Thai Checkers

This Nugget has been written by T-Rex on 18 Jul at 9:49AM

Category: Checkers

Does anyone have any solid information as to whether Red or White moves first in Thai Checkers?
Wikipaedia has answered both ways at different times in the past, currently saying that Red does.
Originally they said Red, and we first implemented the game with Red moving first.
Then they changed, saying that White goes first, and we changed too, following their lead.
Then they changed back to their original opinion, and we don't know whether to follow them or not.

At GoldToken we are trying to get our various games as authentic as possible, but there may be no definitive answer available to us at this time.
If someone does have some solid information about this issue, please post it here.
It will be most appreciated.
Many thanks.

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probably red to move first...but

Posted on 20 Jul at 6:43AM by Sir Face of the GoldTable


I believe there is no official answer.... see http://checkers.wikia.com/wiki/Mak-hot for example
Red or White?

Posted on 26 Jul at 4:18AM by T-Rex

Thank you, Sir Face of the GoldTable.
I have suspected that there might be no official answer, and your link lends some support to this opinion.
The one clearly Thai game site mentioned in the link has White moving first, which is the same as GoldToken currently, so I don't think we are remiss.
Many thanks for your contribution.