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====== Hens and Chicks ======

//Checkers as it might be played in the world of __The Verdigris Pawn__.//  

Hens and Chicks is a draughts-style game on an 8x8 board, with two types of pieces and a unique capturing mechanic. The winner is the first to land a piece in their opponent's home row or to eliminate all the opposing hens.

An experimental 10x10 board is available as a variant.

  * Designer: James Ernest
  * Coder: Aaron Dalton (Perlkönig)
  * Hens and Chicks [[https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/432210/hens-and-chicks|at BoardGameGeek]]
  * Rules [[https://crabfragmentlabs.com/s/HensChicks11.pdf|PDF]].

[[https://crabfragmentlabs.com/verdigris-pawn|More details]] can be found at Crab Fragment Games.

You can also play Hens and Chicks against the computer at [[https://www.downtherathole.com/hensandchicks/|Greg Whitehead’s Down the Rathole]].

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====== Hens and Chicks ======

A draughts-style game with hens and chicks. Land on the opponent’s home row, or capture all enemy hens.

Inventor: James Ernest

===== Rules =====

See [[https://crabfragmentlabs.com/verdigris-pawn|Crab Fragment Labs]] and [[https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/432210/hens-and-chicks|BoardGameGeek]].


===== Variants =====

==== 10×10 board ====

Experimental larger board.

===== Further details =====

==== Version history ====

  * Current engine version: ''20240205'' (2024-02-05). On Abstract Play since 2024-02-13.

==== Links ====

  * [[https://crabfragmentlabs.com/verdigris-pawn]]
  * [[https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/432210/hens-and-chicks]]