…With a twist

I’m designing a new game. It’s nothing major, and might even turn out to be lame, but it’s more of an exercise than something I’m putting together for publication.

The game is STACKERS. It’s like checkers, but with a twist: You can stack your pawns atop each other to make them “stronger.” A piece can only “jump” a pawn or stack that is equal to or weaker than itself. For example, a single pawn cannot jump a stack of two pawns.

I’ve got a page of notes, which I’ll be posting as I go. It will be our own little journey of discovery. And at the end of the journey we’ll know the answer to the eternal question, “Is this a great new twist on a classic game, or just a lame variant?”