Chinese Checkersby Ethan Chang & Cyrus Dastangoo

What is Chinese Checkers?• Chinese Checkers is a board

game that is also a popular Chinese pastime

• It was created in Germany as a game called "Stern-Halma", which was called "Hop Ching Checkers" in the US and later "Chinese Checkers" by the Pressman Company

• In the game, there are 2-6 different color teams that play at once (except 5)

A Hop Ching Checkers board

How to Play

• Objective: Get all ten pieces to the opposite side (to fill the triangle)

• Pieces can either be moved by...• A single move to adjacent hole in any

direction (green piece)• A hop or multiple hops over adjacent

pieces, including their pieces or their opponent's pieces (red pieces)

• With 2 or more players, the players can make the game more fun by creating teams, or even playing for more than one color.

Possible Moves

Variations• Fast-paced, or Super Chinese Checkers is

played where hops can be made over multiple empty spaces and hop over non-adjacent spaces

•  Capture Chinese Checkers is similar to checkers, where you hop over other pieces to capture them, but the person with the most pieces wins

• Also, all color pieces are used in the capture mode, and all players can use any pieces they want

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