<Tr> <Th> Skill (s) required </Th> <Td> Strategy, tactics </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Synonym (s) </Th> <Td> Stern - Halma Star Halma Hop Ching Checkers Tiao - qi ("Jump chess") </Td> </Tr> <P> Chinese checkers (US and Canadian spelling) or Chinese chequers (UK spelling) is a strategy board game of German origin (named "Sternhalma") which can be played by two, three, four, or six people, playing individually or with partners . The game is a modern and simplified variation of the American game Halma . </P> <P> The objective is to be first to race all of one's pieces across the hexagram - shaped board into "home"--the corner of the star opposite one's starting corner--using single - step moves or moves that jump over other pieces . The remaining players continue the game to establish second -, third -, fourth -, fifth -, and last - place finishers . The rules are simple, so even young children can play . </P>

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