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I was about to comment saying it was broken and forces you to jump. But it turns out I've just been playing checkers wrong my whole life.
by throwaway0665 2y ago
I was about to comment saying it was broken and forces you to jump. But it turns out I've just been playing checkers wrong my whole life.
- maxnoe 2y agoAll checkers games I ever played started with a long negotiation about the rules...
- wiktor-k 2y agoExactly. I was surprised that this one doesn't support multi capture when available.
- eptcyka 2y agoDoes it not?
- arijun 2y agoIt does, not sure what you're seeing. Maybe the second jump was in the reverse direction, and thus not legal?
- millerm 2y agoIt does. Don’t forget, only a king can go backwards.
- vlovich123 2y agoBut how many squares can they travel?
- littlestymaar 2y agoOnly one, American checkers' kings are so uncool.
- kolanos 2y agoWas curious about this, so checked: > In American checkers, men can jump only forwards; in international draughts and Russian draughts, men can jump both forwards and backwards. [0] [0]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Checkers https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Checkers
- vlovich123 2y agoMoreover a king in Russian draughts can travel an arbitrary number of squares.
- froh 2y agoa King? in checkers? we call the game "Dame" (as in Dame Judy Dench) and the piece transforms into said Dame with "the usual" super powers. Which are different from the King's. Of course. :-)
- echelon 2y agoIt forces multi capture when available.
- vlovich123 2y agoThere’s a lot of different checkers variants.
- eyelidlessness 2y agoI guess I have too? So has everyone I’ve ever played with.
- deleted 2y ago[deleted]
- kevinAlbs 2y agoI believe I referenced https://wcdf.net/rules.htm https://wcdf.net/rules.htm for rules. I had these questions myself when writing the game. Updated the README to link to the intended rules.