Chinese Checkers Online
Get your 10 marbles to the opposite point of the star before everyone else, hopping over pieces in chains. Pick 2 to 6 players and how many of them are people; the computer plays the rest.
Your turn: tap a red piece
Move the red pieces to the point with the dashed outline. · Wins: 0
How to play Chinese checkers
Each player starts with 10 pieces in one point of the star and must move them all to the point on the opposite side, marked with a dashed outline. Players take turns, moving one piece per round.
A piece can step one hole into an empty neighboring space or jump over an adjacent piece (yours or another player’s), landing in the empty hole right behind it. Jumps can be chained in any direction in the same move, but you cannot step one hole after jumping. Nothing is captured: the jumped pieces stay on the board.
Tap one of your pieces and then one of the dots that appear to move it. The first player to fill their destination point wins. If a piece belonging to the player who lives there does not move, it does not get in the way: a point filled with your pieces and theirs still counts as arrived.
Frequently asked questions
How many people can play Chinese checkers?
From 2 to 6. With 2, 4 or 6 players, each one heads to the point facing their own; with 3 or 5, some points stay empty as destinations. Here you choose how many players are people, passing the device from hand to hand, and the computer plays the others.
What is a good strategy in Chinese checkers?
Build “ladders”: leave pieces in a line with a hole between them so you can make long chained jumps. Do not leave pieces behind, because the last piece to leave home often decides the game.
Did Chinese checkers come from China?
No. The game was created in Germany at the end of the 19th century under the name Stern-Halma, a version of Halma on a star-shaped board. The name “Chinese checkers” came later, in the United States, as a marketing idea.