ITALIAN DRAUGHTS.

This game is like the English and Spanish games as to board and men, with some differences, however, in the methods of play. Like the Spanish game, it is played with the double corner to the left. The laws are few, and are:

1. A single piece is not allowed to take a king.

2. When there are several men in a position to captured, it is compulsory to take the largest number and the most powerful.

3. In the situations similar to those in the English game where it is optional for the player to capture a man with either a single piece or a king, in the Italian game the capture must be made with the king. In all other respects the laws of the English game govern.

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