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Chapter 4 - 4 - Checkers, with a Twist (3)

With much anticipation, I made my first move--

I grabbed the second most to the left piece and moved it diagonally to the right.

My palms are sweating, for some reason, I was really nervous for what could be called my first game.

Remembering one of the things he taught me.

Touch Move. Where you can only move the piece that you have touched and cannot switch midway so long as it has already been touched.

A common house rule, based on what he told me, as it could also apply to other games like chess for example.

Which means even as I'm nervous... I have to stay true through it all.

We each moved our pieces and quickly took our turns. Each turn was brief yet heart thumping. Just as I was calming down from the initial stress, the beginning phase draws near its end--

As soon as his hand moved, something on the board caught my eye.

'There!' My heart thumped loudly in my chest.

An Opportunity for Capture. As soon as I saw his piece near mine with an empty space behind it, I took the opportunity grab my first 'kill'. Which is coincidentally, also the first one of the game session.

As soon as this, it was as if a flip has been switched across the board.

"Haha.This is getting interesting, Lets begin to have fun now!"

It was not obvious first, but from there on, the game quickly became a mess.

One move of his and I'm stuck between two possible moves. His moves are swift but I find myself still lagging behind. I can't help but admire his decisiveness to just corner me like that!

I choose a path that seemed to lead to less loss, as I began to understand what type of game this is....

'In order to move forward, you just have to make a path yourself!'