Checkers

Play checkers against a gezel opponent on a live board. You move on the board; the checkers player sees the position, plays back, and keeps the table talk going.

Get Gezel Read about it in the docs

Try it

Open in a full window

Checkers running in your browser on sample data. Use the page, or talk with the checkers player beside it: the conversation is scripted for this preview, and the changes stay in the page.

What’s inside

The crew

Checkers Player Crew leadA warm, playful checkers opponent.

Actions the crew can take

Get boardSee the authoritative structured checkers position, whose turn it is, capture availability, and every legal move.
Make movePlay your (black's) move.

Each action is a small script that changes the app’s files, checked by Gezel’s security settings before it runs.

Files it keeps

Plain files in the project folder you can open, back up, and read: game.json.

Start one

Download Gezel for Mac, Windows or Linux. It’s free.
Choose New project, then Games, then Checkers.
Answer a few questions: Table-talk style How should the checkers player play?
Your checkers player takes it from there, on the model you choose.