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Checkers, also known as Draughts, is a popular classic board game for two players. Play with a friend of against one of the four computer opponents. Choose your favorite board theme. Try a number of different game board sizes. Hint, undo, and show move options to help when you're stuck!

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Gametable.org is super excited announce that we're actively building online multiplayer support for Tabletop Checkers. We're rolling our own nodejs server to support online play. It has been a real learning experience.

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We are very excited to announce that we're building online multiplayer support for Checkers, our second game. We haven't shared it on IndieDB yet, so this can be considered a release post as well :) Our Checkers game has a ton of features and we're happy to be adding to it.

Current Features:

  • 4 AI difficulties to choose from
  • Hotseat play with a friend
  • Different board sizes to choose including American Checkers, English Draughts and more
  • Unique Checker Board themes to choose from
  • Game Saving and Resuming
  • Hint, Show Moves, and Undo options to help when you're stuck

Upcoming Features:

  • Online multiplayer support - We're rolling our own online multiplayer server using linode, nodejs, and websockets. It has been a real learning experience and we're planning to write a few blog posts about it.
  • More game board themes

Current Screenshots:

Checkers Title ScreenCheckers Game Setup
Checkers GameplayCheckers Win Screen


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