Canadian Checkers
Canada · Québec
The largest of the major variants, played on a giant 12×12 board with 30 men per player. It was born when French settlers scaled up international draughts.
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Note: a few tournament subtleties (draw rules, rare priority cases) are simplified in this online version.
Rules
- Rules are identical to international draughts — only the scale grows.
- With 30 men each, opening theory is vastly wider.
- Kings fly along long diagonals; backward capture is allowed.
- Games are long; patience and long-term planning are rewarded.
About the game
French settlers in Québec scaled international draughts up to 12×12 with 30 men each — the 'grand jeu de dames'. Games are marathons where a single positional mistake may only be punished dozens of moves later.