How to play Space Checkers

Learn the rules to the board game Space Checkers quickly and concisely - This video has no distractions, just the rules.Show more

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RULES:
The object of the game is to capture all your opponent’s checkers. Setup the board like so. Checkers always go on the textured spaces. Place Black’s on the bottom 2 levels on one side and red’s on the top 2 levels across from black’s. All checkers begin the game king side facedown.

Red’s topmost 2 edge-most squares, and black’s bottommost 2 edge-most squares, are their kings rows. Red goes first then turns alternate. On your turn you must move 1 checker. The first piece you touch you must move unless moving that piece is impossible. Checkers always move forward, towards their opponent’s king row. Checkers can move diagonally forwards on the same level, Diagonally forwards and vertically towards their opponent’s king row either up or down one level, or move sideways and vertically towards their opponent’s king row up or down one level. A checker can only move one space.

If an opposing checker blocks your path and there is an available space beyond that space that would be a legal move for your piece if it was on the space where the opponent checker is, then your checker may jump the opposing checker and land on the open space, capturing the opponent’s checker and removing it from the board. If after completing a jump, there is another legal jump available, you may make a subsequent jump and capture another piece. You can string together as many jumps as you want so long in a single turn.

If you have a legal jump, you do not have to jump if you don’t want to, this is called “Huffing”. However, if you “huff”, then on your opponent’s very next turn, they may respond one of three ways: 1st, they can ignore it and make a normal move of their own. 2nd they can force you to make the jump. 3rd, they can remove your piece that missed the opportunity to jump. If the “Huff” was ignored and remains in effect after your next turn, then your opponent can still respond to it in the same way.

When a checker reaches its opponent’s king row, it becomes “kinged”. Flip the piece over and stack another on top of it to show this. Kinged checkers are allowed to travel in any direction 1 space and can jump in any direction.

The first player to capture all their opponent’s checkers wins. If you blockade your opponent so they cannot move, then you win. If it is impossible for either player to win, then the game ends in a draw.