I think chess in Holland is actually more popular than draughts. Both chess and draughts are sometimes taught in primary schools. Just to get the children familiar, but so far I only have seen peo…

Most of the active players on Lidraughts are Dutch, and I've found that Holland has many world-class players also. Is the game very popular out there? Do people play it in parks or coffeehouses? Do yo…

I have a new variant idea: Powerdraughts. Each player recieves 5 kings right before the start of the game. Each player has 30 seconds to choose which of their 5 pieces with their 5 kings. After tha…

I will add the pieces as is with the server update for tonight. So if anyone still has last minute improvements or suggestions, this is the time!

But it's forced! Why is everyone against automating forced moves and let the players spend more time on other moves? This is going to improve the quality of the games! However, it's not going to be …

Now that I think of it, there was no place before lidraughts (that I know of at least) with a good interface for such fast play in draughts (that is with pre-moves, dragging the piece before your oppo…

Hmmm... but what about the way moves are inputted? I have used draughts GUIs that have a more easier way. It as follows: A piece sometimes has only one way to go to. If you click on that piece …

Another interesting variant that comes from the Frisian draughts community is called "FRYSK". You just play with the Frisian rules but start with 5 vs 5. So you just skip the opening theory and dive s…

Thank you to everyone that replied. Does anyone else has any feedback?

Yes that is almost correct. The one thing you have to keep in mind is that rule only applies if a player also still has man on the board. If he/she has only kings, the rule does not apply, and he/…