<sod>  [[Image:Chinese_checkers_start.png|thumb|right|200px|Chinese checkers]]
'''Chinese checkers''' is a [[board game]] that can be played by five to six people. The object of the game is to place one's pieces in the corner opposite their starting position by moving them through jumps over other pieces.  The game does not actually originate from [[China]] (nor is it a variation on [[checkers]] or [[Chinese chess]]), but was given that name in the [[United States]] to make it sound more exotic.  When it was first released in [[Germany]], it was called Stern-Halma, as it is exactly like the older game of [[Halma]] except that the board is star (''stern'') shaped.
 The Chinese checkers board is laid out in a six-pointed star like the [[Star of David]].  (The game is unrelated to [[Judaism]].)  The game pieces are usually six sets of colored [[marbles]], ten of each color.  The ten marbles are arranged as a triangle in the starting position in one of the corners of the star.
 
 There are basically two games played on the game set. Each of the games has an original and a fast-paced variant.
 <eod> <sod> [[Image:Chinese_checkers_start.png|thumb|right|200px|Chinese checkers]]
'''Chinese checkers''' is a [[board game]] that can be played by two to six people. The object of the game is to place one's pieces in the corner opposite their starting position by moving them through jumps over other pieces.  The game does not actually originate from [[China]] (nor is it a variation on [[checkers]] or [[Chinese chess]]), but was given that name in the [[United States]] to make it sound more exotic.  When it was first released in [[Germany]], it was called Stern-Halma, as it is exactly like the older game of [[Halma]] except that the board is star (''stern'') shaped.
 The Chinese checkers board is laid out in a six-pointed star like the [[Star of David]].  (The game is unrelated to [[Judaism]].)  The game pieces are usually six sets of colored [[marbles]], ten of each color.  The ten marbles are arranged as a triangle in the starting position in one of the corners of the star.
 
 There are basically two games played on the game set. Each of the games has an original and a fast-paced variant.
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