EASY TO LEARN: Chinese Checkers is all about moving your pegs into the destination triangle across from you, while preventing others from doing the same.This gorgeous wooden case with cover will protect your pieces, all while looking pristine. SOLID WOOD GAMEBOARD: Take your Chinese Checkers with you anywhere- to family game night or to a dinner party with friends.With 60 red, green, pink, yellow, blue, and orange pegs included to play this classic game, the smooth texture and patent shine are surely something to brag about. HIGH QUALITY PIECES: You can rely on these wooden pegs to stand the test of time.If you enjoy classic competitions such as chess and cribbage, and other classic competitions, you are sure to enjoy this time-tested game. A CLASSIC TIMELESS GAME: Suitable for ages 8 and up, all you need is 2-6 people to get this game of Chinese Checkers started.Move all 10 of your colored pegs into the triangle, and you win! Grab your friends, kids, or neighbors to play this classic game of Chinese Checkers. Chinese Checkers is all about moving your pegs into the destination triangle across from you, while preventing others from doing the same. Take your Chinese Checkers with you anywhere- to family game night or to a dinner party with friends. You can rely on these wooden pegs to stand the test of time. If you like chess, cribbage, and other classic competitions, you are sure to enjoy this time-tested game. Suitable for ages 8 and up, all you need is 2-6 people to get this game of Chinese Checkers started. It was originally called Stern-Halma in Germany and then Hop Ching Checkers in the United States.With this deluxe set, you will have everything you need to play this timeless competitive game. The name Chinese Checkers was just a marketing play when the game was brought to America.The game has little to do with normal checkers, but comes from a game called Halma.

The game was not invented in China, but rather in Germany.

Is often played with the youngest player getting the advantage.Ħ players - each player has a separate color of marbles and tries to move them to the opposite corner. One player will have an empty space opposite, giving them the advantage. Two opposite sides are left open.ĥ players - this is sometimes not considered a legal option. If using 2 sets, then the players set up their colors on opposite sides and must move their colors to their own opposite side.Ĥ players - this way is standard Chinese checkers. If using 1 set, then the players must move to the opposite empty star point. You can also play with multiple sets of marbles where each player plays 2 or 3 sets or colors of marbles and has to move all of them across the board to win.ģ players - 3 players can be played with 1 or 2 sets of marbles. You can move in any direction.ĭepending on the number of players there are different ways to play Chinese checkers:Ģ players - with two players you move all your marbles across the board to other player's start point. You do not have to hop over a marble if you don't want to.

You can hop over your own or your opponent's marbles. See the blue path of hops in the picture below for an example. You can only jump over 1 marble at a time (for example you can't jump over 2 marbles that are next to each other), but you can do multiple jumps on the same turn as long as the hops are all lined up. The marble can be moved to an adjacent open space or may jump over other marbles that are right next to the marble. When a player takes a turn, they may move one marble. The object of the Chinese checkers is to get all of your marbles to the opposite point of the star. Each player has 10 colored marbles that start out inside the point of the star. There are lots of places in the star where marbles fit. We'll discuss the most popular way called the 'hop across' version here.Ĭhinese Checkers uses a special board that looks like a six pointed start. There are some different ways to play the game. Chinese Checkers is a fun game to play with 2 to 6 players.

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