The rules of the game say that a coin toss decides who begins, but the players can decide by themselves. Four players use 13 pieces, placed in each corner. When there are 2 players, 19 marbles are put into opposite corners, stacked evenly. When playing three people, leave a star point between each person, and it’s a free-for-all. Each player must have an opponent opposite, so there can only be two, three, four, or six players. Choose ten marbles of one color and place them all on the star point that matches the color of the marbles. The board’s hexagonal interior has five holes on each side. Each triangular star point has ten holes (four holes per side) for a player’s pieces. The six-pointed star board has small dimples or holes, for marbles and pegs, respectively.
The game is a mixture of chess, checkers, and Othello, and can have two, three, four, or six players at a time. Chinese Checkers is still called Halma in many European counties. It soon became Chinese Checkers, reflecting the American interest in all things Oriental after the introduction of Mah Jongg and the discovery of King Tut’s tomb. Chinese Checkers was first released in 1928, and was named Hop Ching Checkers. Halma followed the rules of Chinese checkers, but was played on a square board.
Another thinks is it a descendent of a German-American game call Stern-Halma. One group thinks it comes from a British game called “hoppity”. It is played with pieces (either marbles or pegs) on a six-pointed star board with holes or dimples for the pieces. Chinese checkers is neither Chinese nor checkers.
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