April 9, 2024
Old Chinese Checkers "TIN" board game from 1950's
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Chinese Checker board with eight black and seven red checker pieces to be used on backside checker board. Chinese checkers need marbles but this set does not have its marbles (neither do I). Talk about confusion! Chinese Checkers rules didn't originate in China and aren't a variation of checkers. Chinese Checkers evolved from an American game called Halma, developed in the 1800s. In 1893, a German company replaced the square Halma board with a star-shaped board, creating a game called Stern-Halma-"Star Halma" in German. In 1928, an American company introduced Stern-Halma (Made in Japan), but renamed it to sound more exotic, and the game "Chinese Checkers" was born. *** Chinese checkers is a game played on a board with a six-pointed star. In spite of its name, the game was invented in Germany and is unrelated to checkers. It needs two, three, four, or six players, each of whom starts with 10 pieces (or marbles, in some versions) arranged in one of the triangles that form the star points. The goal is to move your pieces into the opposite triangle by jumping them over opponents' pieces. A winning strategy primarily requires you to move your pieces efficiently. 12-1/2 Diameter Please see images. Bin AE
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