BASIC RULES OF TOURNAMENT CHECKERS:
- Players flip a coin to see who goes first. Black always leads the moves and is considered a handicap position.
- Place all 24 checkers on the black squares of the board, avoiding the two horizontal strips of black squares on “No-Man’s-Land” in the center of the board.
- Pieces can make diagonal moves only, one square at a time except during jumps.
- Each player moves one piece in turn.
- Initial moves are only forward unless the piece has been crowned king by reaching the opponent’s back line.
- If a piece can be taken, it must be taken. Forced moves cause forced captures.
- Pieces are taken by jumping over them, from empty square to empty square. Pieces cannot land on top of other pieces.
- You can only jump a piece if your piece is directly next to the opponent’s piece.
- You must land on an empty square when jumping.
- Multiple jumps may be made if conditions are right.
- “King Me” is spoken aloud when reaching opponent’s back line, after which that piece can move either forward or backward on the board, but always diagonally.
- The game is over when all the pieces of one player are gone. A play can end in a draw.
Those are the very basic rules of checkers. Watching a few games on youtube will give you the confidence you need to try playing a game with a friend.
If you like how it feels and how well it activates the relics you’re playing with, you might like to investigate other gateway openings and possibly expand your knowledge and skills in Advanced Tournament Checkers against our experts.
Is there more to it? Yes, there is. Relic checkers opens up pathways to the past and ancient past, and even makes doorways and wormholes to other dimensions. Try it and see. Absolutely guaranteed authentic relics in every single capsule, exactly as stated in the COA.
I make a wide variety of special cultures and lost civilizations checker sets, and probably have what you’re looking for in a contact coin checkers set. Magical manipulations and spirit gestures are part and parcel of the Relic Checker Champion’s pantheon of magical passes.
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