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Checker Game Board Starting Flying Backwards Checker
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Size |
Colour |
Pieces |
Kings |
Capture |
Jumps |
King |
| American Checkers |
8 x 8 |
Black |
12 |
per |
No |
No |
Yes |
Draughts player
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Size |
Colour |
Pieces |
Kings |
Capture |
Jumps |
King |
| Brazilian Checkers |
8 x 8 |
White |
12 |
per |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
players
| |
Size |
Colour |
Pieces |
Kings |
Capture |
Jumps |
King |
| Canadian Checkers |
12 x 12 |
White |
30 |
per |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
“Le Jeu de Dames player
Canadien”
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Size |
Colour |
Pieces |
Kings |
Capture |
Jumps |
King |
| Czech Checkers |
8 x 8 |
White |
8 |
per |
Yes |
No |
No |
“Čech Dáma”
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Size |
Colour |
Pieces |
Kings |
Capture |
Jumps |
King |
| Danish Checkers |
8 x 8 |
Black |
12 |
per |
No |
No |
Yes |
player
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Size |
Colour |
Pieces |
Kings |
Capture |
Jumps |
King |
| “Brætspil” |
10 x 10 |
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15 |
per |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
player
| |
Size |
Colour |
Pieces |
Kings |
Capture |
Jumps |
King |
| French Draughts |
10 x 10 |
White |
20 |
per |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Checkers player Queen
“Le Jeu de Dames”
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Size |
Colour |
Pieces |
Kings |
Capture |
Jumps |
King |
| Frisian Draughts |
10 x 10 |
White |
20 |
per |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
player
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Size |
Colour |
Pieces |
Kings |
Capture |
Jumps |
King |
| German Checkers |
8 x 8 |
Black |
12 |
per |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
player
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Size |
Colour |
Pieces |
Kings |
Capture |
Jumps |
King |
| International |
10 x 10 |
White |
20 |
per |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Checkers player
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Size |
Colour |
Pieces |
Kings |
Capture |
Jumps |
King |
| Italian Checkers |
8 x 8 |
White |
12 |
per |
No |
No |
No |
“Dama Italiana” player
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Size |
Colour |
Pieces |
Kings |
Capture |
Jumps |
King |
| Polish Checkers |
10 x 10 |
White |
20 |
per |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
“Warcaby Polskie” player
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Size |
Colour |
Pieces |
Kings |
Capture |
Jumps |
King |
| Warcaby |
8 x 8 |
White |
12 |
per |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
player
| |
Size |
Colour |
Pieces |
Kings |
Capture |
Jumps |
King |
| Pool Checkers |
8 x 8 |
Dark |
12 |
per |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
player
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Size |
Colour |
Pieces |
Kings |
Capture |
Jumps |
King |
| Portuguese |
8 x 8 |
White |
12 |
per |
Yes |
No |
Yes |
Checkers player
“Verificatores Portuguese”
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Size |
Colour |
Pieces |
Kings |
Capture |
Jumps |
King |
| Russian Checkers |
8 x 8 |
White |
12 |
per |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
“Shashki” player
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Size |
Colour |
Pieces |
Kings |
Capture |
Jumps |
King |
| Spanish Checkers |
8 x 8 |
White |
12 |
per |
Yes |
No |
Yes |
“Damas Espanola” player
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Size |
Colour |
Pieces |
Kings |
Capture |
Jumps |
King |
| Sri Lanka Checkers |
12 x 12 |
White |
30 |
per |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
player
      
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Size |
Colour |
Pieces |
Kings |
Capture |
Jumps |
King |
| Thai Checkers |
8 x 8 |
White |
8 |
per |
No |
No |
Yes |
player
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Size |
Colour |
Pieces |
Kings |
Capture |
Jumps |
King |
| Turkish Checkers |
8 x 8 |
White |
16 |
per |
Yes |
No |
Yes |
“Tűrk Damasi” player
See our Checkers site for specific details of different invented game variants of
the classic version of Checkers.
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Two Player
