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The Origin of Chinese Checkers
Chinese Checkers, disappointingly, is no more than Halma (a Victorian
games invented in the 1880s) transported to a star shaped board. It was
first patented in the West by Ravensburger, the famous German games company,
under the name Stern-Halma in Germany a few years after Halma appeared.
It was later launched in the USA under the catchier name of Chinese Checkers,
and this is the form that is most well-known today. J Pressman is believed
to be the person who introduced the game to the USA during 1928 although
several other manufacturers started to make it thereafter including Milton
Bradley whom, an unconfirmed report has it, patented the game in 1941.
You can learn more about the History
of Chinese Checkers from The
Online Guide to Traditional Games.
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