African savannah landscape at golden hour
CHIKARA Checkers lion coin

The Wildboard of Zimbabwe

Play the board.
Discover the land.

Traditional checkers with Zimbabwean wildlife sets, local environments, lessons and puzzles. The engine and opponent run on this device — no account, no cloud AI.

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English draughts · forced capture · progress stored only on this device

Install is available in supported browsers. On iPhone: Share → Add to Home Screen. After install, the game opens offline.

Built for real connectivity constraints — offline-first, on-device AI opponent, exportable progress.

How you play

A full board game, not a brochure

Six local opponents, pass & play, daily puzzles, and a journey across Zimbabwean places — all without leaving the device.

Open African landscape
01

Local engine, real search

Mandatory captures, multi-jumps, crowning and draw detection run on-device. Opponents range from a noisy beginner to a deep search — no remote model is contacted.

Lion in the wild
02

Wildlife sets, equal rules

Zebra, kudu, lion, elephant and more are visual identities for your pieces. No animal is stronger than another — the rules never change.

Victoria Falls mist and river
03

Environments of Zimbabwe

Hwange, Matobo, Mana Pools, Victoria Falls and more tint the board and optional ambience. Unlock them by playing — not by paying for loot.

Wooden strategy game pieces
04

School, puzzles, club

Ten interactive lessons, tactical puzzles, achievements, and a local tournament mode for a classroom or club night — results stay on the device.

Install

Add Checkers to your home screen

Install as a progressive web app where supported. After one online visit, the shell can load offline. Progress never requires a CHIKARA account.

Desktop / Android

Install button

Use Install app in the hero when your browser offers it, or the browser’s install icon in the address bar.

iPhone / iPad

Add to Home Screen

Safari → Share → Add to Home Screen. Opens full-screen like a native app.

Always

Play in browser

No install required. Open the game from this site whenever you need a match.

Manual

Rules & Halo

Read the user manual for Halo navigation, school, and export.

Open the game
Elephant
Zebra herd
Giraffe
Savannah sunset

Collection

Wildlife on the medallions

Atmospheric reference — in-game pieces are SVG sigils; photographs here set the mood of the Wildboard.

Zebras

Zebra

Starter set

Every stripe pattern is unique — like every game you play on this board.

Lion

Lion

Unlocked by play

A roar that carries across the plain — patience and pressure on the long diagonal.

Elephant

Elephant

Unlocked by play

Memory and mass: endgames where every tempo counts.

Giraffe

Giraffe

Unlocked by play

See the whole board — the same lesson School teaches in the endgame chapter.

Checkers School

Learn the ideas,
not only the moves.

Ten lessons with positions you solve. Capturing, crowning, traps, tempo, endgames — then daily puzzles to keep the tactics sharp.

The board & movementDark squares, forward diagonals, the long view.
Capture & multi-jumpForced takes — look where you will land.
Kings & endgamesAll directions, few pieces, every tempo.
Club nightLocal tournaments without a server.

Questions

Frequently asked

No. The search runs on your device. No CHIKARA AI API is called for moves.
English draughts on an 8×8 board with forced capture. It is not international 10×10 draughts.
No. Animals are cosmetic only. Unlocks come from playing, not purchases.
In this browser only. Export from Profile if you want a backup. Clearing site data erases it.
Open this site in Safari → Share → Add to Home Screen. Then open the icon to play.
Sunset over open country

Your move

The board is ready.
Zimbabwe is on the squares.

Install when you can. Play either way. Learn in School when a loss teaches something new.

Enter the Wildboard Read the manual