What is Canadian draughts?
Canadian draughts is international draughts on a large 12×12 board. Each side has 30 men on the dark squares of the five nearest rows.
Every rule is the international one: men capture backwards as well as forwards, kings fly, capturing is compulsory and you must take the most pieces, and a man that touches the far row during a capture is crowned only if the capture ends there.
The bigger board means longer games, deeper strategy and very long multi-jump captures.
Rule changes
| Rule | Standard Int'l Draughts | Canadian draughts |
|---|---|---|
| Board | Standard Int'l Draughts10×10. | Canadian draughts12×12. |
| Pieces | Standard Int'l Draughts20 men each on the four nearest rows. | Canadian draughts30 men each on the five nearest rows. |
History
Canadian draughts, le jeu de dames canadien, is played mainly in Quebec, where it grew up as an enlarged form of the French game. It has remained a game of French-speaking Canada, with a small but lasting community of players.
It is one of the few draughts games played on a board larger than 10×10, and it keeps the international rules unchanged apart from the size.