Monday, April 25, 2016

What is it all about?

Getting started:
The first picture shows the first round of moves: RED goes first by jumping 3 marbles, WHITE jumps 1, YELLOW moves out one space, BLACK jumps 1, BLUE jumps 2, and GREEN jumps 3 marbles.

In the second round of moves (the second picture) RED moves out one space, WHITE jumps 1 and then 2 marbles, YELLOW jumps 2 and 1, BLACK, BLUE, and GREEN all move out one space. 

The third round of moves are ready to follow (DON'T look ahead to the forth round!). I'm giving the color followed by the sequence of jumps... RED 2, 3, 1; WHITE 1, 1, 4; YELLOW 2, 2, 3; BLACK 1, 1, 1; BLUE 3, 1; GREEN 2, 3, 1, 1.

The fourth round, follow these moves and you get a gold star, I had to check back to the third round to get it right! All players except YELLOW get a marble all the way home! RED 2, 2, 2, 1, 1; WHITE 2, 1x7, 2; YELLOW 3, 1x5; BLACK 3, 1, 1, 2, 2, 2; BLUE 2, 1x7, 2; GREEN 1, 2, 1x5, 3.

 BLUE won in the 17th round and GREEN ended the game in the 25th.

Saturday, April 23, 2016

What I'm about

I'm all about Chinese checkers the way your grandfather NEVER played it! It's called Long Jump Chinese Checkers (LJCC),and the name tells it all.jumping over two or more marbles in one great leap is the concept that started it all for me and my partner in crime 20 years ago. We started with a standard game and, to date, we have dozens of variations that I am dying to tell you about! This picture gives one little hint...