DOSBOX will work, and is the easy/safe way to run old DOS software, but remember it is slow emulation, around 100 times slower than running on the same machine with DOS! To get the best performanc…

Basically, it is easy to compile all non-orthogonal draughts variants according to rules. They can be divided into Frisian system rules and franco-italian systen rules; the difference is that Frisian…

In fact, chess pieces would be so fun... :) There are some chess & draughts crossovers where this idea is applied. Try Cheskers (English rules for draughts; more details at https://en.wikipedia.org/…

As well, I looked upon the code of https://github.com/RoepStoep/lidraughts/blob/master/modules/draughts/src/main/Board.scala and https://github.com/RoepStoep/lidraughts/blob/master/modules/draughts…

This variant could work better under rules where a simple draughtsman can't capture backwards (Spanish, Czech, Tanzanian, Thai, South-German etc.). It would give chances to apply some positional sacri…

@kalnap , Let's start with the fact that this is just the name of the rules "Russian checkers" We just call it checkers 64. If you are talking about Ukrainian and Kharkiv checkers, then this is the fi…

The basic idea of "Coup Turc" is that you can't CAPTURE same piece (be it a draughtsman or be it a king) TWICE. In real life games, when you perform capturing, you do jumps and only afterwards you re…

Hello! Answer to this forum if you have Whatsapp, my idea is to if create a huge Whatsapp group with draughts players, where we could talk about draughts and share tournaments and have fun.

It will take many hours of work for describing first steps. I minimized goals: I am about to explain basic principles which would be valuable for studying any book or watching any game. ------- 1…

How to recognize winning ideas? How to spot winning ideas? @kalnap