Paper Games
Printable Checkers Board
A full-page checkerboard for 8×8 checkers or 10×10 international draughts. Play with coins, buttons or bottle caps.
What you can customize
- Board size
- Coordinates
- Dark squares
Works well in
- Traveler's Notebook Passport
- A6
- Traveler's Notebook Regular
- B6 (JIS)
- A5
- US Half Letter
- B5 (ISO)
- A4
- US Letter
All page sizes, from Passport to A4
Try it in another style
Start from a preset
- Checkers 8×8, US Letter Classic board with name lines. Open in the maker →
- Checkers 8×8, A4 The same on A4. Open in the maker →
- International draughts 10×10, A4 For the 10×10 game with 20 pieces each. Open in the maker →
Two board sizes
Choose the 8×8 board for English and American checkers or 10×10 for international draughts. Dark squares can be light, dark or hatched, and coordinates are optional.
How to play
- Put your pieces on the dark squares of the rows nearest you.
- Move diagonally forward one square. Capture by jumping over an opposing piece to the empty square beyond.
- Captures are compulsory and may continue in a chain.
- A piece that reaches the far side becomes a king and may also move backwards.
Free sample PDFs
Print at 100% (actual size). Made with the same engine as the maker, so the spacing is exact.
Frequently asked questions
What do I use as pieces?
Twelve coins or tokens per player in two colours for 8×8; twenty for 10×10.
Which squares are used?
Only the dark squares. The board is printed with a dark square in the bottom left corner for each player.
Related guides
- How to print a booklet double-sidedPrint your notebook PDF at actual size, choose the right duplex setting, and get pages that come out in the right order after folding.
- Calibrate your printer for exact sizesMeasure your printer once so pages print at exactly the right size, find its unprintable margins, and line up the front and back of each sheet.
- Paper sizes, margins and binding allowanceWhich printer paper fits which notebook size, how to set margins and the binding margin, and when to use bleed and creep.
