Checkers for two

Checkers for two is a plain, well-made version of the board game, offering both a shared-screen match against a person sitting next to you and a computer opponent with several strength settings. There is nothing dressed up about it, which is the appeal: the rules are the standard ones, captures chain properly, and the lower computer levels are gentle enough that a beginner can learn the shape of a good opening without being crushed.

This title is best suited to board game players who want a straight game of checkers with an adjustable opponent.

1. Choose a two-player match or a computer opponent and its strength
2. Click a piece, then click the square you want it on
3. Take a jump when one is available and chain it if you can
4. Capture or block every enemy piece to win

• Tap / left mouse button: Select a piece and choose its destination square
• On-screen buttons: Start a new game or change opponent strength

Objectives

• Capture all of the opponent's pieces or leave them without a legal move
• Promote pieces to kings on the far row
• Beat a higher computer level than last time

The run ends or fails when

• Losing every piece
• Having no legal move on your turn

• Standard diagonal movement and jump captures
• Multi-jump chains
• King promotion on the back row
• Selectable computer strength

• Hold your back row together early; broken back rows leak kings
• Trade pieces when you are ahead in material, not when you are behind
• Force the opponent to move first into the centre and take the exchange

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