Sycarion Diversions

Nothing seems as simple as a game of checkers, right? Not to the professionals!

Regardless of that, this game has been enjoyed in various forms all over the world. In America and the UK, this game is played on an 8×8 board. In other countries, the board is 10×10 and even 12×12. Some games allow the checkers to move in any direction.

The most interesting variation is Lasca. Played on a 7×7 board, the jumped pieces become a part of your column. Read the link for a better explanation, but it is a fun game with several twists.
Sycarion Does Checkers As Well

We have two variations today. The downloads page will have resources to make your own odd sized boards in the next couple of days. The games have the same premise, but it is executed differently depending on the size of the game board used.

The details below will be cleaned up later tonight as time permits. It makes more sense visually, especially Hedge Checkers.

Strategic Checkers

Using a 10×10 board, each player places 5 of his 12 checkers on the dark squares of the back row. As the players take their turn, they slide the checkers onto the 8×8 board. When a checker in placed in the normal sized board, they take one of their remaing checkers and place it on the back row.

Hedge Checkers

Using a 12X12 board, players place checkers in the back row, but must jump the buffer to make it onto the 8X8 board. Players may also jump over the hedge into safety, but they must jump forward with that checker on their next turn or forfeit it to their opponent.