However, if you hit a bird with a pound package of rice it will probably kill it.
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The skill set of the game required some logic and advance planning so it may have helped me in the computer programming phase of my career. Grandma was crafty so it took me some practice before I could beat her.
#Chinese checkers play full
Naturally, each set of marbles is a different color and full sets include 60 marbles, allowing for up to six to play at a time. The marbles move one space at a time until you build a chain with gaps where you can jump over other marbles. The object of the game is to get all your marbles (and yes, I still have all mine) across the board into the opposite point of the star before your opponent can move hers into your star-point. The star-shaped board has six points, each of which holds 10 marbles in a triangle shape. Kids of 7 (and probably younger) can pick it up easily. The “Stern” (German for “star”) referred to the board’s star shape Halma used a square board.įor those unfamiliar with the game it is a simple one. The inventors gave it the name “Stern-Halma” as a variation of an older American game “Halma.” “Xiangqi,” “Chinese Chess,” is from China, but “Chinese Checkers” was invented in Germany in 1892. “Chinese Checkers” did not originate in China or any part of Asia. in 1928 it was worn when we played it in 1946.
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Grandma’s game may have been one she purchased when they first came out in the U.S.
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She introduced me to her favorite, a game my hair stylist says is no longer available in today’s stores. My maternal grandmother, Stina Iverson, was a kindly little Norwegian who loved to play games. Fortunately, she wasn’t playing for money as I was only 7 years old and a learner.