jump-paths you can take, you may choose any one you like.
queens are jumping queens, and if they are able to capture they must capture, and if they are able to do multiple jumps they must do them.
it is playable here, on the second tab from the left:
logic-games.spb.ru/checkers/
it is manyfold more interesting than regular checkers, because the strategy is not so straightforward and requires nonstandard mentation -- to win, you must lose all your pieces, however, it is a lot easier to position your pieces (in order to later lose them) if you have a lot of pieces. so, you'd like to lose all your pieces, but at the same time also not lose them. so you must find a balance between trying to lose all your pieces and not losing them. often the mistake of new players is to naively throw out all their pieces at the beginning, while a more experienced player will take the beginner's pieces while orienting his pieces in a way that they can be wiped out very quickly. in fact, if you have lost all of your pieces except one, and the other player has more pieces, in most cases this means you have lost the game.
8x8 board, 12 pieces for each player in standard starting position.
standard checkers motions.
the goal of the game is to either lose all your own pieces, or to have no legal moves available on your turn.
if you are able to capture, you must capture. if there is a double, triple, etc jump available, you must take it. if there are multiple possible captures or jump-paths you can take, you may choose any one you like.
queens are jumping queens, and if they are able to capture they must capture, and if they are able to do multiple jumps they must do them.
it is playable here, on the second tab from the left:
logic-games.spb.ru/checkers/
it is manyfold more interesting than regular checkers, because the strategy is not so straightforward and requires nonstandard mentation -- to win, you must lose all your pieces, however, it is a lot easier to position your pieces (in order to later lose them) if you have a lot of pieces. so, you'd like to lose all your pieces, but at the same time also not lose them. so you must find a balance between trying to lose all your pieces and not losing them. often the mistake of new players is to naively throw out all their pieces at the beginning, while a more experienced player will take the beginner's pieces while orienting his pieces in a way that they can be wiped out very quickly. in fact, if you have lost all of your pieces except one, and the other player has more pieces, in most cases this means you have lost the game.
