Checkers

Objective

Capture all of your opponent's pieces, or leave them with no legal move.

Setup

• American checkers on an 8x8 board. Each player starts with 12 pieces on the dark squares of their first three rows.

Moving and capturing

• A regular piece moves one square diagonally forward onto an empty dark square.
• Capture by jumping diagonally over an adjacent enemy piece onto the empty square beyond it.
• Captures are mandatory. If a jump is available, you must take it.
• After a jump, keep jumping with the same piece while further captures are available. The chain is one move.

Kings

• A piece that reaches the far row is crowned a king. Crowning ends the move, even in the middle of a jump chain.
• Kings move and capture diagonally both forward and backward.

Draws

• On your turn you can offer a draw. The offer stands through your opponent's turn: they can accept it, or decline simply by moving.
• Forty moves each with no capture and no regular piece moving ends the game drawn, so two kings can never circle forever.

Series, rematches and your record

• A match is a series. Checkers defaults to a single game. You can pick a single game or best of 3, 5 or 7 when you open the lobby. The first player to win a majority of rounds takes it.
• The opening move alternates every round. Drawn rounds score nobody, and a series that keeps drawing ends after twice its length.
• Between rounds there is a short break, then the next round deals on its own. Tap Next round to skip ahead.
• Resigning concedes the whole series. When it ends, either player can call a rematch; once both accept, a new series deals with the seats swapped.
• Every series counts toward your all-time head to head against that player, your win streak in that game, and your rank: Rookie, Contender, Hustler, Shark, Kingpin, Legend.

Lobbies, turns and timers

• Open a lobby, choose your options, then share the invite link or the 8-character room code. Invite-only lobbies stay closed to anyone you did not invite.
• Every move runs on a 45-second clock. Let it lapse and you forfeit the game, so stay on the board.
• Leave whenever you like. The host can end the match at any point, and a finished lobby reopens with the same seats for a rematch.

Bold Points stakes (optional)

• When you open the lobby you can play free or set a stake from 10 to 1,000 Bold Points per player.
• Stakes are held in escrow when the match starts. The winner takes the pot; a draw or an aborted match returns every stake.
• Stake winnings are capped at 5,000 Bold Points per member per day.