Fox and Geese

1400
(Uncredited)
BGG Geek Rating
5.4
based on 324 ratings
BGG Average Rating
4.7
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BGG Ranking
#29271
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Players
2-2
Weight
1.46/5.00
Playtime
20 min
Age
8+
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⚙️ Game Mechanics

How this game works - core systems and player actions

Static Capture Variable Player Powers Grid Movement Square Grid Point to Point Movement

📂 Categories

Children's Game Abstract Strategy Animals

🎨 Artists

John R. Stafford Richard Hambach

🏢 Publishers

ABRA Alga Amor Spielefabrik Bienengräber Boy's Own Paper Brimtoy Brio AB Carrom Company Cooperman Fife & Drum Company Creative Crafthouse D-Toys Drechsler E. S. Lowe Company Inc. Egel-Spelen Green Board Game Co. Guild Publishing Handfaste Hausser HistoryGames.it IKEA J.M. Kronheim & Cos. Juegos Ya S.L. Jumbo Koster Brothers L. P. Septímio MB Spellen MB Spiele McLoughlin Brothers Micki Leksaker Milton Bradley N.W. Damm & Søn (Damm) NewVenture Games Noris Spiele Oficina do Aprendiz Old Time Games Peri Spiele Piatnik (Public Domain) Regionalia Verlag GmbH Schmidt Spiele Stafford Products Co. Trixy Games (Unknown) VEB Plastspielwaren Berlin Verlag Junge Welt Verlag Schmidt Zwiebeltürme W. & S. B. Ives West Enterprises

📖 About This Game

Possibly a relative of Hnefatafl, Fox and Geese is a hunt game played on a cross-shaped board of thirty-three points connected by vertical, horizontal, and alternating diagonal lines. Like many ancient abstract strategy games, the number of pieces and their starting positions varies from region to region but the general play of the game is the same: one player controls a single piece, the fox, the other player controls the geese (usually 13 to 17). The fox player tries to remove all of the geese from the board by jumping them. The geese player tries to prevent this from happening by pinning down the fox so that it cannot move. The game of Solitaire can be played on a Fox & Geese board, and some sets include additional markings for playing Asalto = Siege. There are some claims that Fox and Geese is related to an earlier game called Halatafl, but there is as yet no concrete definition of what exactly this game was or how it was played. There are also several contemporary games using the Halatafl name, at least one of which is played on a similar board to Fox and Geese but with differing rules. https://av.getinfo.de/media/11310?2 ( CC Attribution - NonCommercial - NoDerivatives 3.0 ) http://vimeo.com/51819749