What is the name of this board game? It has 6 sides for marbles and spokes toward the center?

Question

The board has depressions for marbles. There are 6 sides with ten depressions on each side. From each corner and from the middle of each side there are an additional four depressions that lead toward the center, like spokes on a wheel. Each center "spoke" and an adjacent middle spoke are painted a different color, for marbles of the same color. There is a depression in the center that is painted silver. I am trying to learn the name so I can look up how to play it.

Several answers have said the name is "Chinese Checkers". However, any picture I have seen of a board called Chinese Checkers has the entire center of the board filled with depressions for the marbles. The board I have has only the outer hexagon, a spoke from each ourter corner, a spoke from the center of each straight line, and a single depression in the center of the board. Is this some sort of variant of Chinese Checkers or did the people answering the question misunderstand my description?

Answer 1

maybe it's polish checkers.

Answer 2

Chinese Checkers

Answer 3

Chinese Checkers

Answer 4

I definately think its chinese checkers and if you want to learn how to play then heres how:

Chinese checkers are neither checkers, nor Chinese. The simple game is popular with all ages, though. Chinese checkers are based on “Halma,” a game based loosely on the British board game “Hoppity.” Halma came into being in the 1870s-1880s in Britain. A German company modified the board into the familiar six-pointed star we know today and called it “Stern-Halma,” stern meaning “star.”

Chinese checkers evolved a little later, using the star-shaped board, and the game's current name appeared in the late 1920s. It tied in with the fad for all things Oriental. The game is still called Halma in Europe, where it is played more like the original game. Two to six players can play Chinese checkers. Each player has ten marbles placed in a like-colored point on the star, and the object of the game is to get all of one’s marbles across the board into the other player’s star point.

The most common way of playing is the “hop-across” method. Players move a single marble into one adjacent space on the board, or jump their own or their opponent’s marbles to move across. Those are the basics for playing. Winning the game is a bit more difficult. Chinese checkers requires focus and the ability to plan ahead, which may be the most crucial skill in winning the game.

Play begins when one player moves a marble a single space out from his triangle. The other player then moves, and the strategizing begins in earnest. The ability to jump one’s own and one’s opponent’s marbles without losing them as in regular checkers is a great help in getting across the board swiftly.

A good player will get all her marbles out of her triangle as quickly as possible, without worrying too much about getting them across the board. Once the marbles are out, she can then plan jumps and moves that are not possible with marbles left behind. A player can keep a single marble moving as long as there are adjacent marbles to jump.

One of the best features of Chinese checkers is the jumping. An experienced player can set up elaborate jumps that may take his marble all the way across the board in one move. He can only jump one marble at a time, not two together, but he can line his marbles up and jump each one, moving up the board toward the opponent’s space. This is when the ability to plan moves, and to see moves develop, is crucial. Good players learn to use opponents' marbles against them. A wise player is always thinking at least two moves ahead and watching for how her opponent’s moves will affect her plans, or even better them.

Back-up plans are also crucial in winning the game. If the opponent moves a marble out of position that will ruin a good trip across the board, the player has to plan for it and have something else in mind. He should first look to see if another move is possible, using the moved marble, and if it is a better move than originally planned. It is something of a psychological victory when the opponent saw the player’s move and deliberately spoiled it, and the player came up with something even better.

There is something very satisfying in planning and executing a cross-board jump that leaves the opponent’s mouth hanging open. It is also extremely frustrating to have one’s move spoiled, and a better one unavailable. The wise player must be able to assess her opponent’s tactical situation, what moves are open to the opponent, and which ones he is most likely to take. Everyone has a different playing style and different ideas on which moves will be most beneficial.

Chinese checkers is a good game for children, since it is so easily learned. It teaches fine motor skills and critical thinking skills, as well as cause-and-effect in a way that few other board games do. No scoring or dice are involved, so even a child who cannot count or add very well can play the game. It also allows a parent to help a child learn these skills in a fun way, providing quality time for both.

Chinese checkers sets are inexpensive, and may have a metal, wooden or plastic board. Some travel sets come with a vinyl-covered metal board and magnet pieces. In any manifestation, Chinese checkers is a fun and absorbing game that can be enjoyed by almost every member of the family.

Answer 5

Chinese checkers

Answer 6

I think people have misunderstood your question, because Chinese checkers has depressions all across the center part of the board. I have no idea what the name of your gome is, but good luck in finding it.

Answer 7

Chinese Checkers.... I love playing this game

Answer 8

Chinese Checkers.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chinese_checkers

Answer 9

sounds more like the game aggravition than it does chinese checkers

Answer 10

It could be Aggravation, but that is a square board as opposed to a hexagon. You can check the link below to see.

Aggravation is a sort of Parcheesi variant where you try to navigate your pieces around the board and into the central "home"

Answer 11

Chinese Checkers. I have no idea how to play it, but it seems fun.