Grasshopper
(1948)
Who is this game suitable for?
Suitable for ages 10 and up. You can play with 2 to 2 players.
For the pros among you, the following mechanics can be decisive: Point to Point Movement...
Game Data
| Average time to play: | 20 |
| Minimum age: | 10 |
| Number of players: | 2 |
| Publisher: | (Public Domain), MEBO Games, NewVenture Games |
| Designers: | (Uncredited) |
| Artists: | Unknown |
| Mechanics: | Point to Point Movement |
The game if similar to Halma or Stern-Halma (AKA Chinese Checkers) but is played strictly by two players with a standard draughts set. Each player starts with pieces at a corner of the board, and the object is to move all one's pieces to thee other player's starting position before the oponent does the same. No captures are made but pieces can jump as in draughts.
How this fundamentally differs from similar games is the rectangular, rather than triangular, grid of the board and/or being a strictly two player game.
Its history is described in this file on BGG.
Alternative names:
Grasshopper
Salto
Last Updated: 2025-10-25 16:00:32 UTC
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