Thai Draughts

Description Thai Draughts

Thai Checkers is played on an 8x8 board. Each player has eight pieces which are placed on the dark squares in the initial two rows. Black moves first. Only one piece can be moved or captured going forward on each turn. When a piece reaches the opposite end of the board it becomes a king. Kings can move and capture at long distances by moving forwards and backwards diagonally over a series of empty squares. Equally, they are able to capture at any distance if the square behind an opponent is vacant. Multiple captures are possible. The object of the game is to block or capture all the opponent's pieces, leaving them unable to make any more moves.