![]() ![]() If you wish to make coloured playing pieces, print either the third or fourth page of “Chinese” Checkers on card stock. The winner is the first to get all their pieces in their opposing triangle.įor a more detailed introduction to the rules of play, read the Wikihow article (with illustrations), the Wikipedia article, or watch any of the multiple instruction videos. Opponent’s pieces may be jumped, as in checkers, but the jumped piece stays in place. When a path is blocked by an opponent’s piece or pieces, you may jump them. The two possible first moves if starting with the centre piece are shown below. Pieces may only be moved along the paths indicated by the diagonal lines on the board. The object of the game is to move all of your pieces from their home triangle to the same colour triangle on the opposite side of the board. Decide the order of play by flipping a coin. If you have ten, you can fill the next row as well. You will need a minimum of six pieces -and a maximum of ten- per player. A larger bean, like a white kidney bean, would be better.) If you are using white beans, you can colour them with felt pen, or watercolours, or even nail polish if you have some distinctly different colours. You can find instructions for folding them here.) If you prefer, you can make card stock playing pieces. Playing pieces can be made from a variety of things you likely already have around the house: buttons, beans, washers, coins, Chinese lucky stars folded from magazine pages… (The Chinese lucky stars were the easiest to handle when playing. The black and white version is suitable for hand colouring. If you print on card stock your board will be more durable, but regular copy paper is fine. The files will print on either A4 or 8.5 x 11″ stock. You will need to use either the ‘Fit to page’ setting or the ‘Center’ setting, depending on your printer. (This is the smaller board used in Japan and Korea.) Download “Chinese” Checkers and print. If you would like to play Stern-Halma and don’t own a board, you can print a small version. The “Stern” (German for star) refers to the board’s star shape (in contrast to the square board used in Halma). ![]() The game was invented in Germany in 1892 under the name “Stern-Halma” as a variation of the older American game Halma. In doing some research I discovered that Chinese Checkers are not Chinese at all.ĭespite its name, the game is not a variation of checkers, nor did it originate in China or any part of Asia (whereas the game 象棋 xiangqi, or “Chinese chess”, is from China). I made an artist’s book for the March #areyoubookenough_hexagon challenge on Instagram. Another updated post today, with the addition of some DIY playing pieces at the end.
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