Chinese Checkers Board Game

Chinese Checkers came from the game of Halma (Greek for "jump"), a game invented in America around 1884 by a Harvard Medical School surgeon named Dr. George Howard Monks, and was made popular by the British of the Victorian era. In 1892, less than a decade after the invention of it, a German toy company changed the game board into a six-pointed star shape and changed the name to Stern-Halma. The named evolved throughout the years, but was given the name "Chinese Checkers" in America in 1928 to make it sound more exotic. Chinese Checkers has become one of the world's favorite pasttimes!Includes:5" Wood Game BoardMarble Playing Pieces (Black/White)Instructions