Draughts / Checkers
Customised Draughts / Checkers – print as a photo gift
How do you play Draughts?
In draughts (or checkers), a French derivation from chess, two opponents attempt to capture all of their opponent's pieces, preferably by advancing their own pieces to the opposing base line, where they turn into kings, and may now wield the new powers that come with being a king. (In the original French, it's actually the dames that have the great powers!) Draughts has brought fun to women and men, to kings, queens, and beggars since about 1000 BC.
The right mix of luck, strategy, and fun?
Luck: ooooo Brains: +++++ Fun: ++ooo
Draughts is, like chess, a purely strategic game devoid of any element of luck (unless you count drawing lots who gets to start). Therefore it is up to the capacities of the players, and the mental effort they are willing to make as they plan their next moves - while anticipating those of their opponent. The rules of draughts are simpler than those of chess, however, and games can be played more quickly, making it a most delightful alternative, or just an excellent portal into the world of more complex mind games.
Your draughts – customised with your text and pictures
We provide for you a wide range of options for designing your draughts set, always following the objective to build on the noble character of the game. A palette of colours, and a range of design templates are available for the squares on the board. You have the option of placing a message for the bride and groom, or your wishes for the birthday child in various locations on the board. The box can be selected from an array of templates, and further customised according to the occasion and, as you fancy, with your own text and images.
Depending on the occasion, there are also different finishes to choose from, depending whether this is just meant to be a small token of love or a wedding present that is meant to last the couple for their entire life. For the former, there is a cardboard option with or without a customised box, for the letter we offer a wooden board and box, with the print applied directly to the surface of the wood to let the noble texture shine through.
Should you choose customised wooden pieces, you can choose one picture for all pieces of one colour, or you can choose an individual picture for each playing piece. Why not let the families of bride and groom compete on a checkers board? Or let the departments of your business step up in good sport.
Made in Germany and the EU
LUUDOO manufactures customised card and board games since 2012. All of our customised games are manufactured in the EU, the vast majority in Germany. We also take care to source our raw materials in European where at all possible and strive to only use sustainable materials, as long as this does not interfere with the quality or longevity of our games.
As you would expect our customised games meet or exceed the safety requirements for toys in any of the markets we sell to.
Please check the SPECIFICATIONS tab for material, print and sizing information for the customised game components for this particular game
Board games basic accessories
All or our board games are delivered with wooden dice and pawns as required and packaged in a sturdy box with an additional drawstring bag for any loose pieces. Any additional components you might want to customise or purchase as part of the customisation process are listed below and replace these basic components.
Customised cardboard box
Our customised gift box for board games made from cardboard
+ €15.00
Customised wooden gameboard & box
Our delux option: Gameboard and box made from wood and printed with your design
+ €35.00
Customised wooden discs
24 wooden discs with your design printed on a mix of dark light wood
+ €5.00
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Wooden board 33x33cm
Layers of birch plywood, all edges and corners slightly beveled, surfaces varnished.
Wooded boards are directly printed with your design at 150 DPI.
Measurements: 332 x 332 x 8mm
Customisable print area: 320 x 320mm
Gap between print and board edge: For technical reasons there will be 6mm gap between print image and all edges of the wooden board.
Non-Customised Cardboard Box 34x23x4cm
Outside dimensions 340 x 225 x 40mm.
Box and inlay printed with LUUDOO branding.
Cardboard Box 29x29x4cm
Customiseable square cardbox board
Outside measurements of 288 x 288 x 43mm.
If customised, the picture printed on top has a size of 271 x 271mm.
Wooden box 37x35x6cm
Inside: Ca. 350 x 334 x 50mm
Outside: Ca. 367 x 350 x 61mm
Made from birch plywood, joined by interlocking fingers.
All outside surfaces sanded down and varnished.
2 side faces with lasered LUUDOO branding, bottom of box with lasered safety instructions.
Includes a cardboard inlay for holding contents for certain games.
All woods from sustainable forestry.
Your design is directly printed on the sliding lid of the box.
Digital prints at 150 DPI.
Wooden disks
Diameter wooden disks 25mm, height 7mm
Diameter printed picture 22mm
Solid beech wood, natural and chestnut colour wood-stained, transparently lacquered, and directly printed with your design at 150 DPI.
How to play Draughts / Checkers
Rule Download
A4 printable rules for Draughts / Checkers
Basics and object of the game
Draughts (British English) or checkers (American English) is really a whole group of strategy board games for two players which involve diagonal moves of uniform game pieces and mandatory captures by jumping over opponent pieces. Draughts developed from the Spanish alquerque, in turn derived from the Arabic al-qirq.
The most popular forms are English draughts or American checkers, played on an 8×8 checkerboard, but countless other versions and variants exist.
Rules
Draughts is played by two opponents, on opposite sides of the gameboard. One player has the dark pieces; the other has the light pieces. Players alternate turns. A player may not move an opponent‘s piece. A move consists of moving a piece diagonally to an adjacent unoccupied square. If the adjacent square contains an opponent‘s piece, and the square immediately beyond it is vacant, the piece may be captured (and removed from the game) by jumping over it.
Only the dark squares of the checkered board are used. A piece may move only diagonally into an unoccupied square. When presented, capturing is mandatory in most official rules, although some rule variations make capturing optional. In almost all variants, the player without pieces remaining, or who cannot move due to being blocked, loses the game.
Men
Uncrowned pieces (men) move one step diagonally forwards, and capture an opponent‘s piece by moving two consecutive steps in the same line, jumping over the piece on the first step. Multiple enemy pieces can be captured in a single turn provided this is done by successive jumps made by a single piece; the jumps do not need to be in the same line and may „zigzag“ (change diagonal direction). In English draughts men can jump only forwards; in international draughts and Russian draughts men can jump both forwards and backwards.
Kings
When a man reaches the kings row (also called crownhead, the farthest row forward), it becomes a king, and is marked by placing an additional piece on top of the first man (crowned), and acquires additional powers including the ability to move backwards and (in variants where they cannot already do so) capture backwards. Like men, a king can make successive jumps in a single turn provided that each jump captures an enemy man or king.
In international draughts, kings (also called flying kings) move any distance along unblocked diagonals, and may capture an opposing man any distance away by jumping to any of the unoccupied squares immediately beyond it. Because jumped pieces remain on the board until the turn is complete, it is possible to reach a position in a multi-jump move where the flying king is blocked from capturing further by a piece already jumped.
Flying kings are not used in English draughts; a king‘s only advantage over a man is the ability to move and capture backwards as well as forwards.
