This game gathers the four national rule sets played on the 8x8 draughts board. Pick one on the buttons shown before the first move; the board and the starting position are the same for all four, only the rules differ.

In all Draughts variants, the following rules apply:

• Players take turn by moving one piece
• Pieces can move to an adjacent empty position
• An adjacent opponent piece can be captured by jumping over it (which implies the next position is available)

  

• When possible, several captures can be performed at the same round (with the same piece)
• Pieces move only on dark squares
• Capture is compulsory
• A piece reaching the last row is promoted to a king

The board and initial position is the following:

The four rule sets differ on four points: whether a simple piece may capture backwards, how far a king moves and where it lands after a capture, whether the longest capture sequence must be taken, and when captured pieces leave the board.

English Draughts

• Simple pieces can only move forward, even for capture
• Promoted pieces, called kings, can move backward, but only to adjacent positions
• After a capture, a king must stop just after the captured piece (unless it can do another capture)
• Black starts
• Captured pieces are removed after all captures are done
• If a player must choose between several capture sequences, he must take the longest one
• A player who cannot move loses the game

Brazilian Draughts

• Simple pieces can only move forward, except for capture
• Promoted pieces, called kings, can move along any diagonal
• After a capture, a king can stop at any available position on the diagonal after the captured piece (assuming skipped positions were free)
• White starts
• Captured pieces are removed after all captures are done
• If a player must choose between several capture sequences, he must take the longest one
• A player who cannot move loses the game

Spanish Draughts

• Simple pieces can only move forward, even for capture
• Promoted pieces, called kings, can move along any diagonal
• After a capture, a king can stop at any available position on the diagonal after the captured piece (assuming skipped positions were free)
• White starts
• Captured pieces are removed after all captures are done
• If a player must choose between several capture sequences, he must take the longest one
• A player who cannot move loses the game

German Draughts

• Simple pieces can only move forward, except for capture
• Promoted pieces, called kings, can move along any diagonal
• White starts
• Captured pieces are removed at the end of the capture sequence
• If a player must choose between several capture sequences, he can choose any sequence as long as it ends to a position where no more capture is possible
• A player who cannot move loses the game

Brazilian and Spanish Draughts differ only in whether a simple piece may capture backwards: it may in Brazilian, it may not in Spanish.