#Chinese checkers rules how to#

Simple Strategy The goal of Halma is to move your pieces to your opponent's corner as fast as you can.

In Halma 10x10, a variation on this game described below, pieces may remain in their own yard until move 50. If you have all your pieces out of your yard by move 30 and later you move a piece back into your own yard, you will lose. This prevents you from keeping your own pieces in your yard to block your opponent from moving into it. After you and your opponent have each made 30 moves in Halma, if you have any pieces in your own yard, you will lose the game. Now, you must click 'Submit' to finish your move.Īll pieces must be out of your yard by move 30. A new page will load showing the 'Submit' buttons beneath the board. Instead, you can click 'I'm done moving' just beneath the game board. If the move was a jump and more jumps are available, then you may click another space to jump to. If the move was a jump and no other jumps are available, then you must click 'Submit' to finish your move. You must click a submit button to finish your move. If the move was not a jump, then several Submit buttons will be beneath the board. Another page will load showing the piece moved. Now, click the space to move that piece to. A new page will appear showing that piece outlined in red. To begin your turn, click a piece that you want to move. If it is your turn, you will see blue outlines around the pieces that your opponent moved in his last turn.

#Chinese checkers rules how to#

Moving Halma Pieces on the Board After a game of Halma is created (see How to Start a Game or How to Join a Game on our help menu) you may go to it any time by clicking your opponent’s name as it appears on your game status page. If she clicks 'I'm done moving,' she will see another screen with the 'Submit' buttons beneath the game board. She can continue to jump to 2G and then 4G where the red dots are.

In the picture, White has jumped from 6C to 2E. You must click 'Submit' to finish your move. A new page will then load showing the 'Submit' buttons beneath the game board. You can stop any time by clicking I'm done moving just beneath the game board. Stopping Jumping If one of your pieces is jumping other pieces, it does not have to take every jump. If you have made a jump with a piece and it has more jumps available, but you want to stop jumping, see the next question about stopping jumping. No pieces are ever removed from the board in Halma. Pieces that are jumped over remain on the board. To do this, after each jump, just click the next space that you will jump to. A piece can make multiple jumps in one turn, hopping all over the board, if possible. In the pictures below, Black makes a jump as indicated by the red arrow.Ī jump can be made in any direction, horizontally, vertically, or diagonally. Another page will load showing the piece moved.Ī piece can also jump over any adjacent piece (yours or your opponent's) as long as it can land in an empty space on the other side. Now, click the space you want to move it to. A new page will load showing an outline around the piece you clicked. It can move in any direction, vertically, horizontally, or diagonally. Movement In each turn, you move one of your pieces. The object is to be the first player to move all your pieces into the opponent's yard. Your opponent's pieces are in the opposite yard. At the start of the game, your pieces are in the shaded area in the bottom right corner of the board. On, it is played on an 8 by 8 board, and each player has 10 pieces. read: House rule: EXACT board position occuring 3 times in the game is a draw.read: Why don't you have Halma for more than two players?.read: I can't jump my piece to a certain space even though it is a legal jump.read: All pieces must be out of your yard by move 30.read: Moving Halma Pieces on the Board.Embargo rules are at the very bottom of the page. We have regular Halma (KH) on an 8 by 8 board, Halma 10x10 (KI), and a great Halma-like game called Embargo (EG). Move your stones from one side of the board to the other. Back to the Frequently Asked Questions main page