Halma

1884
George Howard Monks
BGG Geek Rating
5.5
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BGG Average Rating
5.5
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BGG Ranking
#26652
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Players
2-4
Weight
1.84/5.00
Playtime
30 min
Age
8+
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⚙️ Game Mechanics

How this game works - core systems and player actions

Grid Movement Square Grid Race

📂 Categories

Racing Racing Abstract Strategy

🏢 Publishers

Parker Brothers Drechsler WOSI "Wspólna Sprawa" Werner & Schumann A. N. Myers & Co Adolf Sala Royal Series Ilex M. Klein & Co. GmbH Carlit Otto Maier Verlag E.I. Horsman Das Spiel Jeux Stella John Jaques of London Lederbogen Karl-Marx-Stadt Hausser ABRA Wild Horse ASS Altenburger Spielkarten Jumbo Chad Valley Co Ltd. Juegos Ya S.L. L. P. Septímio Gibsons Fratelli Fabbri Editori (Fabbri Editore) Klee Merit Mitra Milton Bradley Watilliaux Victory Spelen Οδύσσεια Si-Si-Spiele Hexagames (I) Schmidt Spiele Stockinger & Morsack SPIKA GmbH H. P. Gibson & Sons Josef Friedrich Schmidt Euer Spielemännlein F. H. Ayres Fairylite Halma Co. M. Klein & Co. GmbH Information Erdgas Brückner Spiele Spear's Games Anglo-American Games Co. (Public Domain) F.X. Schmid Piatnik Nederlandse Spellenfabriek B.V. Amsterdam Playtime Games R Turner Dourios (Unknown)

📖 About This Game

Halma (from the Greek word meaning "jump") is a board game invented in 1883 or 1884 by an American plastic surgeon at Harvard Medical School, George Howard Monks. An English game called Hoppity was the inspiration. Playing equipment consists of a checkered board, divided into 16 x 16 squares. Pieces are typically black and white for two-player games, and of various colours or other distinction in games of four players. In the Royal Series edition the playing pieces are pink and yellow (not supplied with the game). It is also a two player variant only. From a rulebook introduction: "The game of Halma is played with a number of men on a board with 256 squares. Two or four persons can play the game, or it may be played by one person as a solitaire. In each corner of the board there are thirteen squares, called a yard, inclosed (sic) by dotted red lines. These yards are used when four persons play. In two of the four corners of the board a heavy red line..."