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Sketchers
Classic checkers, drawn in coloured pencil. Move your pieces diagonally, jump over the other player's pieces to capture them, and reach the far side to get crowned. Capture every piece, or leave your friend with no moves, to win.
- Versus
- Invite a friend by text and take turns whenever
- Easy, Medium and Hard bots
- Saves your record against the bot
How to play
- Pick who to play: invite a friend by text, pass one phone, or play the bot.
- Tap one of your pieces, then tap a highlighted square to move it one step diagonally forward.
- Jump over the other player's piece into an empty square behind it to capture it. If you can jump, you have to, and you keep jumping while you can.
- Reach the far side and your piece is crowned. Crowned pieces can move backward too.
- Win by capturing every piece or leaving the other player with no moves.
Controls
- Tap a piece to pick it up, then tap where to move.
- Pieces that must jump wiggle so you can spot them.
- New round starts a fresh board. Mode switches who you play.
- The Sound button turns sound on or off.
Tips
- Keep your back row filled for as long as you can. It stops the other player getting crowned.
- Move pieces in pairs so they protect each other from jumps.
- Try to trade pieces when you're ahead.
- Crown a piece as soon as you safely can. Kings are powerful!
About Sketchers
Sketchers is checkers, one of the oldest board games in the world, redrawn on a sketchbook page.
On Hard, the bot looks several moves ahead, so you'll need to think carefully to beat it.
