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Chinese Checkers

At Masters Traditional Games, we know you can get cheap versions of Chinese Checkers in your local supermarket so for our discerning customers, we put some effort into finding things that are either high quality or at least a little bit special in some way.

We think that we have the best and most interesting selection of Chinese Checkers boards around. Hope you enjoy them.

Hexagonal Chinese
Checkers with marbles

Hexagonal Chinese Checkers with marbles
£22.49
30cm Round Mahogany Chinese
Checkers with Marbles

30cm Round Mahogany Chinese Checkers with Marbles
£42.90
34cm Round Chinese
Checkers with Wooden Pegs

34cm Round Chinese Checkers with Wooden Pegs
£43.90
Oriental Style
Chinese Checkers

Oriental Style Chinese Checkers
£49.90

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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.