halma

Japanese: halma
halma

...In Japan, it is sold under the names "Diamond Game" or "Halma", but in Europe and the US it is called Chinese checker. Its prototype is halma (meaning "jump" in Greek), which was popular in the late Victorian era (late 19th century). The Halma game board is made up of 16 x 16 checkered squares, and the pieces are arranged as shown in the figure (the number of pieces differs: 19 for a two-player game and 13 for a four-player game). ...

*Some of the terminology that mentions "halma" is listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…日本では〈ダイヤモンド・ゲーム〉または〈ハルマ〉などの商品名で市販されているが,欧米ではチャイニーズ・チェッカーChinese checkerと呼ばれる。原型はビクトリア朝後期(19世紀後半)に流行したハルマhalma(ギリシア語で〈ジャンプ〉の意味)である。ハルマのゲーム盤は16×16の市松模様の升目からなるもので,駒の配置は図のとおりである(2人のゲームでは19個,4人のゲームでは13個と駒の数が異なる)。…

※「halma」について言及している用語解説の一部を掲載しています。

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