Halma is an abstract strategy board game invented in 1883 or 1884 by George Howard Monks, an American thoracic surgeon at Harvard Medical School, who drew on the earlier English game Hoppity, devised in 1854. It is played on a checkered board divided into 16 by 16 squares by two or four players, each using a set of small pieces such as checkers, counters, or wooden or plastic cones. Players win by moving every one of their own pieces out of their home camp and into the camp in the opposite corner of the board, moving a piece either one step to an adjacent square or in a jump over another piece in a single turn.
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Origin YearWikipedia infobox (Halma): years='1883/84 to present' (exact) Playing Time Skill or Luck PublisherAnglo-American Games Co. 2 PublisherASS Altenburger Spielkarten 2 PublisherFratelli Fabbri Editori (Fabbri Editore) 2 PublisherG. J. Hayter & Co, Ltd. 2 Game Category Game Category Game Mechanic Game Mechanic Game Mechanic Minimum Players Maximum Players Classification
Player CountWikipedia infobox (Halma) players field: '2 or 4' Player CountSmall Group (3-6 Players) 1 Wikipedia infobox (Halma) players field: '2 or 4' Sport
Game Type (category) Game Type (category) Halma
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is a strategy board game invented in 1883 or 1884 by George Howard Monks, an American thoracic surgeon at Harvard Medical School.
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Halma is an abstract strategy board game invented in 1883 or 1884 by George Howard Monks, an American thoracic surgeon at Harvard Medical School, who drew on the earlier English game Hoppity, devised in 1854. It is played on a checkered board divided into 16 by 16 squares by two or four players, each using a set of small pieces such as checkers, counters, or wooden or plastic cones. Play
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- Playing Time: 30
- Designer: George Howard Monks
- Publisher: (Public Domain)
- Publisher: (Unknown)
- Publisher: A. N. Myers & Co
- Publisher: ABRA
- Publisher: Adolf Sala
- Publisher: Anglo-American Games Co.
- Publisher: ASS Altenburger Spielkarten
- Publisher: Brückner Spiele
- Publisher: Carlit
- Publisher: Catamount Games
- Publisher: Chad Valley Co Ltd.
- Publisher: Dourios
- Publisher: Drechsler
- Publisher: E.I. Horsman
- Publisher: Euer Spielemännlein
- Publisher: F. H. Ayres
- Publisher: F.X. Schmid
- Publisher: Fairylite
- Publisher: Fratelli Fabbri Editori (Fabbri Editore)
- Publisher: G. J. Hayter & Co, Ltd.
- Game Category: Abstract Strategy
- Game Category: Racing
- Game Mechanic: Grid Movement
- Game Mechanic: Race
- Game Mechanic: Square Grid
- Minimum Players: 2
- Maximum Players: 4
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The game was invented in Germany in 1892 under the name "Stern-Halma" as a variation of the older American game Halma.
Associated With: Chinese Checkers, History and nomenclature section
The game was invented in Germany in 1892 under the name "Stern-Halma" as a variation of the older American game Halma.
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mixture of Halma and checkers
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