Checkers

2 players

Each side has twelve men on the dark squares of an 8×8 board. A man moves one square diagonally forward; it captures by jumping over an adjacent enemy onto the empty square beyond, and may keep jumping with the same piece. Capturing is compulsory. A man that reaches the far row becomes a king, which moves and jumps backwards too. You lose when you have no legal move.

English draughts: men do not jump backwards, kings move one square (no flying kings). When several captures are possible you choose which; you need not take the longest sequence. White (player 1) moves first here, where the official rules let the dark side start. A piece jumped earlier in a multiple capture is removed at once, so it may be jumped over again (the official rules remove the pieces after the move). No draw by repetition; a game that goes on for 80 moves without a capture or a promotion is a draw.