@gennie

you can't compare chess/draughts/reversi against a virtual "knight" with real life. nothing about mara is real life LOL

@Sunjewel @rumor

lots of people have commented on the "mandatory jump"

its a rule for almost every type of draughts AND checkers game, I didn't make it up!

Someone even found the American Checkers Federation's (yep, that's a real thing LOL) official rulebook


http://www.usacheckers.com/downloads/WCDF_Revised_Rules.doc

Quote from the American Checkers Federation's official rulebook:

1.19 If a jump creates an immediate further capturing opportunity, then the capturing move of the piece (man or king) is continued until all the jumps are completed. The only exception is that if a man reaches the king-row by means of a capturing move it then becomes a king but may not make any further jumps until their opponent has moved. At the end of the capturing sequence, all captured pieces are removed from the board.

1.20 All capturing moves are compulsory, whether offered actively or passively. If there are two or more ways to jump, a player may select any one that they wish, not necessarily that which gains the most pieces. Once started, a multiple jump must be carried through to completion. A man can only be jumped once during a multiple jumping sequence.