Chinese Checkers
An Ancient Twist on a Popular Game
Item#: D4930
Description: Chinese Checkers; board and marbles
both made of marble
Dimensions: 12" diameter
Price: $45.00
Status: In Stock
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History of Chinese Checkers
Chinese checkers comes from a popular Victorian board game, Halma. There is little difference between Halma and Chinese checkers except for the shape of the board. Chinese checkers board has a star pattern, while Halma board has a square pattern. Chinese checkers was first patented by a famous German games company, West by Ravensburger, under the name Stern-Halma.
In the 1920s, Stern-Halma was introduced in the United States as Chinese checkers, which is believe to have gotten it's more catcher name from the star on the Chinese flag. Chinese checkers came into full popularity in 1930s. Because of the game's popularity in America, Milton Bradley patented its version of Chinese checkers in 1941 which has changed little in the following decades.
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