Draughts
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A short path from the first move to a game you can hold your own in.
Step {number}: Your first game
Play the default code, international, or switch to English if you learned checkers as a child and want the rules you remember. Play against the computer on easy, and turn the move hints on: the board will show you every legal capture path, which is the fastest way to absorb the compulsory-capture rule.
Do not worry about strategy yet. Spend the first few games simply noticing that you are never allowed to decline a capture, and that this is a weapon rather than a nuisance.
Step {number}: The first idea: giving pieces away
Because your opponent must capture, you can decide what they do on their turn. Offer a piece they are forced to take, and their reply is no longer their choice. Arrange it so that the piece they take opens a line for a jump of your own over two or three of theirs, and you have played a shot.
This is the whole game in one idea. A draughts player does not think about protecting pieces; they think about what their opponent will be compelled to do next.
Step {number}: The second idea: keep your back row a while
The pieces on your own back row cannot be crowned and do not do much, but while they sit there your opponent cannot crown either. Breaking your back row early to gain a tempo is one of the most common beginner mistakes.
The same instinct applies to the middle. A connected block of pieces supports itself, because a piece with a friend behind it cannot be jumped profitably. A scattered position invites the shot you just learned to play.
Step {number}: The third idea: the endgame is a technique, not a scramble
When most pieces are gone, draughts becomes exact. A king against a king on the long diagonal is a draw. Two kings against one is usually a win, but only if you know how to force the lone king to the edge, and the draw limits give you a fixed number of moves to prove it.
Work through the daily puzzles. They are drawn from real games on this site and each one has a single best answer, which is a better teacher than any amount of reading.