English Checkers

Challenge your mind and practice your tactics with English Checkers! This classic, timeless board game invites you to test your strategic thinking against a clever AI or play with a friend. Command your dark or light checkers pieces, outmaneuver your opponent on the iconic checkered grid, and aim to capture or trap all of their pieces to claim the crown. Simple to pick up but rich in depth, it is the perfect mental workout for board game lovers worldwide!

Desktop Controls Click your Mouse Left-Click directly on a checker piece in your color to select it, which will highlight its available legal movement slots. Click on any of the highlighted adjacent diagonal cells to move your piece forward or jump over an opponent's piece to capture it.

Mobile/Tablet Controls Tap with your finger directly on the checker piece you want to control on the touchscreen. Tap on the desired valid diagonal space on the grid layout to slide your piece or execute a double jump capture action.

Gameplay Rules & Objectives Your main objective is to completely eliminate all of your opponent's pieces from the board or block them so they have no remaining legal moves left to make. Pieces can only move forward diagonally onto open dark squares one step at a time. If an enemy piece is adjacent to yours with an empty space right behind it, you are legally required to jump over and capture it. Reaching the furthest back row of the opponent's side upgrades your standard piece into a King, which gains the powerful ability to move and capture backward as well as forward.

How to Win & Strategy Do not give up control of the center rows too early in the game. Try to keep your back row of checkers completely intact for as long as possible, as this serves as a solid baseline defense shield that prevents your opponent from easily reaching your end zone and crowning their pieces into powerful Kings.