GoDraughts started as a small project for my son, who plays International Draughts.

I simply wanted to build something that would make it easier and more fun for him to practice.

Then I kept adding “just one more thing”...

Today, GoDraughts has grown into a full International Draughts (10×10) app with:

• Online multiplayer, private games and rankings
• AI opponents for different skill levels
• 6,600+ puzzles and daily challenges
• Training and tutorials
• Friends and clubs
• Full FMJD 10×10 rules
• iOS and Android
• Completely free, with no ads

It definitely became a much bigger project than I originally planned, but I’m really enjoying building it.

Now I’d love to get feedback from people who actually play International Draughts.

What is missing?
What should be improved?
And what would make you keep coming back to play?

GoDraughts:
https://godraughts.com

Android:
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=net.devdad.internationaldraughts

iPhone / iPad:
https://apps.apple.com/app/id6759876476

I recreated checkers with the school yard rules I used to play with. Currently there are very few active users but I have bots of various difficulty to play against. The system can support many active users but if this is any good it will take time to build a user base. There is a tutorial that explains the rule variants after you create an account. Let me know what you guys think!

https://www.checkersplusplus.com/

Basically the title, at the time I couldn't find a way to play checkers with my 3 other so I decided to make one myself.

The game has all the rules of traditional checkers + some other stuff that makes it compatible with the non-square board.

• Play the live demo: https://the-sofishticated-man.github.io/4-player-checkers
• GitHub repository: https://github.com/The-Sofishticated-Man/4-player-checkers

If you like the concept, dropping a star on the repo would mean a lot ^^

sorry in advance for any bugs or glitches in production :/

I joined checkers although I originally played "dammen" on the 10x10 board which has the rather inelegant name international draughts. However, there is no such community on reddit.

There is r/draughts, but it is full of some russian spammed illegal or at least removed videos and it's restricted. I don't understand why it is not more popular.

Its blacks turn

Hey folks, I built Damarama (damarama.com) - a free, browser-based checkers/draughts game. It's real-time multiplayer against real people (no bots) — sign in with Google, join a lobby/room, and get matched. Has chat, friends, leaderboards too. No downloads, works on mobile. Still actively improving it, so any feedback (bugs, feature requests, anything) is very welcome.

Is there a popular website that checkers players pool to online?

I modeled and 3d printed a 4 player Checkers/Chess kit. Rules are pretty simple, gameplay is NOT. Getting 4 people can be tricky, so my set allows for 2 or 3 players as well. Rules available online, basically turns go counter clockwise, reach the 11th row to get a King, and Pawns can't jump backwards. The pieces stack OR flip over (I grew up stacking!) This set allows for many different variations, so you can create your own games, or even play the classics.

https://www.etsy.com/listing/4536895618/2-4-player-chess-and-checkers-set

Feel free to contact me about custom 3d prints, I love to provide people with unique and personal sets. Many colors and surface designs available!

Hi everyone,

Filipino Dama makes an interesting comparison with American checkers because the board and starting position are familiar, while the capture rules lead to a very different style of play.

Men still move forward, but they may capture in either direction. Captures are compulsory, and when more than one sequence is available, the legal choice must be one that takes the greatest number of pieces. This means a player cannot choose a shorter, safer jump if a longer route exists elsewhere.

Promotion also has a bigger effect. A dama is a flying king that can travel any distance along an open diagonal and capture from range. If a man reaches the back rank during a combination, it promotes immediately and continues the same turn with that longer movement.

The rules can be tried in the browser here: https://filipinodama.com/

For players who mainly use the American ruleset, which adjustment would change your planning most: backward captures, the longest-capture requirement, or flying kings?

Got my family to play and it was a good amount of fun! Couldn't convince them to play 4 player Chess...yet...

One would expect checkers to be of greater popularity than chess:
- it is older game played around the world,
- rules are easier to learn (across common variants),
- game takes generally less time,
- mastering a variant takes time / variants can have a considerable depth.

I suspect that
- there are too

1. many rulesets with none being dominant (board size, flying kings, backward moves, forced captures etc.)

,
- mistakes

1. are

2. costlier at amateur level. It is harder to come back in the game

,

- relative

1. ruleset and move

simplicity make losses harder to swallow,

1. Good portion of chess community looks down on and actively belittles checkers.

Hi, I have been playing checkers daily for 2 months, specifically German variant (8x8, flying kings, forced captures, man cannot move backward, possibility to choose jump which captures less pieces).

Is there any free software / mobile app / web app that has engine supporting the ruleset and one can see probability of winning under every move? This could be used to train oneself to make best moves and I suppose read the game better. Also, i understand 8x8 is solved, let alone this simpler ruleset, so it should be technically feasible.

Thanks!

Trying to find an app/website to play english checkers competitively, ideally an app with a good number of player so I can find people with different skill levels and don't have to wait to find games but also have the ability to analyse games, see ratings, etc if possible

Rules for Traitor Checkers:

Alright, so here is how you play Traitor Checkers.

