Board Games
Checkers score tracker, approved by everyone who played.
Jump over the other player’s pieces to take them, until they can’t move. log8 keeps the score with the people you actually play. Record the winner or a draw. The other players approve it, and your head-to-head record, group board and personal history build themselves.
Scoring
How log8 scores Checkers
Record the winner or a draw.
- Always 1v1.
- Record who won, or a draw.
- No score.
The basics
How to play Checkers
The casual version of the rules. log8 shows the same guide in the app, on the game's page.
- Players2 players, 12 pieces each.
- How to winTake all the other pieces, or leave them with no move.
- How groups differSome groups don’t force jumps. Agree before you start.
- Pieces sit on the dark squares and move one square diagonally forward.
- Jump over an enemy piece into the empty square behind it to take it.
- If you can jump, you must.
- You can chain several jumps in one turn.
- Reach the far row and your piece becomes a king. Kings can move backward too.
- If neither of you can win, it is a draw.
Play better
Checkers tips
- Keep your back row full for as long as you can.
- Move towards the middle.
- Trade pieces when you are ahead.
In the app
Logging a game in log8
- Pick the game and the playersChoose Checkers, then everyone who played. Friends without log8 can join as guests.
- Enter the resultRecord the winner or a draw.
- The other players approveFriends on log8 get 48 hours to approve it, or tap Disagree if it is wrong. Guests count straight away. A result nobody answers closes without counting.
- Your record updatesOnce it is official it counts toward your head-to-head records, group board, badges and cups.
Log a game · Results everyone approves · Head-to-head records · Guest players · Cups and tournaments · How to play guides
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Questions
Checkers in log8: questions
Can I keep Checkers scores with friends in log8?
Yes. Checkers is one of the 72 built-in games. Record the winner or a draw. The other players approve it, then it counts.
How do you win at Checkers?
Take all the other pieces, or leave them with no move.
How many people play Checkers?
2 players, 12 pieces each.
Do people play Checkers differently?
Some groups don’t force jumps. Agree before you start.
Do my friends need the app?
No. Add a friend as a guest and the game counts straight away. If they join log8 later, the games move to their account.
Settle your Checkers rivalry.
log8 is coming soon to Android and iPhone, and is free to download. It is in closed testing now: write to us for an invite, or to hear the day it reaches the stores.
Updated by the log8 team