If white could catch Black sleeping, white could try to place 1 piece at A7, a second piece at C5
Then try to place your third piece where black would have to jump, and then auto-jump and capture C5 piece also - leaving them on B6 so you can jump and win.
But if black is smart, they can most likely stay away from that trap also and go for the draw.
Ferjo: I will agree with you that the rules are not always easy to understand. (If someone would like to re-write the rules to be clearer, I know Fencer would take a look at putting them up - if they are good enough.)
But, in the rules it says something about the rules being the same as Checkers.
You then need to look at the rules of Checkers, and you will find this rule:
If the player has more possibilities to capture opponent's pieces, he/she can select any of them. However, when a queen (in variants with long jumps) can make a jump, the player cannot select a pawn to jump with.
Again, I agree the rules would be MUCH beter if all directions are in one place, and not have to keep looking at different pages to find the complete rules.
Even though it's not really anyone busness except for Pedro's on who he has on his enemies list, but it look like Paulo has changed his nick sometime in the past - which sometime in the past Pedro had this person on their enemy list.... which means he was on there for a reason - nothing probable has changed.
Steve - I agree 100% - It's a GREAT rule change - I'm actually looking forward to playing some more games now. I'm just somewhat upset me that I did not know about the big rule change.
I wasn't complaining about the rule change - just that I guess I was in the dark about it for so long.... :-(
Well I never liked how the checker rules are setup with "see other game", and then their are other differences which confilict - so a lot of time to find out minor rules, you just have to play around with it.
what gets me is such an important rule change was just posted in here. ugh.
I'm going to have to read the board more, a new rule that changes how the game ends that was announced in here on Sept 1st - and I only read about it now!
I think I might have resigned games once the other player had thier piece in the main diagnal because I know it's a losing posisiton - and now I find out the rule had changed???? I could have forced them to jump out of the diagnal!!!
Well i guess it's beter to know now then later!
Maybe when a rule is changed for any game, it should be announced in system news - even it if only effects a few users.