CHINESE CHECKERS FOR TWO

BY CHARLES PLATT

Chinese checkers can be more strategically complex than regular checkers as long as you follow one simple rule: never play against more than one opponent! As soon as three or more people are involved, each becomes a random factor injecting an element of pure chance. I made myself a unique Chinese checkers set for just two people.

The primary challenge in fabricating the board is precision. If the holes are not placed meticulously on a triangular grid, the result will look amateurish.

The overall layout is shown in Figure A. If you have drawing software, your task is simple — just create a bunch of equilateral triangles on your computer and print them. Those who are less well equipped will have to do some ...

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