Let's popularize Checkers together

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SegFalt
Posts: 2
Joined: Mon Jul 11, 2016 8:50 pm
What do you like about checkers?: The purity. the rules are so simple, yet the strategy is not.

Let's popularize Checkers together

Post by SegFalt »

Hello ACF,

I've played checkers with my dad growing up, and have played with a handful of people here and there, but haven't been presented with the opportunity to play the game nearly as often as I have with Chess. I think that's a shame. I've also felt that the solutions out there to play these games online are sub-par, so I came up with my own solution.

https://boardom.io/

I've focused on making it very easy to invite other people to play with you. Eg: you can play with me here:
https://boardom.io/play/matt

and I've even played ACF's very own Alan Millhone here https://boardom.io/game/82657850695a7

I'll be looking forward to learning more about the checkers community, and hopefully it's something that can grow with this app.
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bazkitcase5
Posts: 84
Joined: Sun Nov 20, 2005 8:35 pm
What do you like about checkers?: I love strategy games and checkers fits the bill for a great strategy game, that requires logic and problem solving skills.
Location: Columbus, MS

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Post by bazkitcase5 »

This is interesting. How capable would you be at building a full gaming site for playing checkers? Similar to chess.com
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Patrick Parker
Posts: 959
Joined: Tue Nov 15, 2005 11:32 pm
What do you like about checkers?: history of it
the players
Location: amite, louisiana
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Post by Patrick Parker »

I had asked him the same question. I play on that website as invadethebox.
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chipschap
Posts: 226
Joined: Sun Nov 27, 2005 12:54 pm
What do you like about checkers?: Everything.
Location: Honolulu, Hawai'i
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Post by chipschap »

Has anyone looked at lidraughts.org? It's based on the lichess code base and is extremely good and rather popular. It has quite a few variants but alas, only flying kings. I asked about "straight" checkers and they weren't especially interested. But the source code is freely available. It likely wouldn't be hard at all to add the Anglo-American variant. Of course then someone would have to run a server and all that.
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George Hay
Posts: 1026
Joined: Sat Jan 01, 2011 7:41 am
What do you like about checkers?: Checkers is a game of pure logic.
Location: Grand Rapids, Michigan, USA

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Post by George Hay »

I like playing 10x10 with the computer on https://lidraughts.org. It has a nice formate, and no sign-in required. Unfortunately, it does not have American Checkers. One recent change I don't like is it no longer defaults to "Unlimited" in time control. I do, however, like that it has the numbers outside of the checkerboard, not on the checkerboard.

I love playing American Checkers with the computer on https://www.lutanho.net/stroke/online.html. This website has many games, and the best game of all "Checkers" is found mid-way down the column labeled "For two players." After 500 plies (250 moves on each side) the game is a draw!

--George Hay
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