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Setups for checkers variants playable with a piecepack

Source: R/piecepack_games_checkers.R
piecepack_games_checkers.Rd

tibble data frames of setups for 17 checkers variants playable with a piecepack. Data frame output can usually be plotted with pmap_piece(df, default.units = "in").

Usage

piecepack_american_checkers()

piecepack_american_pool_checkers()

piecepack_bashni()

piecepack_brazilian_checkers()

piecepack_checkers()

piecepack_column_checkers()

piecepack_corner_checkers()

piecepack_czech_checkers()

piecepack_english_checkers()

piecepack_gothic_checkers()

piecepack_italian_checkers()

piecepack_jamaican_checkers()

piecepack_one_way_checkers()

piecepack_portuguese_checkers()

piecepack_russian_checkers()

piecepack_spanish_checkers()

piecepack_thai_checkers()

piecepack_turkish_checkers()

piecepack_unified_pool_checkers()

piecepack_zimbabwean_pool_checkers()

Value

A tibble::tibble() data frame with the following columns:

  • "piece_side"

  • "suit"

  • "rank"

  • "cfg" (optional, defaults to "piecepack")

  • "x"

  • "y"

  • "angle" (optional, defaults to 0).

This data frame is compatible with piecepackr::render_piece() and likely ppcli::cat_piece().

Details

Here are links for more information about the various checkers variants:

GameURL
(American) Checkers AKA (English) Draughtshttps://www.ludism.org/ppwiki/Checkers
American Pool Checkershttps://draughts.github.io/american-pool-checkers.html
Bashni AKA Column Checkershttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bashni
Brazilian Checkers AKA Brazilian Draughtshttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brazilian_draughts
Czech Checkers AKA Czech Draughtshttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Czech_draughts
Corner Checkers AKA Corner Draughtshttps://brainking.com/en/GameRules?tp=30
Gothic Checkers AKA Gothic Draughtshttp://mlwi.magix.net/bg/gothiccheckersvariants.htm
Italian Checkers AKA Italian Draughtshttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Italian_draughts
Jamaican Checkers AKA Jamaican Draughtshttps://web.archive.org/web/20230605023244/http://poolcheckers.com/jamaica/
One Way Checkers AKA One Way Draughtshttps://brainking.com/en/GameRules?tp=31
Portuguese Checkers AKA Portuguese Draughtshttp://www.fpdamas.pt/regras/
Russian Checkers AKA Russian Draughtshttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russian_draughts
Spanish Checkers AKA Spanish Draughtshttps://mindsports.nl/index.php/on-the-evolution-of-draughts-variants/draughts-variants/497-dama_s
Thai Checkers AKA Thai Draughts AKA Mak-hot AKA Makhoshttps://checkers.fandom.com/wiki/Mak-hot
Turkish Checkers AKA Turkish Draughts AKA Damahttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Turkish_draughts
Unified Pool Checkershttps://wiegerw.github.io/pdn/gametype.html
Zimbabwean Pool Checkershttps://wiegerw.github.io/pdn/gametype.html

Examples

df <- piecepack_american_checkers()
if (requireNamespace("ppcli", quietly = TRUE) &&
    packageVersion("ppcli") >= "0.3.0-1") {
  ppcli::cat_piece(df, annotate = TRUE)
}
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