Checkers is a two-player game that's played on a special board called a checker board.

The goal of the game is to capture each of your opponent's pieces, called "men", or to make it impossible for them to move a piece.

To play, first each player sets up their 12 pieces in the three rows at the bottom of their side.

Each row should have four pieces, and each piece should be placed on a dark square.

Then players take alternating turns moving pieces forward diagonally on the dark squares.

Pieces cannot be moved onto the white squares, and a piece may not move backwards.

As players move their pieces, they want to capture their opponent's pieces by jumping over them diagonally on the board.

In order to jump a piece, the dark square on the opposite diagonal side of the piece must be unoccupied.

Once a piece has been jumped, it is removed from the game.

If another jump is available after a piece has been removed, the player that captured the first piece must jump the next available piece.

If a player moves their piece all the way to the opposite side of the board, that piece becomes a king.

Place another piece of the same color on top of it to signify that it is a king.

Kings can move forwards or backwards, but must stay on the same color as the rest of the pieces.

The game is over when a player wins by removing all of their opponent's pieces or making it impossible for their opponent to legally move a piece.