Fox and Geese

Fox and geese is a board game where one player is the fox and tries to eat the geese, and the other is the geese and attempts to trap the fox. Fox and Geese board game. ... Fox and Geese board game. ... A board game is any game played with a premarked surface, with counters or pieces that are moved across the board. ...

Game play

The fox is placed in the middle of the board, and 13 geese are placed on one side of the board. The fox and geese can move to any empty space around them (also diagonally). The fox can jump over geese like in checkers, capturing them. Repeated jumps are possible. Unlike in checkers, capturing is not mandatory. The geese win if they surround the fox so that it cannot move. The fox wins if it captures enough geese that the remaining geese cannot surround it anymore. Game variants with 15 and 17 geese are also possible. For alternative meanings see Checkers (disambiguation). ...

History

The game is known from at least as early as the 14th century, and may have originated in Iceland, as a variant of Tafl. Edward IV of England is known to have purchased two foxes and 26 hounds for two sets of a game called Marelles, believed to be Fox and Hounds. (13th century - 14th century - 15th century - more centuries) As a means of recording the passage of time, the 14th century was that century which lasted from 1301 to 1400. ... Tafl games are a family of ancient Germanic board games played on a checkered board with two teams of uneven strength. ... Edward IV (April 28, 1442 – April 9, 1483) was King of England from March 4, 1461 to April 9, 1483, with a break of a few months in the period 1470-1471. ...

See Also

• Peg solitaire - played on the same board and possibly originating as a variant of Fox and Geese.

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External Links

• Fox & Geese Play Fox and Geese online.
• The Tafl Family History of Tafl games