Halma is a board game, contested by two or four players. The game objective of Halma is to move all of your pieces from your home corner into the opposing corner, moving pieces in turn by hopping over an adjacent piece into a vacant square.
Age
A family game, which can be played by all ages, from around eight years and upwards.
Ability
A game of stategy and tactics.
Description
The board consists of a grid of 16×16 squares.
The game is played by two or four players from opposing corners of the board. The goal is to transfer all of one's pieces from one's own camp into the camp in the opposing corner. On each turn, which is taken in sequence. A player either moves a single piece to an adjacent open square, or jumps over one or more pieces in sequence. Landings must be in empty squares.
Dedication
Four-player games can be played in teams, the winner is the first team to race both sets of pieces into the opposing camps.
Closely
Related Activities
Chequers (Chinease Chequers) 67.
Level of Demand
The table below shows the maximum levels of demand that this activity requires. NOTE: These are not entry levels or levels of requirement and has nothing to do with ability.
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