Draughts
Although the exact origins of Draughts are unknown it is believed the game evolved from a game called Alquerque played in ancient Egypt as early as 600 B.C.
There are many variants of the game across the world but English Draughts is played on a chessboard by two people sitting opposite each other. Draughts is played on an eight by eight squared board (with sixty-four total squares) with twelve pieces on each side. These pieces may only initially move and capture diagonally forwards. Only when a piece is "crowned" or "kinged" may it move both backwards or forwards. Like Chess Draughts is played by one player having white pieces and the other player having black. The aim of the game is to capture opponent's pieces by jumping over them.
A player wins a game of draughts by taking all of their opponents pieces, by leaving the opposing player with no legal moves, or with a draw.
At Gymworld we stock the exquisite Jaques draughtsmen sets. Each Jaques Draughtsmen set comes complete with a full set of 12 black and 12 white boxwood handcrafted and hand turned pieces all presented within a fully baize lined mahogany presentation box with hinged brass furniture.
These fabulous sets also fit and match beautifully with any of the chess boards within the Jaques Chess and Indoor games range.