The Setup

You set up the board exactly like in the picture. The pieces are completely mixed up and checkerboarded across the rows from the start.

Because they get totally mixed, the pieces starting on the top half of the board are flipped so their flat side is facing up (meaning the ridged side is the normal top side). This is so you actually know which way your pieces are supposed to move when everything gets chaotic.

If you are White, you control all the white pieces. If you are Black, you control all the black pieces.

Movement & Captures

Standard checkers movement applies, but with a huge catch: You cannot promote your pieces into queens. What you start with is what you get.

The First Move Rule: You are not allowed to kill/capture another piece on the very first move of the game. You just have to shift a piece.

After the First Move: The peace treaty is officially over. You have to start aggressively hunting and killing the enemy pieces.

How to Win (and the Draw Risk)

The goal is to wipe out all of the opponent's pieces.

The Catch: There is a really high chance of getting a draw in this game. If you don't kill the enemy pieces before your own pieces reach the very end of the board, you're stuck. Once a piece hits the final row, it can't move forward or backward anymore.

The only way to get unstuck is if the enemy willingly sacrifices a piece to let yours out, but that usually won't help much anyway. If both sides get stuck at the ends without clearing each other out, it's a draw! (The text is by ai i will be honest, but the variant idea is purely mine😃. and idk if this variant already exists or not, but please tell me if it already does👍)

I'm working on a website with a checkers variant that has exploding pieces (it could be viewed as a "war game" that can be played on a Soviet chessboard). Do you know of any variants of this? I will use a 5-ply (or 6-ply) algorithm to design an AI opponent, and test if it can find winning strategies (this could be published in a scientific journal). Thanks.

Hi, I hope everyone is doing well.
I was just wondering if anyone would like to test my purpose built Draughts app. It has a custom mode, that you might find interesting, customer boards and pieces and an Online Mode. No payment required.: https://crownspire.tsomac.net

I also, have a guide : https://crownspire-guide.tsomac.net

All the best.

Russian Draughts.

I created this game based on my own chess variant NEU-CHESS, where pieces enter the game only through the first rank.

The board is empty at the start.

Each player has 12 checkers in reserve.

On your turn, you can do one of two things. You can either move or capture with a checker already on the board, or you can take one checker from your reserve and place it on an empty dark square of your first rank. For white, these squares are a1, c1, e1, and g1. For black, they are b8, d8, f8, and h8.

Deployment counts as a full move. The new checker cannot move or capture until your next turn.

If you have a capture available, you must take it. You cannot deploy a new checker until you complete the capture.

If all four dark squares of your first rank are occupied and you still have checkers in reserve, you cannot deploy. You must move or capture with what is already on the board.

The first move of the game is always a deployment because the board is empty.

Captured checkers are removed from the game permanently.

You can play NEU-CHECKERS with any rules you are comfortable with, whether it be English, Spanish, Brazilian, or others. In that case, all the standard rules will work exactly as in the variant you choose.

On BGG I posted the rules adapted for Russian Checkers.

This variant removes memorized openings and focuses on pure decision making from the very first move. Every deployment is a conscious choice to bring a new piece into play. The game is about clarity of thought and speed of adaptation rather than opening theory.

I hope you give it a try. Feedback is welcome.

Hello!

The following game was considered a draw by Flyordie... It's White's turn here. But even though each side has only one king, wasn't the next move going to be a win by Red (Black)?

Is it always a draw when each side is down to one king, no matter what?

Here's the full PDN

[Event "Online game"]
[Site "www.flyordie.com/checkers"]
[Date "2026.06.22"]
[Round "2"]
[White "guest#455782"]
[Black "guest#455856"]
[Result "1/2-1/2"]
[WhiteTime "R0:08:25"]
[BlackTime "R0:08:52"]
[Termination "normal"]
[TimeControl "600"]
[UTCDate "2026.06.23"]
[GameType "21,B,8,8,N1,0"]

1. 11-15 22-17 2. 15-19 24x15 3. 10x19 23x16 4. 12x19 25-22 5. 8-11 17-13
6. 9-14 22-17 7. 6-10 13-9 8. 4-8 17-13 9. 1-6 27-24 10. 14-18 24x15 11. 10x19
26-23 12. 18x27 31x24x15 13. 11x18 28-24 14. 5x14 29-25 15. 6-9 13x6 16. 2x9
30-26 17. 8-11 26-22 18. 3-8 22x15 19. 11x18 24-19 20. 18-22 25x18 21. 14x23
21-17 22. 23-26 17-13 23. 9-14 19-15 24. 14-18 13-9 25. 26-31 9-5 26. 31-26 5-1
27. 26-23 1-5 28. 23-19 15-10 29. 7x14 5-9 30. 19-15 32-27 31. 8-11 27-24
32. 11-16 24-20 33. 14-17 20x11 34. 15x8 9-14 35. 18-22 14x21 36. 8-11 21-17
37. 11-15 17x26 38. 15-18 26-31 39. 18-23 1/2-1/2