Diagonaldame also spelled Diagonal-Dame, is a variant of German Checkers. The author of the game is unknown.
Rules[]
The game has almost the same rules as German Checkers.
Differences are:
- The men are initially in the corners. The double-corners point to the players.
- The men promote in the opposite double-corner only and - unlike Diagonalnie Shashki only there.
References[]
- Grupp, Claus. D.
- Dame: Das Brettspiel in allen Variationen. Falken + ASS, Niedernhausen (Germany) 1979.
- Thiele, Rüdiger.
- Das große Spielvergnügen mit Würfeln, Streichhölzern, Papier, Schachfiguren, Dominos und Labyrinthen. Heinrich Hugendubel Verlag, München (Germany) 1984.