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Checkers

by Nebulark Studio · Board · v1.1.0

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Classic 8×8 checkers on a maple-and-walnut board: beat an Easy, Medium or Hard computer, sprint through seeded Rush endgames, or play a friend on one device.

How to play

Pick a mode and press Play. You are teal and move first, up the board.
Jump diagonally over an enemy piece to capture it; captures are forced and a chain of jumps must be completed.
Men move one square diagonally forward. Reach the far row to crown a king, which moves and captures in both directions.
Click or tap one of your pieces, then a gold dot to move it, or drag it there. On a keyboard, move the cursor with the arrows and press Enter or Space.
Tips (on by default, T to toggle): a dashed red ring marks a piece the opponent could jump right now, and a red ✕ dot marks a move that leaves your piece open to an immediate jump.
Win by capturing every enemy piece or leaving the opponent with no move. 40 moves without a capture or man move, or the same position three times, is a draw.
Rush: win each seeded endgame within the move limit. Duo: two players share the device and can undo. Your game auto-saves after every move; Continue picks it up later.

Controls

Keyboard

Click a piece, then a gold dot — move
Drag a piece onto a gold dot — move
Arrows + Enter/Space — cursor, select & move
T or Tips button — show threats and unsafe moves
U — undo (Duo)
Resign button (press twice)
? — how to play
Esc — pause
M — mute

Touch

Tap a piece, then a gold dot — move
Drag a piece — move
Tips and Undo (Duo) below the board; Resign above it
? button — how to play
Pause button — pause

About Checkers

Jump, chain and crown in our take on the timeless game of checkers. Captures are forced and multi-jump chains must be finished, so every move can set a trap. Against the computer you score for the win, the difficulty, the pieces you keep and how quickly you finish; Hard searches deep and punishes loose men. Rush is a fresh twist: a run of seeded endgame positions where you hold the extra pieces and must finish the computer off within a move limit, puzzle after puzzle, with harder setups every two puzzles. Duo is relaxed pass-and-play for two people on one device, with unlimited undo. Legal moves and forced captures are highlighted, optional Tips warn you about pieces under attack and moves that hang a piece, and you can tap, click, drag or use the keyboard. Games auto-save after every move, so you can continue later.