One player has black colored checkers pieces, and the other has white or red colored checkers pieces. Most commonly, the checkers board alternates between red and black.

If this isn't your first match, typically the person who won the last game is the one to go first. A board comes with two different colors of checkers — often a combination of red, black or white.

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Thwack. Special K slams a red game piece down on a green square within threatening distance of his opponent’s yellow disk. Z Man stares at him, then down at the checkers board, then back at ...