Giant Draughts
Draughts (British English) or checkers (American English) is a group of strategy board games for
two players which involve diagonal moves of uniform game pieces and mandatory captures by jumping
over opponent pieces. The name derives from the verb to draw or to move.
Players:
2Competititve:
1 against 1Complexity:
7/10Duration:
LongType:
Strategy.Fun Factor
Giant Draughts takes the classic game of strategy and makes it larger-than-life and more engaging. The big board and easy-to-handle pieces make it fun for both kids and adults. It’s simple to learn, yet offers plenty of challenge for those who love to outthink their opponent. Perfect for outdoor play, it brings people together for friendly, face-to-face competition.
Game Setup and Rules
The game of Draughts is played on a standard Chess board 64 black and white chequered squares. Each player has 12 pieces normally in the form of fat round counters.Black always plays first. Each player's pieces are placed on the 12 black squares nearest to that player.
The white squares are not used at all in the game - the pieces only move diagonally and so stay on the black squares throughout.The objective of the game is to take all of the opponent's pieces or to produce a position such that the opponent is unable to move.
Players take turns to move a piece of their own colour. Any piece that reaches the far edge of the board is immediately crowned and is thereafter known as a "King". The act of crowning is a physical one - another piece of the same shade is placed on top of the piece in order to distinguish it from an ordinary piece.
Until a piece is "crowned", it can only move and capture in a diagonally forwards direction. Kings are allowed to move and capture diagonally forwards and backward. Ordinary pieces can capture Kings.
Whenever a piece has an opponent's piece adjacent to it and the square immediately beyond the opponent's piece is vacant, the opponent's piece can be captured.
A piece is taken by simply hopping over it into the vacant square beyond and removing it from the board. Unlike an ordinary move, a capturing move can consist of several such hops.
Included In the Set
1 x Draught Matt (1.8 x 1.8m)
12 x Dark Draught Pieces
12 x Light Daught Pieces
1 x Manual
see pricelist
book online
Transport
The Draught-Checkers set weighs roughly 3kg, and is usually packed into a single 45L container.
The container dimensions are 54cm (length) by 37cm (width) by 37cm (height) and it can fit into most hatchback and SUV boots,
or easily on the rear seat. When the rental is combined with other games,
it might be added to existing containers of 45L (54cm x 37cm x 37cm) or 68L (61cm x 40cm x 43cm)
Giant Draughts takes the classic game of strategy and makes it larger-than-life and more engaging. The big board and easy-to-handle pieces make it fun for both kids and adults. It’s simple to learn, yet offers plenty of challenge for those who love to outthink their opponent. Perfect for outdoor play, it brings people together for friendly, face-to-face competition.
The game of Draughts is played on a standard Chess board 64 black and white chequered squares. Each player has 12 pieces normally in the form of fat round counters.Black always plays first. Each player's pieces are placed on the 12 black squares nearest to that player.
The white squares are not used at all in the game - the pieces only move diagonally and so stay on the black squares throughout.The objective of the game is to take all of the opponent's pieces or to produce a position such that the opponent is unable to move.
Players take turns to move a piece of their own colour. Any piece that reaches the far edge of the board is immediately crowned and is thereafter known as a "King". The act of crowning is a physical one - another piece of the same shade is placed on top of the piece in order to distinguish it from an ordinary piece.
Until a piece is "crowned", it can only move and capture in a diagonally forwards direction. Kings are allowed to move and capture diagonally forwards and backward. Ordinary pieces can capture Kings.
Whenever a piece has an opponent's piece adjacent to it and the square immediately beyond the opponent's piece is vacant, the opponent's piece can be captured.
A piece is taken by simply hopping over it into the vacant square beyond and removing it from the board. Unlike an ordinary move, a capturing move can consist of several such hops.
The white squares are not used at all in the game - the pieces only move diagonally and so stay on the black squares throughout.The objective of the game is to take all of the opponent's pieces or to produce a position such that the opponent is unable to move.
Players take turns to move a piece of their own colour. Any piece that reaches the far edge of the board is immediately crowned and is thereafter known as a "King". The act of crowning is a physical one - another piece of the same shade is placed on top of the piece in order to distinguish it from an ordinary piece.
Until a piece is "crowned", it can only move and capture in a diagonally forwards direction. Kings are allowed to move and capture diagonally forwards and backward. Ordinary pieces can capture Kings.
Whenever a piece has an opponent's piece adjacent to it and the square immediately beyond the opponent's piece is vacant, the opponent's piece can be captured.
A piece is taken by simply hopping over it into the vacant square beyond and removing it from the board. Unlike an ordinary move, a capturing move can consist of several such hops.