Chinese Checkers

Chinese Checkers is a positional game. The objective is to be the first to get all his or her pieces across the board from the starting 'point' to the 'point' opposite. The game is one of pure strategy;  pieces move or jump over each other to advance, and there is no capturing.

Chinese Checkers dates from the late 19th century, and originated in Germany. It is basically a star-shaped version of Halma ('Stern-Halma'). Calling it 'Chinese' was purely a marketing ploy to make it sound more exotic. Although referred to as 'tiaoqi' ('jumping game') in China, the game has no Chinese roots.

I got my copy of Chinese Checkers off eBay for not very much.

A simple wooden board with wooden pegs in six colours is all you need to play it.