In order to be an expert or at least experienced in playing the Chinese Checkers game, it is necessary that the player should know the terminologies usually used when playing the game. The Chinese Checkers consists of the following materials such as the playing board.
The board that will be used is a star-shaped and six-pointed one with every of its point a triangle with ten holes. These six triangles have designated and different colors and has ten holes, on its side are situated the four of the holes. The shape of the interior of the board is hexagonal with each of its sides having five holes.
Other materials that should be present in playing the game are the marbles or pegs. The There are six sets of marbles or pegs.
Every set should have the required ten marbles or pegs bearing different colors designated to the specific colors in the board. Since the pegs are less likely movable when the board is accidentally bumped, most of the players prefer it over the marble.
After identifying the necessary materials, the player should know how to set-up the game area. The game can accommodate at most six players simultaneously where every player must choose their preferred color of pegs, and placing it to the triangles in the board of the same color.
It must be decided first how many players will be included in the game in order to identify the set-up and placing of the game. When there are only two players, they have to utilize and move in one of the opposite triangles. However, a longer game decided by the players can use up to two to three sets of triangles for both players.
When the competitors are three, every player shall move to the opposite triangle inside the board, likewise they are allowed to use two sets of triangle inside the board when the players decided for a longer game. For four players, the two pairs of opposing triangles are used where all the players aim to move all their marbles to the direction toward the opposite triangle.
Meanwhile, five players can also be accommodated by placing the four players on the area similar to the set-up for four players while putting the fifth person in one of the vacant triangles.
Lastly, six players are allowed in the game where all of them will occupy the six triangles on the board and will aim to move their pieces toward the direction of the opposite triangle.
One of the interesting features of the game aside from moving is the ability to hop across many spaces by jumping over the player’s or others’ pegs. The standard jumps can consists of multiple hopping given that every hop is immediately adjacent.
For most instances, the rule allows the player to move his or her pegs to be placed into an empty corner during the series of hops but must hop out again before the move is over.
Apparently, a peg is not allowed to jump over two marbles in a single hop whenever there is no available adjacent space.
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