Chinese Checkers

Two ways to jump

Classic is the game you grew up with: step to a neighbouring hole, or hop over a marble standing right beside you into the space just past it, chaining hops as far as they will go.

Super lets a marble jump another from any distance, provided the gap between them is empty and it lands the same distance beyond. Journeys that take a dozen patient turns in the classic game can fold into two or three long leaps.

Around one table

• Two, three, four and six players all get a fair board, with partnerships at four and six
• The board turns so the player to move has their own corner nearest them
• No move ends your turn on its own — play it, look at it, then confirm
• Tap the marble to put it back one hop at a time
• Set the house rules your family plays by
• Works with no internet at all, and saves itself every turn