Forget How to Play Checkers? The object of the game is to remove the other player's pieces from the checkerboard by jumping over them. Watch out -- your opponent is also trying to jump over you! You may jump over multiple coins in a single move as long as the jumps are legal and made with the same coin. Coins may only move forward -- unless that coin reaches an opponents' back row. When that happens, a player is 'kinged,' the coins flip to reveal the 'tails' side, and can move backwards or forwards.