Kangaroo checkers
- Bib ID:
- 7866194
- Format:
- Object
- Author:
- Banfield, M. A, designer
- Description:
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- [Modbury, SA] : [Maxwell Allan Banfield], [1987]
- 1 game (various pieces) : cardboard, paper, colour ; in box 19 x 37 x 4 cm
- Summary:
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A game played on a modified checkers (chequers) or draughts board, which resembles the 8×8 board but lacks six squares in each corner. It uses two sets of 11 ordinary checkers plus 1 king for each side. The ordinary checkers may move orthogonally forwards or sideways into vacant squares, but not diagonally. Jumping is compulsory where possible. The winner is the first king to reach the two central opposite end squares.
- Notes:
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- Board game.
- "A game of strategy. For 2 players, ages 8 to 80."--Box.
- Instructions printed on bottom of the box. Box lid artwork depicts Uluru/Ayers Rock, a kangaroo and the game.
- Contains 1 folding kangaroo checker board (355 x 355 mm) , 24 plastic checkers (28 mm diam. x 7 mm deep).
- Sold by the author for three years in South Australia and Victoria, and then subsequently under licence as "Criss Cross Checkers" in New Zealand.--http://users.chariot.net.au/~posture/AboutTheAuthor.html, viewed January 2019.
- National Library of Australia's copy has received treatment for mould. Mould spores are still present. Please handle with care, particularly if you suffer from allergies.
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