Petit Jules
80 Elo · Eager
Eight years old, sits on two cushions, moves before you've finished yours.
Jeu de dames · International draughts
Dame's Road
Pull up a chair. From a village square to the Grand Café de Paris, every table has a board on it and someone waiting to play. Clear the board in N moves, crown your kings, and work your way up to the chair that has sat empty for years.
Free to play · Android · No account, no clock
Menu du jour
- Road stopseight chapters, a boss every 251,000
- Win-in-N trialsfrom win in 2 to win in 51,000
- Café regularson the duel ladder, 80 to 2,882 Elo40
- Board stylesCafé to Ébène10
- LanguagesEN · FR · ES · DE · PT · NL · IT · PL · RU · JA · ZH · KO12
à la carte
What's on the menu
The Road 1,000 stops
One trial per stop: leave your opponent without a single legal move — every piece taken or blocked — within N moves. Each foe has a habit you can use against them.
Ask the Patron 50 gold
Stuck? The patron will tell you which piece to move, then where — never the whole answer. Undo and start over cost nothing at all.
The Duel Ladder 1,000 rungs
Best of three against each café regular: real games, no clock, no hints, just the board. Win and climb from Apprenti to Grand Maître; lose and they'll be waiting at the same table.
Practice 2 ways
Pass & play with a friend across the table, or take on the Café Automaton at eight strengths, from Novice to Legend.
Relics & crests 8 relics
Every cleared trial earns a crest and gold; every chapter you finish leaves a relic on your Hero page to show for it.
Ten board styles au choix
Café, Bordeaux, Absinthe, Zinc, Marbre, Lavande, Riviera, Terracotta, Pistache, Ébène — the whole café repaints itself to match.
les habitués
Meet the regulars
Forty of them, each with a style and a grudge. Six you'll get to know well:
Loulou the Accordionist
640 Elo · Rhythmic
Plays every move on the beat. The beat is a waltz.
Captain Duval
1,130 Elo · Nautical
Calls the long diagonal 'the open sea' and sails his king straight down it.
The Sommelier
1,410 Elo · Refined
Swirls each piece before placing it. Notes of oak, and of your impending loss.
The Painter of Pigalle
1,830 Elo · Artistic
Sees the board as a canvas. Your pieces are the paint he scrapes off.
La Reine Noire
2,780 Elo · Legendary
Nobody knows her real name. Everybody knows her record.
le tour de France
Eight chapters, one road
125 stops a chapter, and someone formidable waiting at the end of each.
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I
The Village Square
Plane trees, a fountain, and a board under every one of them.
Boss · Père Anselme, the Schoolmaster -
II
The Vineyard Lanes
Long rows, long diagonals, and a glass waiting at the end of each.
Boss · La Vigneronne -
III
The Canal Locks
Everything moves slowly here — except the captures.
Boss · Barnabé the Lockkeeper -
IV
The Riviera Terraces
Sun, sea, and opponents who never seem to lose their tan or their nerve.
Boss · The Comtesse of Menton -
V
The Lyon Bouchons
Heavy lunches, heavier sacrifices.
Boss · Chef Gustave -
VI
The Mountain Inns
Thin air, thick soup, and kings that fly the whole diagonal.
Boss · The Hermit of the Col -
VII
The Montmartre Steps
Painters, poets, and hustlers who play for the price of your coffee.
Boss · Madame Lune -
VIII
The Grand Café de Paris
Mirrors, chandeliers, and the best players in France. Order something strong.
Boss · The Grandmaster of the Palais-Royal
les règles
The real game, on the full board
Dame's Road plays international draughts by the FMJD rules — the 10×10 game played in cafés from Paris to Amsterdam, not the smaller 8×8 checkers.
- Flying kings. A crowned piece glides the whole length of a diagonal, and captures from a distance.
- Men capture backwards. They only move forward, but a capture can go either way.
- Captures are compulsory — and you must take the line that captures the most pieces.
- You win when your opponent has no legal move left: every piece taken, or every piece blocked.
en salle
The road, the ladder, the board
The Road
One stop at a time
Duels
Climb the café's ladder
The Trial
Every stop, its own puzzle
Your table is ready
Dame's Road runs entirely on your device — progress, gold, and board style all stay with you. Ads help keep it free, and a one-time purchase removes them; nothing else is collected.
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une question ?
Before you ask the patron
Is this checkers?
It's its bigger cousin. Dame's Road plays international draughts: a 10×10 board, twenty men a side, kings that fly the whole diagonal, and men that may capture backwards. If you've played 8×8 checkers you'll recognise it — and then find out how much further a capture chain can go.
Do I need an account?
No. Crests, gold, relics, duel rank and board style are all stored on your device. There's nothing to sign up for and nothing syncing to a server.
Does it need an internet connection?
No — every trial, duel and Practice game runs on your device. A connection is only used to serve the ads that keep the game free, and for a purchase if you make one.
Are there ads?
An occasional banner, and an interstitial between Practice games. A one-time "Remove ads" purchase turns both off for good. Watching a short rewarded ad is a free way to top up gold for the patron's hints; gold packs can also be bought.
How hard does it get?
Trials run from win in 2 to win in 5, and the forty regulars span 80 to 2,882 Elo. The engine underneath gets stronger at every tier — at the top it reads the position, not just the pieces on it.