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Community Board Games: Checkers
"Checkers", also known as English Draughts or American Checkers, is a board game with the objective of eliminating all of your opponent's pieces. This thread is for nuffians who are interested playing the game. If you want to try out the game or play casually, feel free to join in on the "community game" in this thread. If you want to play a "private game" 1v1, check the poll on this thread and PM someone who indicated interest on the poll.

The poll will allow you to change your vote, so if you are no longer interested in 1v1 games, please change your vote on the poll so it stays updated with people who are actually interested in private games.

How to play "Community" Checkers:

• There are two teams: O's and X's that alternate turns
• Feel free to join either team during the game.
• How to play:
  • Normal pieces can only move or jump forwards.
  • When an "O" piece reaches the opposite side, it becomes crowned as a "@" piece that can move/jump pieces backwards.
  • When an "X" piece reaches the opposite side, it becomes crowned as a "#" piece that can move/jump pieces backwards.
  • Jumping is always mandatory. If a player has an option to jump, they must take it.
• When it feels like the game is over, start the game over again!

Rules:

• Don't double post.
• Please alternate turns between O and X.
• Copy-paste the entire game board and add your new move
  • Click "reply" and remove the quotes
  • Keep the "CODE" tag and set the font to "Courier New" tag to preserve formatting
• Write your move in words under the game board
• You can switch teams, but don't troll or deliberately try to lose for one team or the other.
• We recommend playing this game on desktop because the formatting is bugged on mobile.

 

Template Boards:

Spoiler: 8x8 Unicode Table by trap

Code:

     A  B  C  D  E  F  G  H
   ╔════════════════════════╗
 8 ║▒▒▒ O ▒▒▒ O ▒▒▒ O ▒▒▒ O ║ 8
 7 ║ O ▒▒▒ O ▒▒▒ O ▒▒▒ O ▒▒▒║ 7
 6 ║▒▒▒ O ▒▒▒ O ▒▒▒ O ▒▒▒ O ║ 6
 5 ║   ▒▒▒   ▒▒▒   ▒▒▒   ▒▒▒║ 5
 4 ║▒▒▒   ▒▒▒   ▒▒▒   ▒▒▒   ║ 4
 3 ║ X ▒▒▒ X ▒▒▒ X ▒▒▒ X ▒▒▒║ 3
 2 ║▒▒▒ X ▒▒▒ X ▒▒▒ X ▒▒▒ X ║ 2
 1 ║ X ▒▒▒ X ▒▒▒ X ▒▒▒ X ▒▒▒║ 1
   ╚════════════════════════╝
     A  B  C  D  E  F  G  H

Move: X at F6

 

Let's Start!

Code:

     A  B  C  D  E  F  G  H
   ╔════════════════════════╗
 8 ║▒▒▒ O ▒▒▒ O ▒▒▒ O ▒▒▒ O ║ 8
 7 ║ O ▒▒▒ O ▒▒▒ O ▒▒▒ O ▒▒▒║ 7
 6 ║▒▒▒ O ▒▒▒ O ▒▒▒ O ▒▒▒ O ║ 6
 5 ║   ▒▒▒   ▒▒▒   ▒▒▒   ▒▒▒║ 5
 4 ║▒▒▒   ▒▒▒   ▒▒▒ X ▒▒▒   ║ 4
 3 ║ X ▒▒▒ X ▒▒▒ X ▒▒▒   ▒▒▒║ 3
 2 ║▒▒▒ X ▒▒▒ X ▒▒▒ X ▒▒▒ X ║ 2
 1 ║ X ▒▒▒ X ▒▒▒ X ▒▒▒ X ▒▒▒║ 1
   ╚════════════════════════╝
     A  B  C  D  E  F  G  H

Moves: 
1. F4

 

What about when you capture like multiple pieces with one move? What do you write then?

 

You can't see the people who voted in polls you know. You only know how many voted not who voted.

 

Uh... make up the notation! XDDD

If you click on the numbers you should be able to see.

Like: 1 vote(s)

 

Code:

     A  B  C  D  E  F  G  H
   ╔════════════════════════╗
 8 ║▒▒▒ O ▒▒▒ O ▒▒▒ O ▒▒▒ O ║ 8
 7 ║ O ▒▒▒ O ▒▒▒ O ▒▒▒ O ▒▒▒║ 7
 6 ║▒▒▒ O ▒▒▒ O ▒▒▒   ▒▒▒ O ║ 6
 5 ║   ▒▒▒   ▒▒▒ O ▒▒▒   ▒▒▒║ 5
 4 ║▒▒▒   ▒▒▒   ▒▒▒ X ▒▒▒   ║ 4
 3 ║ X ▒▒▒ X ▒▒▒ X ▒▒▒   ▒▒▒║ 3
 2 ║▒▒▒ X ▒▒▒ X ▒▒▒ X ▒▒▒ X ║ 2
 1 ║ X ▒▒▒ X ▒▒▒ X ▒▒▒ X ▒▒▒║ 1
   ╚════════════════════════╝
     A  B  C  D  E  F  G  H

Moves:
1. F6 to E5

 

How many can you jump after promoting? I know 3 variations:
1. you may move and jump as far as you want in a line as long as you do not jump 2+ pieces
2. you may move as far as you want in a straight line, but jumps must stop on the square after
3. you may only move one square at a time

btw the first is my favorite xD

 

One question I always had: if one move makes it so that several pieces can jump and be jumped, what happens?

