Tobit is a draughts game that resembles Turkish and Armenian draughts in that pieces move orthogonally. It especially resembles Turkish draughts in that pieces only move orthogonally.

Checkers, also known as draughts, is a group of strategy board games for two players which involve forward movements of uniform game pieces and mandatory captures by jumping over opponent pieces. Checkers is developed from alquerque. The term "checkers" derives from the checkered board which the game is played on, whereas "draughts" derives from the verb "to draw" or "to move".