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it got locked after 10 moves or something like that (firefox browser). I couldn't move anything no matter where i clicked (and i was far from the end of the game)

EDIT : sorry, seems like i probably had to make a forced jump move, which i didn't know was a thing.

EDIT 2 : aren't you supposed to be able to capture in reverse direction ?

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For me it locked after 1 move. But then I found out that I was also playing for the opponent.

I like how these engineers think they found a bug but were actually just beaten by the correct implementation of the rules of checkers hahaha

It's pretty surprising to me the number of people who don't know the rules of checkers here. I guess they were probably taught by a friend or family member who was using house rules.

in my case it's just that the last game i played was more than 30 years ago..

That is an achievement in itself! Brag and be proud, sir :)

> aren't you supposed to be able to capture in reverse direction ?

Only after promotion.

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