English Checkers

1. Choose your mode, side and difficulty.
2. A checker moves one square diagonally forward.
3. Capturing is mandatory, and you keep jumping if another capture opens up.
4. Reach the last row to crown a king that can move backward.

English Checkers plays out the traditional English ruleset for checkers: move diagonally, jump to capture, and crown a piece into a king once it reaches the far row, with a king then free to move and capture in both directions. Playing against a computer opponent makes it a solid format for practicing the habits that actually decide checkers games, like keeping your back row intact so your own pieces don't get crowned against and being willing to trade a single piece now for a stronger multi-jump later. Because captures are mandatory under English rules, scanning the whole board for every forced jump before committing to a move matters more than reacting to whatever capture happens to be directly in front of you. Its faithful ruleset suits players who want traditional checkers exactly as the English variant has always been played.