Open table
A fresh deal every time you sit down.
House rules
Hopstone
A small board of dark and light stones. Hop one of yours over a rival stone into the empty square beyond, taking it, and keep hopping in the same line if you like. When your rival has nowhere left to land, you win. Two opponents a day.
- Room
- Boards
- Game
- Jumping
- Made for
- 2000
Play Hopstone
Free, no sign-up. Mouse, touch or keyboard.
How to play
- Click a stone, then a green dot, 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 stone, 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
Hopstone is a traditional jumping game on a six-by-six board where the stones alternate like a checkerboard. Two neighbours are lifted to open the game; after that you can only move by hopping a rival stone into an empty square, in a straight line, and the player who cannot hop loses. There are no draws. Pieces are turned wooden discs on a felt table under a lamp. Ranked play is the day 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. 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.
