Sternhalma

Players: 2 - 6

Difficulty: Beginner

Duration: 10-30 minutes

Description: The objective is to be first to race all of one's pieces across the hexagram-shaped board into "home"—the corner of the star opposite one's starting corner—using single-step moves or moves that jump over other pieces.

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Academic Ties To: Game Design, Athletics (Strategy)

More Info: This game on Wikipedia

Fun Fact: Though commonly known as "Chinese Checkers", the game is not a variation of checkers, nor did it originate in China. That name originated in the United States as part of a marketing scheme. The game was invented in Germany in 1892 under the name "Stern-Halma" as a variation of the older American game Halma. The "Stern" (German for star) refers to the board's star shape.