A coin is tossed to decide which player will be black. Preparation and Objectiveīlack always plays first. The board is placed between the two opponents so that the near right-hand corner square is white for both players (in the same way as for Chess).
The real shades of the pieces and the board do not necessarily need to be black and white but they are normally referred to as black and white, regardless. Each player has 12 pieces normally in the form of fat round counters.
The game of Draughts is played on a standard Chess board 64 black and white chequered squares.
