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Twenty-four (24) is the total number of pieces in a standard game of checkers. One player is allowed 12 pieces in one color. The other player is allowed 12 in another.
Twenty-four (24) pieces are on the board at the start of a game of checkers in the United States of America.Specifically, each player is allowed 12 pieces. Forty (40) pieces are on the board at the start of a French game of checkers. Each player is allowed 20 pieces. 2
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24, if you're playing standard American checkers on an 8-by-8, 64-square board. There are variations that use 10-by-10 boards, or in the case of Turkish checkers, 16 pieces for each side by a 64-square board.
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