Hello Lidraughts Team and Community,

I would like to propose adding Spanish Draughts (Damas Españolas/ Spanish Checkers/ Damas Clásicas) to Lidraughts! This classic and strategic variant has a long tradition and a passionate community of players, especially in Latin America, the Caribbean, Spain, Portugal, and parts of North Africa, including Algeria, Morocco, and Tunisia. Including it would honor its history and enrich the platform with a deeply engaging and challenging game.

Many players have expressed their support for this idea in previous discussions, including:

@kpocuba

@LuluDraughts

@damazio

@Zamir1991Silva

@elaniquilador

@kalnap

We believe that Spanish Draughts (Spanish Checkers / Damas Españolas) will create opportunities for new clubs, tournaments, and study sessions within Lidraughts. Its unique rules, flying kings, and strategic depth make it very appealing and help overcome limitations found in other draughts variants.

With modern tools like ChatGPT, Deep AI, and Copilot, implementing Spanish Draughts (Spanish Checkers / Damas Españolas) could be done efficiently. Many community members would gladly support a donation campaign to help fund this addition.

Adding this variant will attract hundreds of players, enhance the platform’s diversity, and make Lidraughts an even more vibrant hub for draughts enthusiasts worldwide.

We sincerely hope the Lidraughts team considers this proposal and helps bring Spanish Draughts (Spanish Checkers / Damas Españolas) to the platform.

Thank you very much for your attention, support, and time!

There is spanish Draughts available in playstrategy.org you could try building a Community over there. For other Games Like Oware it worked Out pretty well. It's Not optimal, but at least playstrategy has active devs and a better relation to the playerbase

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Thank you very much, @HawaiiBlue, for your helpful suggestion! 🙏

I know that Spanish Draughts is available on PlayStrategy, and it is a nice platform. However, one issue is that the board setup has the diagonal inverted, which makes it confusing for players who are used to the traditional orientation of Spanish Draughts.

That’s why many of us believe Lidraughts would be the perfect home for this variant. Lidraughts already has a large and passionate community, excellent study tools, and a professional environment for analysis, tournaments, and teaching. Adding Spanish Draughts here would not only fix the diagonal issue but also give the variant the visibility and respect it deserves within the wider draughts community.

I truly appreciate your advice, and I hope the Lidraughts team will still consider this proposal.

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@MROUGE Have you asked in the PlayStrategy forum/discord to fix the colors?

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Thank you very much, @FiveKnights, for your comment! 🙏🙂

Yes, you are right — the inverted board issue should be addressed directly on PlayStrategy, and I will try to raise it with their team on the forum.

My post here, however, is mainly about proposing Spanish Draughts as a new variant for Lidraughts. This platform already has great study tools, tournaments, and a passionate community, which would make it a perfect home for this variant. 🌟♟️