Checkers - Dames

How To Play Checkers - Dames

Control Scheme

• Tap or click a piece to pick it up, then tap the square you want it to land on.
• Move diagonally, always pushing toward your opponent's side of the board.
• Line up a jump over an enemy piece to capture it and clear your path faster.
• Chain multiple jumps in a single turn whenever the board lets you.
• Get a piece all the way across and it kings up, giving you extra range to move backward too.

There's nothing flashy going on here, and honestly that's kind of the point. No story, no cutscenes, just two sides of a board and a grid of dark squares waiting to get fought over. It's the same game your grandfather probably played on a rainy afternoon, just rebuilt for a screen you can tap with your thumb. The mood is quiet and a little tense in that specific way checkers always is, where you're staring at one square for way too long trying to figure out if moving there sets you up to get double-jumped. Play it on a phone during a commute or pull it up on a laptop between tasks, it fits into whatever gap you've got.

Standout Features

• Built for two players, so you can pass the device over and go head to head with someone sitting right next to you.
• Runs on HTML5, meaning it loads straight in a browser without extra downloads or installs.
• Works fine on mobile, so the board scales down without turning into a mess of tiny squares.
• Jump mechanics reward aggressive play, since clearing pieces off the board is how you actually get ahead.
• Kinged pieces open up new movement options, which shifts the whole flow of a match once a few show up.
• Simple enough to hand to someone who's never played before and have them figure it out in about a minute.