Draughts, also known as checkers, is a two-player strategy board game played on an 8x8 grid. Each player starts with 12 pieces on opposite sides of the board. The goal is to capture all of your opponent's pieces or block them from moving. Players take turns moving their pieces diagonally forward, capturing their opponent's pieces by jumping over them. The game ends when one player captures all of their opponent's pieces or blocks them from moving.
Draughts is another name for checkers.
The game draughts is also known as checkers.
Draughts is the name of a British board game, called chequers in the USA and Canada
In a standard game of draughts (also known as checkers), each player starts with 12 pieces. The game is played on an 8x8 board, with pieces placed on the dark squares. Therefore, there are a total of 24 pieces in play at the beginning of the game.
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In draughts, when a player has no legal moves available on their turn, the game ends, and that player loses. This situation typically occurs when all of their pieces are blocked or captured. If both players run out of moves simultaneously, the game can also be declared a draw. The rules may vary slightly depending on the version of draughts being played.
Don't know if I have the context right but, in the UK, draughts (pronounced "drafts") is the game known in the USA as checkers.
You can put one of your draughts behind one of your other ones to stop your opponent jumping that draught.
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In a standard game of draughts (also known as checkers), each player starts with 12 counters, making a total of 24 counters on the board at the beginning of the game. These counters are typically round and can be of different colors, usually black and white. The game is played on an 8x8 board, with players moving their counters diagonally to capture opponents' pieces.
Checkers is a children's game. It also is called draughts.