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House rules
Crown Draughts
English draughts on an eight-by-eight board. Step and jump diagonally, captures are compulsory, crown a piece on the far row and the new king moves both ways. Two opponents a day, from friendly to sharp.
- Room
- Boards
- Game
- Draughts
- Made for
- 1997
Play Crown Draughts
Free, no sign-up. Mouse, touch or keyboard.
How to play
- Click a piece, then its square, or drag it.
- Arrows + Enter pick up and place, X cancels.
- U undo, H hint, N next round, Q end.
- P to pause.
On touch
- Tap a piece, then a green dot, or drag it across.
- Undo, Hint and End sit along the bottom.
Take as long as you like. Pause any time with P; calm mode turns off every flash and shake.
Maker’s note
Draughts is the table game every grandparent seems to play without looking. Ours is the English rules: forced captures, long multi-jumps, kings that crown and stop. Pieces are turned wooden discs drawn in code on a felt table under a lamp. Ranked play is a pair of seeded opponents who feel like people rather than a perfect machine: the easy one drops pieces now and then, the medium one never hangs a piece for nothing, the hard one looks several moves ahead. Ranked play is the day's seeded line-up of computer opponents, easiest to hardest: wins, winning margin and fewest moves score points, a quick finish earns a small time bonus, and every undo or hint costs points. Each run is stored as a list of moves, so the server replays the whole set, the opponents' replies included, before it counts. The free game lets you pick Easy, Medium, Hard or two players on one device (two-player games are unranked).
The Eracade workshop
Target scores
- 150
- 2120
- 3200
- 4280
- 5360
- 6450
- 7550
- 8650
Each target is a step up. Reach the last one and you have outplayed the workshop.
In the Boards room
Board and tile games across a quiet table, one move at a time.
Your hands
Your best ten are kept in this browser with your three initials. Nothing is uploaded unless you submit a ranked hand, so clearing site data clears the list.
