On Jun 10, 11:18*am, Peter Clinch wrote:
Quadibloc wrote:

In this case, his concern isn't primarily with finding a board and
checkers for himself for the game itself, but rather with how
generally and easily available equipment for alternate forms of Chess
and Checkers are, so that their popularity might increase.

Fair enough, but I don't think in this day and age the fact that you're
mail ordering from Quebec, Canada or somewhere in NL or wherever is
actually a major barrier compared to ordering from some bit of the US
you don't live in. *International shipping really isn't that exceptional
any more.

Right, but the language barrier is significant. I searched the net a
long time for 10x10 boards, and on boardgamegeek forums you also see
several other people asking for it. Right now, I suspect most people
who don't speak French, Dutch or Russian will never find a board
online, even if they go looking for it.

I suppose this really means that the International Draughts community,
despite the name of the game, make very little effort to market the
game outside their individual countries.