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

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

📖 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..."