Chequers

YOU KNOW CHECKERS. BUT YOU’VE NEVER PLAYED IT LIKE THIS.

CheQuers brings the familiar foundation of Checkers to a four-player board. The rules stay rooted in the classic game, with only the adjustments required to make four-player play work.

PLAY CHEQUERS

WHAT IS CHEQUERS?

CLASSICAL CHECKERS, BUILT FOR FOUR PLAYERS.

CheQuers is the four-player version of Checkers within the Quess universe. The game keeps the classic Checkers foundation that players already know. What changes is the board: four players share the same game, each with their own territory and position to manage. You still move, capture, and plan ahead as you would in Checkers. But with three other players making decisions around the board, every move has more to consider.

“Three opponents. Four territories. One shared board.”

THE FAMILIAR GAME, IN A DIFFERENT SETUP

CheQuers does not replace Checkers with an entirely different game. It takes the familiar foundation and adapts it for a four-player board.

The classic Checkers foundation remains at the core.
Four players share the same board.
Only the changes required for four-player play are introduced.

WHAT CHANGES WHEN FOUR PLAYERS JOIN?

CheQuers keeps the rules of classic checkers at its core. The four-player board only requires one important adjustment: how a checker reaches promotion.

Promotion in CheQuers
  • A checker can enter an opponent’s domain by a normal move or by jumping.
  • Once inside that domain, it continues forward until it is promoted.
  • It does not cross straight across the board as it would in a traditional two-player game.
  • When it reaches the promotion area, it becomes a king, just as in classic checkers.
This is the key rule adjustment for adapting classic Checkers to the four-player board.

HOW TO PLAY CHEQUERS

If you already know Checkers, the foundation is familiar. The main difference is learning to read a four-sided board with three other players making moves around you.

Choose your Domain

Take your place on one of the four territories.

Read the board

Three other players are now making decisions that can affect your position.

Make your move

Use the familiar rules of Checkers while accounting for the wider board.

Adapt as the game develops

The board can change quickly when more than two players are involved.

LEARN THE RULES

READY FOR A FOUR-PLAYER GAME OF CHECKERS?

You know Checkers. Now put four players around the same board.

FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS

IS CHEQUERS THE SAME AS CHECKERS?
CheQuers is the four-player version of Checkers within the Quess universe. It keeps the classic Checkers foundation while introducing only the adjustments required for four-player play.
No. The elements represent philosophy, identity, and visual presentation. They do not give players different abilities or gameplay advantages.

When a checker enters an opponent’s domain, it continues moving forward through that domain until it is promoted. Once it reaches the promotion area, it becomes a king.  

CheQuers is designed around four players, with each player occupying their own territory on the shared board.
CheQuers is built around its four-player board and the particular modifications needed for that format, but knowing Checkers gives you a familiar starting point.
Yes. CheQuers is available digitally as part of the Quess experience on Google Play, the App Store, and Steam.
The physical Quess edition has completed its design stage and is ready for manufacturing, with production funding being raised through Kickstarter.