In olden times, a Pedersen was a person who delivered letters (mainly tax notices) to shops or peddlers.
In modern day, an adjective used to describe a person who is hard working, outgoing, and superb.
Also, a
game played by two players, using a 7X7 checkerboard (different from the 8X8 usually used for
chess or checkers), and two sets of 10 stackable pieces (traditionally played with flat wooden circles), a white set, and a black set. Each player fills the
bottom most row of they're side completely with seven of they're pieces, and then places a piece on every other space of they're second row, leaving the rightmost and leftmost spaces empty. Each piece can move one space diagonally in any direction, or one space forward. Players take turns moving one of their pieces. Points are awarded when a piece or
stack stacks on
top of another piece or
stack (by moving onto the space the other piece or
stack occupies). The player who stacked the pieces gains points equal to each of his opponents pieces in the
stack multiplied by their position on the
stack (The
bottom piece being the 1, the piece above that being 2, etc.), and loses points equal to each of the pieces of their own color multiplied by their position on the stack (not including the topmost piece). For example if one stack consisted of (from
bottom up) |white, black, white, black|. and a white player moved a stack of |black, white, black, white| onto the first stack, the new stack would be |white, black, white, black, black, white, black, white| and the white player would gain 8 points. Then, the entire stack becomes controlled by the player who's piece is on
top of the stack. The
game ends when either all the stack are controlled by one player, or there are only two stacks left. Either way, it is the player who has the most points who wins, not the player who controls all the stacks, or who controls the bigger stack. A player
may also move a stack or piece they control onto another stack or piece they control, but only 2 times per
game, and no points are awarded or deducted from such a move.
