Space Checkers

By Wiggles 3D Games
Price $15.99
Age 6 +

Which would you rather play, regular old checkers, or Space Checkers - a new game in which alien invaders battle for control of the planet Earth? Yeah, that's pretty much what we thought. With 2 to 4 players, directional movement, flying saucer pieces in four different colors, and the ability to 'warp' your pawns from one edge of the board to another, Space Checkers is light years away from the classic game your ancestors played. What the two do have in common is this - players capture opponents' pieces by jumping over them. On any given turn, one of two dice rolled dictates how many spaces you move, while the other determines direction. There are exceptions. Two sides of the direction die are marked 'WILD,' enabling the roller to choose the direction for that move. Or, when traveling within the last four rows on the opposite side of the board (known as the wild area) from your starting side, the player can ignore the direction die. These variables make Space Chess less predictable and leave more room for strategizing. Certain things can get in the way of your completing a move - that big old planet Earth in the middle of the board, for example. Each player has 10 prison cells on the board - empty at the outset - into which they place opponents' pieces as they're captured. The first player to fill all 10 prison cells wins the game.