Alquerque

Alquerque is the Spanish name for an ancient board game, the Alquerque board game. Alquerque board game originated in the Middle East. Alquerques are board games that can be enjoyed by kids ages 10 and up.

How to play the alquerque board game?

First of all, you need 2 people to play the alquerque board game. You may have played the alquerque board game already without even knowing it. Below is how to play and set up the alquerque board game.

The alquerque board Draw the alquerque board on a square piece of paper of 12 inches (30 cm) each side. Fill in the dots at each intersection. Then place you playing pierces on the intersections of the first 2 rows facing you and on the two right hand intersections of the middle row.

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Alquerque is played like checkers with tow big exceptions. The first is that you move on the lines, landing on the intersections, not on the spaces. The second is that the players can move in any direction from the start.

Rules of alquerque, scoring and how to win

• When playing the alquerque, the first thing to decide is who goes first. Players take turns in moving pieces along the lines one intersection at a time in any direction. The objective of alquerque is to capture the opponent's pieces by jumping over them.
• You can make multiple jumps in any directions.
• You must jump you opponent's pieces whenever there is an opportunity. If you do not, then your opponent takes your playing piece.

In order to win in the alquerque, you have to capture all of your opponent's pieces.