Fox and Geese (1400)
Playtime: 20Min. Age: 8
Number of Players: 2
Publisher: Verlag Schmidt Zwiebeltürme, (Public Domain), Old Time Games, McLoughlin Brothers, Green Board Game Co., J.M. Kronheim & Cos., (Unknown), Damm / Egmont, Peri Spiele, West Enterprises, Bienengräber, Stafford Products Co., Milton Bradley, Alga, Oficina do Aprendiz, IKEA, Guild Publishing, Carrom Company, Egel-Spelen, W. & S. B. Ives, Drechsler, Micki Leksaker, NewVenture Games, Regionalia Verlag GmbH, VEB Plastspielwaren Berlin, E. S. Lowe Company Inc., Schmidt Spiele, Noris Spiele, MB Spiele, ABRA, Brio AB, Juegos Ya S.L., MB Spellen, HistoryGames.it, Amor Spielefabrik, The Game Crafter, LLC, Piatnik, Hausser, Cooperman Fife & Drum Company, Jumbo, Brimtoy, Handfaste, Verlag Junge Welt, Josef Schneider Jr., Wien, Boy's Own Paper, Trixy Games, D-Toys, Creative Crafthouse, L. P. Septímio, Koster Brothers
Designers: (Uncredited)
Artists: John R. Stafford, Richard Hambach
Mechanics: Variable Player Powers, Square Grid, Static Capture, Grid Movement, Point to Point Movement
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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.
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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
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