ChineseCheckers Rules
ChineseCheckers is played on a 6-pointed star-shaped board. The goal is to move all ten of your pieces from one point of the star to the opposite point of the star before anyone else does.
Pieces may move a single space in any of the six directions, or they may make one or more jumps. When jumping, a piece jumps over another adjacent piece and lands in the empty space on the other side. The same piece may then proceed to make additional jumps if desired. Pieces are never captured in ChineseCheckers and there is no limit to the number of consecutive jumps which may be made in one turn.
Super Chinese Checkers
If the -long option is used when creating a game, you can use long jumps which increase the complexity of the game. When making a long jump, you must jump a single piece and land the same number of spaces away from the piece on the opposite side.Legal long jumps (from a to b):
. . . a x b . . . . . a . x . b . . . a . . x . . b . a . . . x . . . b
Illegal long jumps (from a to b):
. a . x . . b (not same distance) a . x x . . b (jump two pieces)
Initial Board Positions
The default initial board positions for 2, 3, 4, 5, and 6 players respectively are shown below. Ohs
Goal-120
(Ohs)
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
/ / / / / / / / / 10
A - x / 11
B - x x / 12
C - x x x / 13
D - x x x x / 14
E - . . . . . . . . . . . . . / 15
F - . . . . . . . . . . . . / 16
G - . . . . . . . . . . . / 17
H - . . . . . . . . . . /
I - . . . . . . . . .
J - . . . . . . . . . . -
K - . . . . . . . . . . . -
L - . . . . . . . . . . . . -
M - . . . . . . . . . . . . . -
N - o o o o -
O - o o o -
P - o o -
Q - o -
/ / / / / / / /
(Eks)
Goal-120
Eks
Ohs
Goal-120
(Ohs)
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
/ / / / / / / / / 10
A - . / 11
B - . . / 12
C - . . . / 13
D - . . . . / 14
E - x x x x . . . . . y y y y / 15
F - x x x . . . . . . y y y / 16
G - x x . . . . . . . y y / 17
H - x . . . . . . . . y /
I - . . . . . . . . .
J - . . . . . . . . . . -
K - . . . . . . . . . . . -
L - . . . . . . . . . . . . -
M - . . . . . . . . . . . . . -
(Why) N - o o o o - (Eks)
Goal-120 O - o o o - Goal-120
Why P - o o - Eks
Q - o -
/ / / / / / / /
Ohs
Goal-120
(Ohs)
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
/ / / / / / / / / 10
A - y / 11
Tee B - y y / 12
Goal-120 C - y y y / 13
(Tee) D - y y y y / 14
E - x x x x . . . . . . . . . / 15
F - x x x . . . . . . . . . / 16
G - x x . . . . . . . . . / 17
H - x . . . . . . . . . /
I - . . . . . . . . .
J - . . . . . . . . . t -
K - . . . . . . . . . t t -
L - . . . . . . . . . t t t -
M - . . . . . . . . . t t t t -
N - o o o o - (Eks)
O - o o o - Goal-120
P - o o - Eks
Q - o -
/ / / / / / / /
(Why)
Goal-120
Why
Ohs
Goal-120
(Ohs)
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
/ / / / / / / / / 10
A - t / 11
You B - t t / 12 Eks
Goal-120 C - t t t / 13 Goal-120
(You) D - t t t t / 14 (Eks)
E - y y y y . . . . . . . . . / 15
F - y y y . . . . . . . . . / 16
G - y y . . . . . . . . . / 17
H - y . . . . . . . . . /
I - . . . . . . . . .
J - x . . . . . . . . u -
K - x x . . . . . . . u u -
L - x x x . . . . . . u u u -
M - x x x x . . . . . u u u u -
N - o o o o - (Why)
O - o o o - Goal-120
P - o o - Why
Q - o -
/ / / / / / / /
(Tee)
Goal-120
Tee
Ohs
Goal-120
(Ohs)
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
/ / / / / / / / / 10
A - t / 11
Bee B - t t / 12 Eks
Goal-120 C - t t t / 13 Goal-120
(Bee) D - t t t t / 14 (Eks)
E - y y y y . . . . . u u u u / 15
F - y y y . . . . . . u u u / 16
G - y y . . . . . . . u u / 17
H - y . . . . . . . . u /
I - . . . . . . . . .
J - x . . . . . . . . b -
K - x x . . . . . . . b b -
L - x x x . . . . . . b b b -
M - x x x x . . . . . b b b b -
(You) N - o o o o - (Why)
Goal-120 O - o o o - Goal-120
You P - o o - Why
Q - o -
/ / / / / / / /
(Tee)
Goal-120
Tee