A NEW GAME OF DRAUGHTS.
A. new game at draoghtfe hai been invented, wbioh aflhrde considerable variety •nd amusement. It is ployed with tho usual numbor of pieces and on <bo usual board, The move is not only oblique, but to the front, to the right, and to the left, also taking the front piece, the right or left pleoa, aud a piece obliquely. Moving j baokcrardsis not allowed till a piece baa been made a king. The kin« moves or takes to tha bne'e or front, to the righr, to the left, and obliquely, jumping if wished, over one internaodinto spioe In order to move or to take. Finally, a dnublo king ii made by the piece dosoericlin* hgain to lta own baok ro**. This piece jumps and takes over two Intermediate spacea m the same way the single king dees over one.
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Ashburton Guardian, Volume VII, Issue 1744, 19 January 1888, Page 4
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144A NEW GAME OF DRAUGHTS. Ashburton Guardian, Volume VII, Issue 1744, 19 January 1888, Page 4
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