Tanzanian Draughts (Dama)
East African draughts on an 8×8 board with free capture choice and flying kings.
How to Play
Tanzanian draughts is played on the dark squares of an 8×8 board with 12 men per side. White moves first.
- Men: Move diagonally forward. Men can capture both forward and backward.
- Captures: Capture is mandatory. However, players have free choice between different capture sequences (no majority rule).
- Kings: Kings fly diagonally across any number of empty squares.
- Promotion: Reaching the back row promotes a man to a king. The promotion ends the turn; jumping cannot continue immediately as a king on the same turn.
Draws
Drawn by agreement, threefold repetition, or 25 consecutive king-only moves without a capture.