 

You take it in segments; first you pick your first jump (it can be any as long as it is a jump) then if the piece has a second jump, you must do a second jump etc.

 

Code:

     A  B  C  D  E  F  G  H
   ╔════════════════════════╗
 8 ║▒▒▒ O ▒▒▒ O ▒▒▒ O ▒▒▒ O ║ 8
 7 ║ O ▒▒▒ O ▒▒▒ O ▒▒▒ O ▒▒▒║ 7
 6 ║▒▒▒ O ▒▒▒ O ▒▒▒   ▒▒▒ O ║ 6
 5 ║   ▒▒▒   ▒▒▒ O ▒▒▒   ▒▒▒║ 5
 4 ║▒▒▒ X ▒▒▒   ▒▒▒ X ▒▒▒   ║ 4
 3 ║   ▒▒▒ X ▒▒▒ X ▒▒▒   ▒▒▒║ 3
 2 ║▒▒▒ X ▒▒▒ X ▒▒▒ X ▒▒▒ X ║ 2
 1 ║ X ▒▒▒ X ▒▒▒ X ▒▒▒ X ▒▒▒║ 1
   ╚════════════════════════╝
     A  B  C  D  E  F  G  H

Moves:
1. B4

 

on pc

 

Code:

     A  B  C  D  E  F  G  H
   ╔════════════════════════╗
 8 ║▒▒▒ O ▒▒▒ O ▒▒▒ O ▒▒▒ O ║ 8
 7 ║ O ▒▒▒ O ▒▒▒ O ▒▒▒   ▒▒▒║ 7
 6 ║▒▒▒ O ▒▒▒ O ▒▒▒ O ▒▒▒ O ║ 6
 5 ║   ▒▒▒   ▒▒▒ O ▒▒▒   ▒▒▒║ 5
 4 ║▒▒▒ X ▒▒▒   ▒▒▒ X ▒▒▒   ║ 4
 3 ║   ▒▒▒ X ▒▒▒ X ▒▒▒   ▒▒▒║ 3
 2 ║▒▒▒ X ▒▒▒ X ▒▒▒ X ▒▒▒ X ║ 2
 1 ║ X ▒▒▒ X ▒▒▒ X ▒▒▒ X ▒▒▒║ 1
   ╚════════════════════════╝
     A  B  C  D  E  F  G  H

Moves:
1. G7 to F6

 

That's illegal...e5 to g3 is your only valid move

 

I meant something like this:

- O - - - O
- - X - - -
- - - X - -
- - - - - X

to

- O - - - O
- - X - X -
- - - - - -
- - - - - X

 

Yeah, so O will choose the first jump (which piece does not matter) and since there isn't a double jump, the turn ends.

 

then

Code:

     A  B  C  D  E  F  G  H
   ╔════════════════════════╗
 8 ║▒▒▒ O ▒▒▒ O ▒▒▒ O ▒▒▒ O ║ 8
 7 ║ O ▒▒▒ O ▒▒▒ O ▒▒▒ O ▒▒▒║ 7
 6 ║▒▒▒ O ▒▒▒ O ▒▒▒   ▒▒▒ O ║ 6
 5 ║   ▒▒▒   ▒▒▒   ▒▒▒   ▒▒▒║ 5
 4 ║▒▒▒ X ▒▒▒   ▒▒▒   ▒▒▒   ║ 4
 3 ║   ▒▒▒ X ▒▒▒ X ▒▒▒ O ▒▒▒║ 3
 2 ║▒▒▒ X ▒▒▒ X ▒▒▒ X ▒▒▒ X ║ 2
 1 ║ X ▒▒▒ X ▒▒▒ X ▒▒▒ X ▒▒▒║ 1
   ╚════════════════════════╝
     A  B  C  D  E  F  G  H

Moves:
1. E5 captures F4
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In fact, there is a double jump (should I have added one more line?).

 

There isn't a double jump...

 

Then maybe I got the rules wrong? I reckoned that both:
- O - - - -
- - X - - -
- - - - - -
- - - - X -
- - - - - -

- - - - - -
- - - - - -
- - - O - -
- - - - X -
- - - - - -

- - - - - -
- - - - - -
- - - - - -
- - - - - -
- - - - - O

and

- - - - - O
- - - - X -
- - - - - -
- - - - X -
- - - - - -

- - - - - -
- - - - - -
- - - O - -
- - - - X -
- - - - - -

- - - - - -
- - - - - -
- - - - - -
- - - - - -
- - - - - O

were valid double jumps...