What are the rules of draughts the board game?

Draughts, also known as checkers, is played on an 8x8 board with each player starting with 12 pieces placed on the dark squares of the first three rows. Players take turns moving one piece diagonally forward on the dark squares, and if an opponent's piece occupies an adjacent square, it can be captured by jumping over it to an empty square directly beyond. When a piece reaches the opponent's back row, it is "kinged," gaining the ability to move both forward and backward. The game ends when one player captures all of the opponent's pieces or blocks them from making a legal move.