1. Chinese Checkers
| Players | 2 or 4 |
| Length | 30 minutes |
| Equipment Required | single standard piecepack |
| Designer | Traditional, adapted for the piecepack by Mark A. Biggar |
| Version | 1.1 |
| Version Date | 2004-07 |
| License | Copyright 2004 Mark A. Biggar under the GNU free doc license |
1.1. Description
The classic game adapted to a square board. Here is the starting setup.
1.2. Rules
http://www.piecepack.org/rules/ChineseCheckers.pdf
1.3. Design Notes
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The classic game uses a hexagonal grid, which of course is hard with a piecepack. This resulted in the necessity to use all eight directions both orthogonal and diagonal to free things up. Otherwise, if only orthogonal moves are allowed, the pieces get too clogged up in the middle of the board and the game bogs down.
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The two player limited board makes for a good two player abstract.
1.4. Reviews & Comments
The Taxonomy category Space | Traversal was empty so I adapted this game to put something there. -- Mark A. Biggar
CategoryGame SpaceTraversalCategory MechanicJumpingPiecesCategory
