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  1. Chinese checkers / Origin
    Germany
    Players2–4, 6
    Playing time10–30 minutes
    ChanceNone
    Rules

    The aim is to race all one's pieces into the star corner on the opposite side of the board before the opponents do the same. The destination corner is called home. Each playe… See more

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    Strategy

    A basic strategy is to create or find the longest hopping path that leads closest to home, or immediately into it. (Multiple-jump moves are obviously faster to advance pieces tha… See more

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    History and nomenclature

    The game was invented in Germany in 1892 under the name "Stern-Halma" as a variation of the older American game
    The … See more

    References

    Bibliography 1. Bell, R. C. (1983). The Boardgame Book. Exeter Books. ISBN 0-671-06030-9. 2. … See more

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    Rules

    The aim is to race all one's pieces into the star corner on the opposite side of the board before the opponents do the same. The destination corner is called home. Each player has 10 pieces, except in games bet… See more

    Strategy

    A basic strategy is to create or find the longest hopping path that leads closest to home, or immediately into it. (Multiple-jump moves are obviously faster to advance pieces than step-by-step moves.) Since either playe… See more

     
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    Chinese checkers - Wikipedia

    Chinese checkers (US) or Chinese chequers (UK), known as Sternhalma in German, is a strategy board game of German origin that can be played by two, three, four, or six people, playing individually or with partners. The game is a modern and simplified variation of the game Halma. The objective is to be first … See more

    The game was invented in Germany in 1892 under the name "Stern-Halma" as a variation of the older American game Halma. … See more

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    A basic strategy is to create or find the longest hopping path that leads closest to home, or immediately into it. (Multiple-jump moves are obviously faster to advance pieces than step-by-step moves.) Since either player can make use of any hopping 'ladder' or … See more

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    The aim is to race all one's pieces into the star corner on the opposite side of the board before the opponents do the same. The destination corner is called home. Each player has 10 pieces, except in games between two players, when 15 pieces are used. … See more

    1. ^ "Chinese chequers". Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Cambridge University Press.
    2. ^ Five people cannot play, because one player would lack an opponent sitting opposite.
    3. ^ … See more

     
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