Checkers - Online & Offline 4+

I’ve been playing Checkers for 15 years and love it. When MSN discontinued their free English draughts game I was really bummed out that I couldn’t play anymore. Recently, I found this game from Gamovation. At first I liked the game a lot. However, after I paid the fees to get rid of the ads and become a VIP I started to notice a lot of players requesting a draw when they had one checker, and I had two or more. After a certain number of moves the game was declared a draw, even when I had more checkers. This is against the rules of American draughts. A draw is only supposed to be declared when each player has the same amount of checkers and neither can win. A lot of players are using this to avoid losing and it’s really disgusting. It’s become new phone and I’m really disappointed. I’m contacting Google Game Play and demanding my money be returned, because this game is a scam. I can’t believe anyone plays this game because of the unfair draw policy. Do not buy this game. You’ll end up hating it.

I love this app because of how simplistic it is, yet it has many options. I didn’t even have to look at the instructions to know how to play it and it had many options on the type of checkers you want to play. The easy modes are actually easy and the hard modes are actually hard and you can change the design of your checkers to anything you’d like. As a Gen-Z this made me addicted to checkers e even more! The only things I would wish to be added to the game is probably more options on your profile pic (like being able to import photos online) and if it could teach you some strategies on how to win, but that’s just my opinion. I would recommend this app to anyone who would like to play or practice playing checkers, but have no one to play with or no one who is better than them in the game.

TLDR: This game is amazing! I 100% recommend.

If you don’t come across a bit, be prepared to be matched with someone who is new to the app, or is a level 95 when you’re still in single-digits.

There has to be a way to sort the bots out too, some sort of “not a robot” test thing. You can tell when some players are cheating by “playing” a separate game with AI or something and following their moves to counteract yours by how long it takes them to make their move every single time. It would be nice if bots got sorted out, and there was a way to report Likely cheating or something. When you take every turn, including the starting ones to nearly run out of time, and you have a perfect defense and offense, there is no way you’re not cheating.

The offline isn’t bad, and if not for the terrible matchmaking, cheaters, and bots involved, it would be at least 4 stars. The ads are a little annoying, but I’m not getting spammed them like in other game games because I didn’t buy the 0 ads feature. All in all, it’s a good game with nice aesthetics and customization. I haven’t spent a cent, and I was still able to get some nice cosmetics.