NBCHECKERS(6)

📦 version 6.0.3, in arch rolling, debian bookworm, debian trixie, ubuntu jammy, ubuntu noble, ubuntu questing, ubuntu resolute, ubuntu stonking

💖 CHECKERS — the manual page for checkers and nbcheckers 💖

okay bestie, sit down, grab a strawberry 🍓, because we're about to talk about CHECKERS — aka the game you're gonna be lowkey obsessed with. this is manual page number 6, the games section, and the two names you can call it by are checkers and nbcheckers. same vibe, same board, same queen energy. 👑

🎮 CONTROLS 🎮

no cap, the controls are giving simple. here's the whole list:

  • RETURN / ENTER — select a piece, or move the piece you already selected. that's it. that's the whole button. 💅
  • hjkl / ARROW KEYS — move the cursor around the board. yes, the vim girlies are thriving here, we love to see it. 🦋
  • q — quit. bye bestie, see you next game. 😭
  • F1 & F2 — help! F1 and F2 pop open help on the controls and on the gameplay, so if you're ever like "wait what do i do", just press them. 🙈
  • YOU CAN ALSO USE THE MOUSE! 🖱️✨
not me listing five whole bullet points and one of them is literally just "you can use the mouse." iconic. 🎀

🌈 GAMEPLAY 🌈

okay so here's how the game actually goes, step by step, no gatekeeping:

  1. the game starts with each player having 12 men. twelve. a whole dozen. and those men can only diagonally move forwards — that means toward the opponent's side of the board. no walking backwards, no shortcuts, periodt. 🚶♀️
  2. men can level up and become kings by reaching the opponent's first rank. once you're a king? 👑 you can diagonally move both forwards AND backwards. glow up complete.
  3. pieces can capture the opponent's pieces by jumping over them — and it gets better, because they can also capture several pieces at once by doing a chain of jumps. a COMBO. the way that is so main character energy, i cannot. 🔥
  4. you have to do a jump if you can. like, it's not optional. if the jump is right there, you're taking it. that's the rules, bestie, no debating. 💀
  5. a player wins when the opponent can't do a move — for example, when all of their pieces are captured. that's the win condition. slay. 🎉
ngl the "you HAVE to jump if you can" rule is the one that gets everybody, so remember it fr fr. 🫶

🌸 THE CUTE SIGN-OFF 🌸

this page is from May 2021, and it's the CHECKERS() page of the manual — so yeah, checkers, nbcheckers, manual section 6, games. go play, have fun, capture some pieces, become a king. you've got this. 💜🧚✨

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