How is that I never heard of suicide checkers before now? I actually find it a lot more fun than the regular version. If I was at all familiar with misere games as a concept, it wasn’t anything I could have put a name to.
My computer has a bunch of Internet games, including checkers, which are hosted through MSN. There’s a pre-set chat there — things like “Good luck,” “yes,” and “no” — so there’s no way to tell anyone you’re playing not to win, but to lose. They may just think you’re a bad player. Which is what I thought when I first started playing somebody yesterday. It took me at least one game to catch on. But then I was hooked.
Luckily MSN’s game website offers the variant, so everybody knows going in what the object of the game is. It can be tough to find players, though.