If using 2 sets, then the players set up their colors on opposite sides and must move their colors to their own opposite side.Ĥ players - this way is standard Chinese checkers. If using 1 set, then the players must move to the opposite empty star point. You can also play with multiple sets of marbles where each player plays 2 or 3 sets or colors of marbles and has to move all of them across the board to win.ģ players - 3 players can be played with 1 or 2 sets of marbles. You can move in any direction.ĭepending on the number of players there are different ways to play Chinese checkers:Ģ players - with two players you move all your marbles across the board to other player's start point. You do not have to hop over a marble if you don't want to. You can hop over your own or your opponent's marbles. See the blue path of hops in the picture below for an example. You can only jump over 1 marble at a time (for example you can't jump over 2 marbles that are next to each other), but you can do multiple jumps on the same turn as long as the hops are all lined up. The marble can be moved to an adjacent open space or may jump over other marbles that are right next to the marble. When a player takes a turn, they may move one marble. The object of the Chinese checkers is to get all of your marbles to the opposite point of the star. Each player has 10 colored marbles that start out inside the point of the star. There are lots of places in the star where marbles fit. We'll discuss the most popular way called the 'hop across' version here.Ĭhinese Checkers uses a special board that looks like a six pointed start. There are some different ways to play the game. Chinese Checkers is a fun game to play with 2 to 6 players.

Standard chinese checkers rules