Checkers: A Game Of Strategy

Checkers is a strategic board game that requires a square board with 64 slots. The board is usually patterned red and black, but it may also be of a combination of black and white.

Checkers is believed to have originated in the Egyptian lands. Written accounts of the game can be found dating back to 1600 BC. It is said that this game was modified by the French such that it could be played on a chess board much later. This helped in popularizing the game even further.

For those who love strategic games but don't have the patience for a 'boring' game of Chess, Checkers is the best alternative. This game is fast moving and does not overwhelm its players with rules.

The rules of this game are simple and can be understood without much difficulty. With just a little practice you can become a pro at this game. Players need to devise a strategy in order to gain an upper hand during play, and this strategy can differ with each individual.

The traditional version of this game could be modified by simple changes to be more interesting, and so as the popularity of Checkers increased, different versions of this game came up. Some of these variants are English draughts, Canadian checkers, Lasca, Cheskers and Anti-checkers.

It is important for those who enjoy this board game to keep with them an extra set of game pieces, as losing even a single piece can prove to be extremely irritating during game play.

This is a great game to play when you are with your friends or with your family. This game requires strategic thinking and planning ahead.

The game can be played by following these simple rules:

The 12 pieces each player has are called men, or in some cases, Kings. Generally two kinds of moves can be made. A single move involves moving a piece diagonally. A jump is made in an empty slot over an enemy's piece. Following this, the enemy's piece is removed from the board. The pieces are usually black and red in color.

The row closest to a player is considered as a King's row and if an opponent's coin moves into the King's row belonging to you, the opponent gets crowned. Getting crowned gives the piece permission to move backward too.

A player can win the game by taking the opponent's entire set of pieces captive and/or leaving the opponent without any moves.

The online version of this game can be played by a single player, with the computer as an opponent. Online Checkers provides hours of challenging fun to its players.

 

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MW3 Strategy Guides - Tips And Tricks For MW3

MW3 is the latest Call of Duty game to hit the shelves for PS3 and Xbox 360. Shortly after it was released we started to see quite a few MW3 strategy guides being released as well. Most of these guides make the claim that you will become a pro MW3 player literally overnight, however only a select few of them actually deliver on that promise. In this article I will discuss some of the major things to look for when obtaining a strategy guide for MW3, as well, you will learn some of my favorite tips and tricks.

One of the major things you should look for in a strategy guide is whether or not the guide is constantly updated with the latest secrets available. Who wants to get a guide that is out of date or that reveals tips and tricks that everyone already knows about? Not me that's for sure. When I went looking for a MW3 guide the first guide I obtained was pretty good, it revealed to me some of the things that I had been missing in my game play and allowed me to be a better player as it stated. However, there was one major thing I noticed, everyone else already knew most of the strategies shown in the guide. This rendered the guide all but useless in my eyes as I was battling other players, even my own teammates at times for the best positions and spots on the map.

So I kept searching for other guides that were out there, then I stumbled upon what I considered the holy grail of MW3 guides. It not only showed me awesome tips, but it also was being updated daily showing the latest secret finds in the game and things most players didn't even know existed in the game. The strategies were top notch and the support was second to none, I had finally found what I had been looking for and it didn't take long for my friends to notice my awesome kill/death ratio. They were begging me to show them what I knew and how I was staying alive so long to rack up all of the kills I was getting.

I told them that anyone can do it, and I pointed them in the direction of the guide I was using. Now a month later, when we play a map, we win 90% of the time because we have access to some of the best tips available. So I decided to help others that may be in the same situation I was in. I realized that almost everyone playing the game wished that they had a source of information that would allow them to dominate MW3, because we all know winning is a lot more fun then losing.

If you want a list of the top 3 MW3 strategy guides out there, check out my:

MW3 Strategy Guide Blog

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Go: A 4,000 Year Old Chinese Strategy Game

Go is an ancient board game invented in China almost 4,000 years ago, and is played by millions of players all across the world. Go goes by many names. It is called "Baduk" in Korea and "Weiqi" in China. It is a national sport in many Asian countries, where professional players face off against one another in highly competitive tournaments where the winner takes home large cash prizes.

Go is one of the world's most popular board games, with millions of players in Asia of all ages. While Go has been known in the West since the late 1800's, when a German chemist named Oscar Korschelt wrote about the game in the German magazine "The German Society of East Asian Art and Culture" after visiting Japan, the game has stayed under the radar until recently.

Most people have seen glimpses of Go in popular media. The Chinese President, Hu Jintao, presented President Obama with a Go board specially crafted by American woodworker, Frank Salantrie. Go also appears in movies like A Beautiful Mind and in a Domino's Pizza commercial.

Go is a highly complex game. While computer programmers have devised artificial intelligence that can beat top chess players, professional Go players still can best even the most advanced computer program. Go is great to keep the mind sharp and is fun for players of any ability or experience level, and is also a great way to meet new people and be part of a new fad taking hold in the states.

Go is a two player game. All you need to play is a board, and a set of white and black stones. Each player alternates placing a single stone on the board. You are free to play wherever you feel like, so long as you follow the three simple rules of the game. That's right, Go only has three rules! Game play is simple, but the strategy can get quite complex. The interesting part, is how much your own creativity and style can sing on the board.

The object of the game is to build walls and surround the intersections on the board. Each intersection counts as one point, and is called "territory." Whoever has more territory by the end of the game is the winner.

In future installments, we'll get into the actual rules of the game, and a little bit about the American Go scene, and perhaps you'll be inspired to try the game out for yourself!

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