The American Checker Federation

Update:

The IE6 bug appears to be fixed now. So, if you were having trouble with Vying Games because of that, please give us another chance. : ))

Also, we have tourneys now. You can go here, to find a checkers tourney:

http://vying.org/tourneys

Thanks again,
Eric

Pal, I've figured out that a lot of your problems are due to Internet Explorer 6 bugs. I test regularly in IE7, Firefox, and Safari, but I don't have IE6. I'm working with another player who does have access to IE6 to try to fix the bug. I started a thread on the Vying Games forums here: http://vyin...

Pal, if you read this and are still lost on my site... click the http://vying.org/images/email.png icon, and then "My Games" to find the games we have just started. Or, click the http://vying.org/images/email_cycle.png icon and it'll take you directly to the next game in which it's your tu...

I agree with JR, maybe the crowns could be gold in color or a white crown on the red checkers and a red crown on the white checkers Hi, Pal, those are good ideas... I'll see what I can do. : )) BTW: How do you get a game with a human opponent? In the upper-right of each page, by your username, clic...

BTW, does anyone else get an error like this every time they post on the ACF forums?

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JR Smith wrote:I find the kings hard to see, you might consider color the crown white so it shows up better.

Hi, JR! I'm not much of an artist, but let me play around with it to see what I can do.....

Thanks!
Eric

Greetings Eki, Just checked out your site....very cool. I only played the checkers... You must know that a move is ended when a piece becomes a King. Hi Jay! For people who don't read the forums at Vying Games, this was posted there, too. So, I'll just quote my reply. (BTW, it's only because of tha...

I've updated the code to rotate the board 180 degrees (when necessary) so that your checkers will always start at the bottom of the board and move towards the top of the board.

I'll work on the other suggestions soon! : )

Thanks,
Eric

Eki, The first game I played (yesterday) I didn't pay much attention the the color I was choosing, when the board loaded with red at the top and white at the botton I assumed I would be playing the white side. I waited for red to make the first move which didn't happen. Thinking that maybe it was m...

Hi Pal, Some players have mentioned recently that they'd prefer to have their pieces always at the bottom of the board (for games like checkers)... is the board otherwise correct? In other words, it just needs to be rotated 180 degrees? I can add this to my todo list. I can make it a higher priority...

Hi, I posted earlier in the Questions from a programmer thread that I was working on Checkers. I just wanted to offer another round of thanks to everyone who was so helpful. This morning I finished up my work, and you can see the results here: http://vying.org/games/checkers Click the 'play' link to...

when i think of checkers i dont th ink of 10x10 or pool checkers or anything like that but thats me Okay, maybe I'll list American Checkers as just Checkers. 1vs 1 king is a draw if the kings dont leave the double corner line there is a count ....so many moves that it takes for 1 king to beat 1 kin...

if u want to see what people like as far as colors go http://www.kurnik.com go to checkers I think you wanted http://www.kurnik.org : ) checkers is the name of the game i think we all accept draughts would also be acceptable but less known to americans I'd like to do some variations eventually. Do ...

Question #2, Part C Do players usually just agree that a game is a draw? Yes Question #2, Part D Are there rules that dictate when a game is a draw? Rule #12 A draw is declared when neither player can force a win. When one side appears stronger than the other, and the player with what appears to be...

Ah, thanks tommyc! : )