Chinese Checkers

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Chinese Checkers is a strategic board game for two to six players in which participants race to move their pieces across a star-shaped board by making single-step moves and jumps.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf abstract strategy game
board game
race game
ageRange children and adults
alsoKnownAs Stern-Halma NERFINISHED
basedOn Halma NERFINISHED
boardShape hexagram
six-pointed star
captureMechanic none
category family game
strategy game
commercializedBy Pressman Toy Corporation NERFINISHED
complexity easy to learn
equipment colored marbles
colored pegs
star-shaped board
goal move all pieces from starting triangle to opposite triangle
hasMisleadingName not of Chinese origin
informationType perfect information
inspiredBy Halma NERFINISHED
jumpType multiple jumps in one turn allowed
luckFactor none
moveType jump over adjacent piece to empty hole
single-step move to adjacent hole
numberOfPlayers 2
3
4
5
6
originCountry United States of America
surface form: United States
originPeriod early 20th century
popularIn East Asia NERFINISHED
Europe NERFINISHED
United States NERFINISHED
primaryMechanic chain jumps
jumping over pieces
piece movement
standardPiecesPerPlayer 10
startingArea one point of the star
triangle of 10 holes
strategicDepth moderate
teamPlay allowed
commonly played 4 or 6 players in teams
theme abstract
turnStructure players move in turn
typicalNumberOfPlayers 2
3
4
winningCondition first player to occupy all target holes wins

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Soul Dressing hasPart Chinese Checkers