The Middle East, then medieval Spain

Alquerque

Also called qirkat; the ancestor of draughts

Alquerque is described in the Book of Games made for King Alfonso X of Castile in 1283, and it is usually counted as an ancestor of draughts.

A board like it is scratched into a roof slab of an ancient Egyptian temple; how old that scratching is, and whether it is the same game, is argued about.

The rules, briefly

The board is a five-by-five grid of points joined by lines, with diagonals.
Move one piece one step along a line to an empty point.
Capture by jumping an enemy piece next to you onto the empty point beyond. Jumping is compulsory, and a piece that can keep jumping must.

Try this: Make them jump

Because jumps are compulsory, you can offer one piece to pull an enemy piece where you want it, then take two back. Try setting that trap.

Play on AtlasTales (two players, one screen)

Read more: Alquerque on Wikipedia. Written from published sources; if your family plays it differently, write your rules down in Heirloom Rules, and if something here is wrong, tell us: hello@sparkanvil.org.