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Publisher	(Public Domain)
Year Published	1400
# of Players	2
User Suggested # of Players	Best with 2 players Recommended with 2 players (4 voters) [poll]
Playing Time	30 minutes
Mfg Suggested Ages	5 and up
User Suggested Ages	8 and up (1 voter) [poll]
Language Dependence	No necessary in-game text (3 voters) [poll]
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Category	Abstract Strategy
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Family	Checkers Draughts
Primary Name	Italian Checkers
Alternate Names	Dama
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It is the national form of checkers in Italy, where it is called Dama.
Played on an 8×8 board (rotate 90 degree with respect to Checkers, it differentiates with most other games of the Checkers Family because men can't jump kings. Another peculiarity are the jump rules, which define which move is compulsory in case of multiple possible jumps.

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Italian Federation of Checkers (Federazione Italiana Dama)

http://www.fid.it

2007-04-21