Philippine Checkers

Currently, I'm a 4th year BSCS student in IIT. So I'm a Senior and being a Senior means only one thing. THESIS!!! We're three in a group and we decided to implement the Philippine Checkers or Dama in mobile using the Alpha-Beta pruning algorithm. In this post, I'll share to you some of the researches I have about the Philippine Checker or famously known as Dama.

Dama is an international game inspite of what the majority of Filipinos think that it is just a "tambay" or "street game" because mostly homeless, jobless or "istambay" people are the ones who you always see in playing this board game. Well, we are wrong. Internationally, it is famous in the name of Draughts. Actually, it has many versions from different countries. Also, it is only recently that Filipinos knew that the Philippine Dama came follows the Brazilian or International rule. The game uses the 8x8 board size and 12 checkers in each side. Though, the board is mirrored.

More information here: http://filipinodama.webs.com/factsaboutdama.htm