Huff (Board games)
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In a number of board games, capturing an opponent's piece is compulsory when it is possible. In some games a player who fails to capture forfeits the piece which should have performed the capture. This forfeiture is known as a huff.
The huff rule is used in traditional and informal draughts (a.k.a. checkers) games. In tournament play, failing to capture is simply an illegal move.
Huffing was probably introduced to prevent draws. In games such as draughts it is very hard to capture an opponent's last piece when you only have a small number of pieces left yourself.