Crown Hop — Checkers Online (Draughts)
- Plays on
- Desktop · Phone · Tablet
- Price
- Free · no download · no sign-up
Crown Hop is checkers and draughts on a chunky 3D board. Pick the rules you grew up with — Classic English checkers, Russian shashki, Brazilian or International draughts on the big 10×10 board — and climb a ladder of games against a bot that gets sharper with every level, or play a friend on one device.
Discs move diagonally forward on the dark squares and take by jumping over an enemy disc. Taking is compulsory, and a chain of jumps keeps going while it can; a gold ring shows which of your discs have to take.
A disc that reaches the far row is crowned. In Classic rules a king steps one square in any diagonal direction; in Russian, Brazilian and International rules kings fly along the whole diagonal and men may take backwards.
Russian rules crown a disc in the middle of a capture and let it carry on as a king; Brazilian and International rules make the longest capture compulsory. International draughts is played on a 10×10 board with twenty discs a side.
Tap a disc and its landing squares appear as dots — rings where a move takes. One tap on the last square plays the whole chain, the disc hopping from square to square while the taken discs pop off to the tray.
The bot starts gentle and looks deeper as you climb; from level five you play the dark side on even levels. Undo and the bulb are always there — a clean win is worth three stars.
The rule set you pick is remembered; the first time, the game guesses it from your language.
How to play Crown Hop
Take all the other discs, or leave them no move:
- Tap a disc to see where it can go.
- Tap a dot to move one step diagonally forward.
- When you can take, you must — jump over the enemy disc.
- Keep jumping in one move while there is another disc to take.
- Reach the far row to crown your disc as a king.
- Win when the other side has no discs or no moves left.
Game modes
| Mode | What changes | Who it's for |
|---|---|---|
| Levels | A ladder of games against a bot that searches deeper as you climb, in the rules you pick. Stars by the take-backs and hints you used. | Anyone who likes a quick, thoughtful board game. |
| Two players | Checkers for two on one device, in any of the four rule sets. | Friends and families sharing a phone or tablet. |
Tips for Crown Hop
- Keep your back row as long as you can — it stops the other side from crowning.
- Trade discs when you are ahead; every trade makes your lead count more.
- Look for moves that force a capture which sets up a double jump for you.
- Crown a king early in Russian and International rules — a flying king is worth several discs.
- Keep your discs together; a lonely disc is easy to pick off.
Who made Crown Hop?
Crown Hop was built by crokocat game studio in 2026 — four rule sets on one engine, a bot ladder, a coached first game, and glossy discs that hop along their whole capture chain.
About this game
- Controls
- Tap a disc to see where it can go, then tap a dot to move — a whole chain of jumps is one tap on where it ends. A gold ring marks discs that must take. Undo takes back a move, the bulb shows a good one; Ctrl+Z undoes, Escape returns to the menu.
- Supported devices
- desktop, phone, tablet
- Developer
- crokocat
- Genre
- Board
- Release date
- September 2026
- Latest update
- September 2026
Related categories
Frequently asked questions
Is Crown Hop free to play?
Yes. Crown Hop is free on crokocat with no download and no sign-up — it runs in your browser on desktop, phone and tablet.
Is Crown Hop checkers?
Yes. Crown Hop is checkers and draughts: English checkers, Russian shashki, Brazilian and International 10×10 draughts.
Which rules can I play?
Classic (English checkers), Russian (shashki), Brazilian and International draughts on 10×10. Pick them on the home screen.
Do I have to take?
Yes, in every rule set taking is compulsory; in Brazilian and International rules you must take the most discs possible.
Can I take back a move?
Yes, as often as you like. It costs a star on that level, never the game.
Can two people play?
Yes. Pick Two players and pass the device between moves.
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